Project, Knowledge & Portfolio Director – Future Talent Pool

Department / Business AreaRisk & Compliance
LocationTBD
Recruitment Volume1 talent pool
Timing2027 / TBD
LanguagesEnglish and French.

1.  Job Purpose

Build a pipeline of high-potential profiles able to develop towards project, portfolio and knowledge management responsibilities.

2.  Key Responsibilities

  • Support the coordination and tracking of projects and initiatives within the relevant portfolio.
  • Maintain project plans, action trackers, milestones, dependencies, risks and issues.
  • Consolidate project updates and prepare regular reporting for management and stakeholders.
  • Support portfolio governance, meeting preparation, minutes, action follow-up and decision tracking.
  • Assist in prioritising initiatives and consolidating information across multiple workstreams.
  • Contribute to the development and maintenance of knowledge repositories, methodologies, templates and reference materials.
  • Capture lessons learned, good practices and key project knowledge.
  • Support stakeholder coordination across functions and business areas.
  • Prepare dashboards, presentations and management information to support portfolio oversight.
  • Progressively develop the ability to manage defined projects or portfolio components independently.

3.  Required Profile

Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Project Management, Business Management, Risk, Compliance, Economics or a related field.

Experience: Graduate to 2 years of relevant experience in project coordination, PMO, business analysis, risk/compliance or a related environment.

Technical / functional skills: Project and portfolio management; knowledge management; reporting; governance; stakeholder management; planning and coordination.

Core competencies: Organisation; prioritisation; analytical thinking; collaboration; communication; ownership; attention to detail; ability to manage multiple workstreams.

4.  Development & Career Perspective

The position is a talent-pool pathway toward future project, portfolio and knowledge management responsibilities rather than direct appointment to Director level.

5.  Candidate Value Proposition

Opportunity to join an early-career pipeline linked to a strategic function, gain exposure to cross-functional initiatives, develop technical and business capabilities, and progressively take on broader responsibilities through experience, exposure and internal mobility.

6.  Success Indicators

Quality and timeliness of assigned deliverables; analytical and problem-solving capability; stakeholder collaboration; quality of reporting/documentation; ability to learn and apply new concepts; contribution to continuous improvement; progressive ability to take ownership of assigned activities.

7.  Recruitment Positioning

Graduate / early-career opportunity. The exact level, reporting line, location and final recruitment conditions should be confirmed by the relevant business and HR teams before publication.