Project Officer

Key responsibilities

Are you at your best when you bring structure to ambiguity—turning plans, actions, risks and decisions into clear, reliable delivery? Do you enjoy working across multiple stakeholders and keeping programmes on track in a fast moving environment?

We’re looking for a proactive, detail focused PMO to support the delivery of a portfolio of business change initiatives within UBS Asset Management. You’ll partner with Project Managers and senior stakeholders to run strong governance, produce high quality management information, and ensure risks, issues, dependencies and actions are actively managed.
This role is designed to build breadth and depth in project delivery: you’ll own core PMO disciplines (planning, RAID, governance packs, decision/action tracking and change control) and, over time, take on deputy PM responsibilities on smaller initiatives or defined workstreams—with support from experienced change professionals.

You’ll provide hands on PMO support across multiple initiatives, keeping governance disciplined, information accurate, and stakeholders aligned.
Your responsibilities will include:
• Support delivery across a portfolio of business change initiatives, partnering with Project Managers and senior stakeholders
• Coordinate planning and tracking: maintain integrated plans, milestones, actions and deliverables
• Run governance effectively: prepare meeting packs, maintain decision logs, and follow up actions to closure
• Maintain project documentation to a high standard, ensuring accuracy, consistency and auditability
• Own RAID disciplines: identify, log, track and drive mitigation of risks, issues, dependencies and actions
• Produce clear management information (status, progress, performance and budget) for a range of audiences, including senior management
• Support change control, ensuring scope, timelines and impacts are assessed and escalated promptly
• Deputise for the Project Manager on smaller change initiatives or defined workstreams, as required
• Act as a central point of coordination to keep project teams aligned and communication flowing

Join us

At UBS, we know that it's our people, with their diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds, who drive our ongoing success. We’re dedicated to our craft and passionate about putting our people first, with new challenges, a supportive team, opportunities to grow and flexible working options when possible. Our inclusive culture brings out the best in our employees, wherever they are on their career journey. And we use artificial intelligence (AI) to work smarter and more efficiently. We also recognize that great work is never done alone. That’s why collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we’re more than ourselves.
We’re committed to disability inclusion and if you need reasonable accommodation/adjustments throughout our recruitment process, you can always contact us.

The team

You’ll join the Tax, Business & Regulatory Change team within UBS Asset Management’s COO function. We partner with AM Business Partners and align corporate functions to shape, govern and deliver agreed change initiatives across the business.
Our work is strategic and complex, often involving:
• Multi year delivery horizons
• Significant impact on critical business processes or organizational design
• Cross border and cross functional scope
We provide international project management and PMO expertise, combining delivery discipline with deep Asset Management knowledge to execute high impact initiatives, including, at times, direct delivery of critical programm's such as M&A integrations.

Your skills and experience

• University degree in business, economics, data, IT, or another analytical discipline
• 5+ years’ experience in a PMO or similar change delivery
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills (dashboards, packs and crisp storytelling)
• Experience supporting governance, reporting, and risk/issue management
• Excellent presenting skills to senior stakeholders
• Proactive, enthusiastic, and collaborative working style
• Strong active listening skills and the ability to build trusted relationships at all levels
• Experience with reporting tools and formal change frameworks is a plus

Desirable:

Experience in Asset Management and familiarity with the UBS Project Management Framework (including GitLab and Blueprint) will be an advantage

• You’re curious to explore how AI can improve how we build, deliver, and optimize workflows. You do this with sound judgment – validating outputs and aligning with policies, risk standards, and ethical use.

About us

UBS is a leading and truly global wealth manager and the leading universal bank in Switzerland. We also provide diversified asset management solutions and focused investment banking capabilities. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, UBS is present in more than 50 markets around the globe.
We know that great work is never done alone. That’s why we place collaboration at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we’re more than ourselves. Want to find out more? Visit ubs.com/careers.