Job Description
- Lead a team of application development to plan technical deliverables to meet project’s requirements within allocated budget and schedule.
- Plan & collaborate across different domain application teams to manage technical and security related dependencies of the solution
- Plan, monitor and manage risks/issues related to technical application delivery and to provide L3 support as needed
- Provide status update related to technical delivery
- Partner with Program and/or Project Manager managers, Business analysts and system analysts to collate, understand and finalize functional and technical requirements
- Partner with SA & subject matter experts to understand and implement functional and technical requirements
- Provide systems input to specification phase (e.g., effort estimates, high-level delivery plan) based on impact assessment (e.g., function points)
- Partner with Architects, Security and Development Lead to ensure solution design complies with enterprise design principles, security and control standards
- Have a hands-on approach to ensure that the application teams build the enhancements according to the solution plan
- Partner with Test Manager to ensure completion of SIT, UAT, performance / load testing and application security testing with quality results
- Work with Security to facilitate completion of penetration testing and remediation of findings in accordance with Mitigation Plan
- Prepare and 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
- Work with vendor to ensure product deliveries are timely and good quality.
- Manage budget coming from different projects.
- Ensure project documentation is done up in accordance to standards
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or similar domain. Related professional/technical qualification will be advantageous although not mandatory
- More than 10 years’ delivery record in developing and delivering global / regional Cards solutions for a multi-national/regional company with annual budgetary responsibility
- More than 5 years’ leadership experience in managing IT Cards delivery teams
- Strong technical/platform knowledge on Cards domain (e.g. Cardlink, VisionPlus), mainframe (CICS/Cobol), 3D Secure application (e.g. 2C2P, Arcot), Cards API, Loyalty & rewards (e.g. One Empower app)
- Hands-on experience in leading Cards Migration delivery (e.g. Cardlink, VisionPlus, Loyalty & Rewards app)
- Experience in managing an application development team in implementing large-scale cards projects for banking or financial services
- Strong customer service focus with the ability to communicate with highly technical management teams.
- Proven track record of running a cross functional horizontal team, supporting multiple delivery teams
- A strong awareness of both external and internal best practice perspectives, maintaining a balanced and fresh viewpoint.
- Highly effective communicating with senior technical stakeholders and equally proficient communicating with business stakeholders
- Good problem-solving, analytical, synthesis, system thinking and solutioning skills
- An engaging, open, genuine personality that naturally encourages interaction with individuals at all levels.
