Head - Information Technology - BFSI

We are looking for IT Head for one of the leading investment bank in India to manage their technology practice

- Overall responsibility for managing and developing India IT organisation.

- A key stakeholder in the IT Global location strategy, work collaboratively with CTO and directs to

- Define optimal location of competencies and teams

- Identify new opportunities to optimize cost and service delivery model and incorporate into budgeting and expense co-ordination

- Define operating models for services, key initiatives and projects as necessary

- Establish offshore governance processes - relating to communication, documentation, reporting, demand management etc.

- Translate strategic plan into action

- Establish and Improve service delivery metrics.

- Actively develop India based Delivery Managers – provide hands on coaching as necessary

Business Management

- Successfully led engagements in a global delivery model for development and infrastructure teams

- Experience in implementing methodologies for offshoring – best practices relating to requirements, estimation, testing, quality assurance, cost-effective knowledge transfer and training

- Active experience in organization wide methodologies and frameworks such as SEI-CMM 5 certification

Relationship Management

- Communication with stakeholders on service levels, improvement areas and opportunities

- Ability to cultivate effective working relationships with global customers, stakeholders and colleagues.

- High level of comfort in dealing with stakeholders at various levels in a matrix organization, onsite and offshore

- Build credibility with key stakeholders through a data oriented approach to problem solving, transparent and timely communication and boundary-less behavior

Team Management

- Ability to build strong and cohesive teams of varying sizes

- Strong track record of retention and engagement of delivery teams

- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in engineering

- Minimum 12-15 years related experience

- Experience in Financial Services Projects

Please write in your resume to raghuram@ikyaglobal.com