AVP Technology – Operations Lead (Mashreq Global Network …

Job Purpose:-Successfully lead and execute digital transformation initiatives, driving positive change and innovation within the organization.Key Result Areas: Technology Acumen of Trending Industry Digital Technologies: Having a deep understanding of the latest digital technologies relevant to the industry, such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, data analytics, and more. This knowledge helps in making informed decisions and choosing the right technologies for transforming the IT infrastructure and services. Business Acumen to Harvest Digitalization Opportunities: Having business acumen involves understanding the organization’s goals, processes, and challenges. It helps in identifying digitalization opportunities and aligning technology solutions with business objectives to drive growth and efficiency. Market Intelligence for Disruptive Transformations: Keeping abreast of market trends and competitors’ activities helps in proposing and executing transformative strategies that can give the organization a competitive edge. Hands-on Technical Skills for Feasibility Studies: Being technically proficient allows individuals to conduct proof-of-concepts (POCs) or minimum viable products (MVPs) to assess the feasibility of new technologies or solutions before full-scale implementation. Stakeholder Management Skills: These skills are essential for engaging and gaining support from various stakeholders involved in the digital transformation journey. Effective communication and collaboration are key to successful initiatives. Project Management Skills: Strong project management capabilities are vital for planning, executing, and delivering digital transformation projects and product roadmaps on time and within budget. Leadership Skills in Crisis Management: Leaders need to be able to handle crisis situations or uncertainties that may arise during the transformation process and provide clear direction and guidance to their teams. People Skills and Eventless Delivery Management: Being able to assemble the right team members for specific roles and ensuring smooth project delivery are crucial for success. Learning Agility for Technology Innovations: In a rapidly evolving technological landscape, the ability to quickly learn and apply new innovations is essential for staying competitive. Networking Skills for Collaboration: Building relationships with peers, Fintechs, startups, and other stakeholders fosters collaboration and accelerates both business and IT transformations. Strong Design Skills for High-Performing IT Services: The ability to propose and implement state-of-the-art designs ensures the development of secure, scalable, and interoperable IT services. Present the same in EADA Strong Analytical Skills: Analyzing business and application data helps in drawing valuable insights that can drive business and cost impacts. Organizing and Leading Steering Committees: Organizing and leading steering committees and operational committees help in driving strategic transformation initiatives effectively. Seasoned Leader in Digital Squads: Being experienced in forming and leading digital squads using agile development methodologies, tools, practices on agile project execution.Problem Solving: Crisis management Root cause analysis Stakeholder management Risk ManagementDecision Making Authority Responsibility- Responsible to design functional solutions to business requirements. Use effective judgment to weigh different options for achieving better results within appropriate timeframes. Highlight any concerns affecting workplace deliverables. Decision making with respect to changes delivering and the quality at NO COMPROMISE by following the 100 change management and release management guidelines.Knowledge, Skills and Experience- 10-12 years of experience in building and leading multi-cultural teams across regions Experience in design, develop, deploy and support global enterprise IT services using agile development and CD/CI framework. A comprehensive understanding of the banking sector, including knowledge of banking products, services, regulatory compliance, and industry trends. Understanding of IT infrastructure components, networking, servers, storage, and cloud computing, and the ability to design and manage a robust and scalable technology infrastructure. Profound knowledge of cybersecurity principles, data protection, and information security best practices to safeguard sensitive customer data and the bank’s digital assets. Hands-on experience in identifying and managing technology-related risks and ensuring business continuity in the face of potential disruptions. Responsible for reporting for financial and project updates to central governance functions. Responsible for adhering to organizational guidelines of Risk and PMO practices. Experience in delivering projects in Trade Finance and understanding business functions across different verticals of Trade domain. Responsible for closing Internal and Exter