Description
My Financial Services Client requires a highly experienced individual to create a refreshed IT Strategy and Architecture framework aligned with the emerging aspirations of the business
The role will require the individual to:
- Work with the business to translate future business requirements into high level, IT-enabled solution options.
- Design IT strategy proposals that are aligned to the business requirements and are fit for future purpose.
- Develop future sourcing strategy and contribute toward its implementation
- Contribute to the delivery of the first phase of the implementation plan to deliver the Strategy in conjunction with the IT Senior Leadership team.
- Mentor and transfer skills to members of the senior leadership team through a significant period of change
Skills required:
- Proven consulting skills, including facilitation, structuring complex arguments, solving complex problems and analytical skills.
- Proven ability to operate, challenge and communicate at a senior level
- Extensive complex business change experience
- Leadership capability, inclusive of influencing, strategic thinking, decision making and motivation.
- Experience in managing organisations and people in a change environment.
- Highly competent at mentoring and developing senior positions
- Proven experience in negotiating and managing commercial partnerships.
- Significant & broad knowledge of IT services and how they deliver value to a business.
- Good understanding of IT technology and system architectures
The successful individual will possess:
- A demonstrable track record of delivering strategic solutions within complex international organisations.
- Extensive experience of technologies, (eg Application, Database, Network, Server, Grid) and has previously delivered roadmap of solutions available for each
- Experience of managing a central IT PMO function.
- Experience of support, development & operational activities across co-source, out-source, in-source approaches
- A demonstrable track record of working with a central IT sourcing function
- Experience of working with support and design teams, across specialty Financial Services (Insurance desirable) domains and IT.
- Experience working and delivering major change programmes.
- Experience of working to critical deadlines.
- The ability to comprehend business drivers, business processes and system designs and to translate them into clear, high level solution options.
- The ability to organise and analyse data.
- The ability to adapt and cope with change and pressure.
- Manage time effectively and prioritise appropriately.
- Creative thinking and the ability to look for opportunities to innovate and improve.
- The ability to evaluate key issues in terms of impact to the business.
- Make decisions quickly and confidently based on experience and sound analysis