Vacant Openings at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Description

• Marketing Strategy: Execute business unit marketing strategies to drive consideration and business outcomes. Develop business unit marketing and communication plans with a clear focus to meeting business objectives. 
• Campaign proposition marketing execution: Execute 360 integrated marketing that change consumer perception, improve consideration and drive business outcomes. 

Education

• Higher Diplomas: Marketing (Required)

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Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Manage and execute bond trades on behalf of the company.
• Develop and maintain relationships with clients and counterparties.
• Monitor market trends and news to make informed trading decisions.
• Collaborate with other teams to develop and implement trading strategies.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and company policies.

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

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Job Description

DevOps

• Apply critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve technical problems (Front End, Back End OR Middleware) with high quality solutions
• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle including
• Evaluate analysis, problem definition, business requirements, solution development & provide recommendations to enable the operational feasibility of solutions
• Quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver technical solutions
• Ensure designs & solutions support the technical organisation principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience
• Apply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions
• Support the development of CI / CD Pipelines (authoring & supporting CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins / similar tools and deploying to multi-site Kubernetes environments – supporting and managing your applications all the way to production)
• Use & configure modern observability techniques leveraging e.g. aggregated logging via ELK stack, metrics via Prometheus / Grafana / NewRElic and tracing using Zipkin/Jaeger
• Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting e.g. Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes
• Debug existing source code and polish feature sets.
• Work with integrated teams and other developers to improve and evolve technical products and services
• Align all application development & development process to Group Architecture & Infrastructure guidelines
• Provide input into project & program teams (when required) to plan & manage the development lifecycle e.g. releases, risk management, testing, integration etc.
• Conduct reviews, performance monitoring & ongoing optimization and maintenance on applications
• Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and development practices and continuously evolve existing knowledge & skill in preparation for cross domain and other experiences e.g. Secure Side, Testing, Infrastructure solutions etc.

People

• Conduct peer reviews, testing, problem solving within and across the broader team
• Support the people change teams in the development of user material (Customer, Employee & 3rd Party Adoption)

Risk & Governance

• Identify technical risks and mitigate these (pre, during & post release)
• Update / Design all application documentation aligned to the organization technical standards and risk / governance frameworks
• Participate in incident management & DR activity – applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of major incidents

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

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Job Description

• Source Utilisation: Obtain walk in client or data leads from the Bank staff in the branches (Consultants, 
• Customer Experience: To provide service excellence and achieve customer satisfaction 
• Risk & Control: Ensure that staff members where applicable, i.e. Planner Assistants have a clear 
• Manage Sales & Growth Targets: Capture the correct Policy Relevant Information (PRI) number on the EBankpac system On a monthly basis, check the accuracy of the commission statements received from the AIFA Commissions department. Verify that all the PRI numbers reconcile to the commission paid and reflected on the statements 

Education

• Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC): Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

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Job Description

DevOps

• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle
• Interpret analysis, problem definition & business requirements to identify solution requirements (e.g. features)
• Produce well-organised and documented source code for technical solutions
• Apply technical organisation principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience in code development
• Apply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions
• Debug existing source code and polish feature sets.
• Work with integrated teams and other developers to improve and evolve technical products and services
• Study & apply Group Architecture & Infrastructure guidelines to all development work
• Support reviews, performance monitoring & ongoing optimization and maintenance on applications
• Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and development practices and continuously evolve existing knowledge & skill in preparation for exposure to Automation, Integration, Messaging, CI/CD etc.
• Update, create and appropriately store application documentation & technical specifications

Risk & Governance

• Participate in incident management & DR activity – applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of major incidents

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

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Job Description

Business Management:

