Jean Patrice Vadier

Context: As part of a transformation program initiated within BPCE Payment Services (a subsidiary of the BPCE group) aimed at better serving the evolving demands of the payments ecosystem, a project director mission was launched with confirmed expertise in payments. The objective is to build, manage, and secure the operational efficiency program within the Technology and Data Department, in close collaboration with the IT departments dedicated to Payment Services projects.

The challenges are:

• Optimization of external resource staffing management

• Optimization of support activities (Build & Run)

• Improvement of nearshoring, sourcing strategy, and creation/management of competence/service centers.

• Strengthening of software engineering and incident tracking practices

This position aims to:

1) Define and structure the program's workstreams.

2) Implement governance and manage steering committees (steering committees, project committees, etc.).

3) Propose and manage the KPIs associated with the program's execution and the achievement of its quantitative objectives.

4) Ensure the production of deliverables necessary for steering, adhering to BPCE PS project management standards.

Expectations are:

• Proactive cross-functional management (deadlines, risks), coordination of actions, and consolidation of progress reports.

• IT budget management and performance reporting.

• Strong "internal client" orientation (understanding needs and responding to stakeholders).

Reporting to the LCLF department of BPCE Payment Services and assigned by the Director of Operations, LCLF, and Transformations, the mission's objective is to act at the BPCE Group level as a Business Owner to relay LCLF business needs to IT and publisher teams, as a Product Owner to ensure the alert analysis and countermeasure service offerings for BP and CE institutions, and as a PMO to support transverse departments in tracking progress, budgets, and the implementation of roadmaps.

Reporting to the Credit Risk ERM department and directly commissioned by the Chief Risk Officer, the objective of this fixed-price mission is to coordinate at Société Générale an horizontal audit mission by the ECB covering 12 European banking institutions. This includes the deployment of 2 dedicated inspector teams: Governance & Methodologies (On Site – 8 to 12 inspectors) and Loan Tape (Central ECB Team – 2 inspectors). The entire value chain of Leveraged Finance risk management is audited: Rating, Origination, Syndication, Monitoring, and Reporting at the SG group level and its subsidiaries CIB, SGRF, GLBA, and AFMO (excluding PRIV).