Technical Delivery Manager

Responsibilities:

• 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 bank standards

Experience

• 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.