Vice President - Digital Banking Product Development

All candidates applying for this role of lead development has to submit a presentation that has one slide (preferably graphic content) as follows :

- Agility & Product Development view

- A perspective on Agility & DevOps

- Innovation in Banking, Financial Services & Insurance Industry (BFSI)

- A Holistic View of a Future Digital Bank

- How Transformation, Innovation & Agility work in a old banks.

Will shortlist candidates based on their presentations.

Required Experience : 15 - 18 Years

Need & Product Concept : To improvise & innovate Customer experience & aspirations globally by developing world-class Digitalized Banking & Financial Services Product enhancing concept of currencies, Collaborative computing, Block Chain and development channels

ASKs / Requirement for VP Banking Product

- One must have Design Orientation, Engineering & Architecture of banking product

- Product development mindset,

- Thorough to understand customer requirement and conceptualize the product by engineering it

- Should collaborate & work with global teams

- Good outlook in Leadership skills

- Should be well versed in agile methodologies & practices

- NO PEOPLE MANAGER/should be a technocrat

Detailed Job Summary :

- Engage with the CBT Digital CTO to formulate and implement an effective global talent strategy.

- Lead the Technology delivery for the Global Delivery organization for CBT-DCT overseeing multi-geographies where the global-in-house centres (GICs) and offshore platforms are located, with an overall current strength of around 150, to become about 250 by 2017.

- Responsible for the overall direction and operations of the technology delivery for Digital Channel across applications and projects

- Manage resources comprising technical staff, business analysts and project managers across multiple geographies.

- Establish a high performance / reliable Technology Operating Environment with the help of counterparts in the US and design, implement and manage service delivery of the same.

- Ensure effective transition of technology work from the US to the EGS platforms in collaboration with the US teams and the transition team.

- Build and lead a team to deliver quality and cost effective globalized solutions

- Manage the business unit's budgets, and expenses.

- Engage and manage stakeholder relationships and provide solutions when needed.

- Engage the partners (counterparts in the US) to plan, assign and manage the delivery of support, maintenance and development activities.

- Provide senior leadership to the Technology leadership team at EGS

- Provide leadership at the industry level to build relationships and further the company brand.

- Play a key role in the EGS CBT CTO's leadership team and manage initiatives at a global scale.

Primary KRAs :

Financial :

- Budget forward load in consultation with the US and India managers

- Monitor expense budget items for his / her team. Manage cost items within budget.

- Use optimal resourcing mix to attain financial goals.

Relationship Management :

- Initiating, developing, and maintaining relationships with US Managers and other stakeholders

- Understand the business goals and priorities of the respective technology areas in WF and partner the US Managers to deliver the same.

- Establish effective communication with US Managers

- Negotiate and manage deliverables involving diagnostic of the business requirements

- Responsible for coordination of delivery of technology services

- Collaborate with the global team to measure, monitor and report on the services provided in India to meet the service levels/standards required/anticipated

- Identify opportunities for offshoring within the overall strategy of WF

- Build effective relationships with offshore vendors servicing DCT

- Continually identify and drive opportunities for process improvement

Strategic Management :

- Collaborate in the development of strategic plans for use of offshore platforms

- Work with the global team to design, build and operate a team with high efficiency and high productivity demonstrating ownership and accountability

- Identify and manage strategic relationships with local vendors for running the business.

- Measure the value of IT services delivered for teams operating in co-ownership / team extension model.

- Plan and manage skill portfolio of staff in view of future needs

- Facilitate the progression of ideas to business cases and projects in accordance with agreed priorities

Delivery Management :

- Manage team performance to budget and in line with overall departmental objectives

- Responsibility for delivering high quality technical projects / products, frameworks, platform engineering and support using agile / TDD / waterfall methodologies

- Review and drive improvements in policies, practices and procedures on an ongoing basis with the view to creating an environment of constant improvement

- Evaluate impact, implement and measure improvements in standards achieved. Build up and maintain a sound knowledge of industry practices and procedures and examine value to the current internal environment

- Ensure no surprises, and active risk management.

- Create visibility of technology delivery (applications and infrastructure) through reporting / metrics for EGS leadership

- Align operating processes with respective technology areas of WF. Establish proper operating metrics, and effect continuous improvement.

- Undertake management of cross-departmental projects, collaborating with other groups to achieve WF and EGS wide objectives

- Effective oversight of delivery from offshore IT Vendors for CBT

Staff :

- Develop and maintain a flexible and skilled resource base for provision of the IT service collaborating with colleagues for efficient resource management

- Develop people and Manage Talent. Create opportunities for growth, both horizontal and vertical.

- Design goals for staff in line with goals / objectives of the bank.

- Manage Performance of Staff and deal with poor performers.

- Use Rewards and Recognition to motivate staff and encourage performance.

- Improve staff engagement and manage attrition.

Desired experience profile :

- Ability to manage a 200+ digital technology team (web, mobile, APIs) across multiple sites working for multiple LoB's of an organization, preferably a financial services environment

- Must have 16+ years of experience, of which at least 5 years in senior management roles leading large teams, with demonstrable success in creating and driving effective technology teams in multinational business environments. Experience in an in-house centre would be desirable.

- Must have good understanding of global trends and practices in Technology.

- Must be able to demonstrate true results in impacting business outcomes and must be an innovative leader.

- A seasoned, relationship-driven executive who will have the style and sensitivity to work within a highly complex business environment. Multi-cultural sensitivity a must.

- Must have created and presented business cases to senior management, involving both Strategic and Operational initiatives.

- Demonstrated expertise in Project Management, Customer Engagement, People Leadership and Quality.

- Should have managed a digital technology team independently, looking after technology solutions, budgets, revenues, expenses, staffing, people development, etc.

- Proven record in a successful offshore delivery environment, across multiple sites.

- Experienced in process improvement and quality frameworks.

- Good knowledge of the IT industry internationally.

- Proven capability to identify, recruit, develop and retain talent.

Can be reached @ 08297091110