Programme Director – Head of IT. Transformation, Product Delivery, Automation – Permanent, Sheffield
Our client, a leading global bank is seeking a Programme Director/ Head of Technology to lead a global workforce reduction programme using automation, from inception to completion. You will be responsible for leading and delivering the Technology Product and Service Outcomes across the bank, and overall accountability for outcome, cost, and risk management for solutions in your remit.
Principal responsibilities:
• Identify opportunities to drive simplification in Products and Services through the underlying technology to ensure exceptional resilience and reliability.
• Identifying new opportunities or enhancements to deliver reusable technologies and capabilities that can be leveraged globally, for efficient operation and value for money throughout their lifecycle.
• Relationship/Account Management including product propositions and technology portfolio delivery and maintenance for our key stakeholders.
• Optimises resource delivery capacity (working within fixed capacity) to better align to strategic outcome intent and reduce operational bottlenecks.
• Utilising agile methodologies and a DevOps approach to lead global technology matrixed teams of 100+ FTE to ensure each digital product globally operates on a single code base, delivered through teams operating on a continuous integration and continuous delivery framework
• Identify and mitigate risks
Skills and experience:
• Proven experience in a Products or Services delivery roles, ideally from a financial services organisation background.
• Experience leading technology engineering clients
• Proven experience working in a variety of cultures and locations, in a complex, matrix organisation.
• Proven experience of partnering effectively with Executive Level business stakeholders e.g. Group General Managers and making commercially astute decisions
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a top tier, organisation and effect change on a global scale.