Description
Tooling Data ArchitectBackground:
We are looking to build a highly energized and high performance team, working in an Agile way to deliver a coherent, agreed and well managed plan/forecast of when these various types of benefits will be realized - and to work with the global business and functions to help drive this and their agenda.
Role Purpose:
To define a Data Strategy, Governance Model, System Architecture and Roadmap that will set the Delivery Functions of HSBC on a route to greater alignment of delivery, reporting and tool usage.
This role will work directly with the Agile Transformation Heads, Head of EPMO, Head of PPM, and COO functions to marshal new strategies and plans that will support and enable the Agile Transformation/Future State whilst propagating a culture of Data Awareness and Responsibility. The role requires close collaboration with Group Functions Architecture.
The role involves facing-off to senior stakeholders in the course of eliciting requirements, managing expectations and providing preparatory materials for governance forums
Key Activities:
- Accountable for e2e architecture definition for the agile tooling programme. Ensuring solution designs reflect the needs of the enterprise
- Definition of data architecture & taxonomy
- Work with the wider programme team to define a strategy and roadmap for global delivery
- Work with BAs and business leads to define non-functional requirements
- Review and evaluate 3rd party SaaS solutions
- Progress solutions through architectural governance
- Manage 2 data analysts to understand the data landscape and nuanced business requirements and delivery requirements across tech and Transformation
The central Agile Transformation Programme is delivering change across all Businesses and Functions. This role will be part of the central team looking to enable Transformation across all areas and in particular the successful deployment of a new Tooling suite of Clarity/Rally and JIRA that will enable teams to operate in a new way
Experience & Skills:
We are looking for an experienced Solution Architect with the following skills and experience:
- Business, data and technical architecture experience delivering global solutions across numerous business lines
- Experience creating architectural roadmaps over 1-5 year horizon
- Ideally SME experience in agile management tooling products such as Clarity, Rally and JIRA
- Familiarity with cloud technology providers and solutions, vendor SaaS offerings and their technical evaluation
- Familiarity in data analytics and reporting solutions (Qlik, Tableau etc)
- Experience with data lakes, data governance frameworks and data management policies
- Practical and theoretical knowledge of agile frameworks
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong knowledge of group standard tools (Clarity, SharePoint, Confluence, JIRA)
- Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders (internal as well as external)
- Ability to work to strict deadlines and under pressure, deal with competing priorities
- Excellent decision making & problem solving skills. Ability to work on own initiative and being proactive.
- Excellent organizational & prioritizing skills