VP, Technical Delivery Lead, Finance, Middle Office Technology, Technology & Operations

Business Function

Group Technology and Operations (T&O) enables and empowers the bank with an efficient, nimble and resilient infrastructure through a strategic focus on productivity, quality & control, technology, people capability and innovation. In Group T&O, we manage the majority of the Bank's operational processes and inspire to delight our business partners through our multiple banking delivery channels.

Responsibilities

As a Technical Delivery Lead, you will lead the cross-functional delivery of strategic finance and group initiatives and enhancements and be able to apply technical solutions to business problems in the Financial and Group reporting space. You will be delivering high-impact projects partnering with multiple stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will be adept in program and/or product management and operations. They will be a skilled program and project manager and a problem solver that earns partner and stakeholder trust.

1. Lead and manage successful delivery of highly cross-functional program initiatives & enhancements.
2. Drive strategic cross-functional planning, leading discovery and prioritization by closely partnering with stakeholders, source systems to develop program plans, including roadmap, dependency identifications and resourcing plan.
3. Work with scrum team to come up and drive appropriate solutions, architecture and implementation for the initiatives & enhancements.
4. Plan, lead and drive projects through entire lifecycle.
5. Foster collaborative partnerships across functional teams including remote teams.
6. Ensure transparency of Demand/Capacity Planning and own the resolution of risks, dependencies, and blockers from Delivery end.
7. Identify gaps and recommend enhancements related to new and/or existing products, services and workflows based on a broad view of the platform.
8. Coordinate with key stakeholders across teams to improve alignment, develop joint priorities with the technology and business teams.
9. Collaborate and partner with different business & technology teams to ensure all processes and interdependencies are identified and addressed.
10. Work with Product Owners to build subject matter expertise in the team, groom the Product Backlog, and incorporate feedback loops to ensure team remains adaptive/responsive to changes (user testing, customer feedback, validate MVP).
11. Identify risks and issues early, work with team on the mitigating steps, communicate to all stakeholders appropriately and drive them to closure in a timely manner.
12. Drive big room planning and Quarterly release planning sessions to align and agree on the product backlog items to be delivered.
13. Manage on-time delivery of projects within agreed scope and approved budget.

Requirements

• Work experience and extensive experience in running projects in an agile way.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and success in project implementation.
• Prior knowledge of banking products, financial accounting, regulatory & capital reporting and finance processes will be a plus.
• Experience on mainframe Replatform will be a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to simplify and clearly communicate complex issues to stakeholders and team.
• Ability to influence, by bringing together stakeholders and team members with competing priorities, interests, and concerns is critical in Agile product management.
• Ability to work under pressure with accuracy and commitment.
• Good understanding of software development life cycle models as well as expert knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment.
• Scrum Master certification an added advantage.
• Hands-on experience in new stack (with Java, Spring Boot) development/management will be an added advantage.

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We offer a competitive salary and benefits package and the professional advantages of a dynamic environment that supports your development and recognizes your achievements.