Key Responsibilities
· Plan technical deliverables (including any system enhancements and upgrades) to meet project’s requirements within allocated budget and schedule.
· Plan & collaborate across different application teams to manage technical dependencies of the solution
· Plan, monitor and manage risks/issues related to technical delivery
· Provide status update related to technical delivery to Project Manager (PM)
· Partner with System Analysts and Business Solution Specialist to collate, understand and finalize functional and technical requirements
· Partner with Architects and Development Lead to ensure solution design complies with enterprise design principles, security and control standards
· Partner with Development Manager in managing application teams to build the enhancements
· Partner with Test Manager to ensure completion of System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), performance / load testing and application security testing with quality results
· Manage technical implementation plan across application teams - coordinate technical implementation activities across application teams to ensure non-event production cutover and adequate post implementation support
· Escalate issues that impacts project schedule on timely basis and propose workarounds/resolutions
Key Requirements
Technical Skills & Experience
· Strong technical knowledge and/or platform knowledge (e.g. Murex)
· Good business domain knowledge in at least one area (e.g. Retail and Corporate Loans Origination)
· More than 7 years track record in developing and delivering global/regional IT capabilities for a multi-national/regional company with annual budgetary responsibility
· More than 3 years leadership experience in managing IT delivery teams
· Experience in communicating with technical stakeholders
· Experience in banking industry preferred
· Experience in implementing large-scale, highly available applications or other large project implementation\Experience in service-oriented technologies
· Proven result-oriented person with a focus on delivery
· Experience in actual systems development work, with prior coding, functional specifications and technical specifications and systems development and testing experience (in aggregate no less than 8 years)
· Good understanding and experience in software development cycle
· Highly effective communicating with technical stakeholders, proficient communicating with non-technical stakeholders
· Good problem solving, analytical, synthesis, system thinking and solutioning skills
Education
· Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or similar domain
· Related professional/technical qualification will be advantageous although not mandatory