• Providing Head of Engineering with advice on Energy and Demand management as well Retail Branch Portfolio Electrical , Mechanical and Fire design overlay and compliances this will includes, issues, and costs for portfolio planning options, as and when engaged through verbal communication or written communication using available tools.
• Ensure implementation of energy efficiency initiatives in all Absa Retail portfolio and or facilities, identified by Engineering management contractor or consultant, by engaging all stakeholders and setting up engineering resources needed to implement identified and agreed initiatives.
• Develop and manage the Ensure Environmental Assessment plans and Targets to ensure and align to the overall sustainability strategy
• Develop annual costed plan of upcoming electrical/mechanical and fire in engineering projects within the Retail Branch portfolio external cost consultants or references in conjunction and consultation with Engineering team and assist with technical input on electrical/mechanical and fire engineering requirements in the Retail Branch Portfolio (SA) or any of the Absa Corporate buildings as part of project tender documentation.
• Identify need for new or revised electrical/mechanical and fire engineering supplier relationships by reviewing and formulating maintenance specifications and checking the market for suitable service providers or suppliers.
• Provide technical electrical/mechanical and fire engineering input to the rest of the Engineering team, CRES clients and CRES project managers, evaluating bidder proposals, as and when engaged.
• Provide technical contribution to risk management strategy for CRES organisation by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• Provide technical input into compliance mechanisms to Engineering management (e.g. South African National Standards (SANS) in energy management) Research, own, and disseminate technical knowledge to Health, Safety, & Risk Functions for compliance within all your areas of responsibility

Operations Management :

• Analyse fit for purpose solutions and provide corrective actions required for the energy centre, by monitoring performance and analyzing results against targets and making necessary adjustments and implementation of ideas to achieve targeted results.
• Research alternative systems and make recommendations to Head of Engineering , review, and approve maintenance requirements for the Retail Branch Portfolio and Absa Corporate campus building.
• Coordinate and manage projects, making detailed plans to accomplish goals and managing the integration of technical activities in Retail Branch Portfolio and Absa Corporate campus building.
• Compliance: Ensure that the Retail Branch Portfolio assets have appropriate policy and standard level requirements and are up to date on compliance by commissioning a process of writing and reviewing policies to be approved and signed off by CRES leadership. Ensure that all Absa campus buildings are in compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, SA wiring regulations (SANS 10142), SA Energy Standards: SANS 204:2008 and Absa Engineering Design Standards, by commissioning.

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical Planning and Construction (Required)

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Job Description

Claims assessment: 

• Assess and/or process claims following standard operating procedures.

Customer Experience: 

• Handle all customer interactions professionally and efficiently.

Administration: 

• Effectively fulfil all required administrative duties, including tracking and reporting

Compliance and Risk Management: 

• Ensure that all team activities are in adherence to relevant control and compliance requirements, and quality standards.

Requirements:

• Qualification
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in Claims in Life Insurance

Education

• Higher Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

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Job Description

Relationship Management: 

• Own the primary relationship with the client by being the client’s main contact point for all corporate and investment banking needs.

Client Solutioning: 

• Take overall accountability for service delivery by setting the rules of engagement for the cross functional team, which includes Transactional Banker, Credit Analyst, Segment Support Client Control Team, Client Service Consultant & Product & Sector teams.

Manager Risk Assessment: 

• Take ownership of the portfolio's risk management by ensuring a good understanding of both the Bank's and the clients regulatory and compliance environments.

Education

• Bachelors Degree and Professional Qualifications: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

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Job Description

Key Accountabilities 

Accountability:  Managing the Finance Environment

• Execute strategic objectives as articulated by the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Business Unit (BU) explaining key focus areas to Executives and line managers.
• Review and present monthly financials and variance commentary at Divisional Manco meetings and where required support the Senior Finance Business Partners with presentation to EXCO Meetings.
• Implement and monitor cost control initiatives within the different functional areas within the Business Units in order to achieve overall Business Unit cost targets.
• Track cost savings benefits for the different centres within the business unit for which the role is responsible as and when required.
• Implement programmes and financial systems and policies as may be directed by the Senior Finance Business Partner for the financial year.
• Compile and present Financials to the relevant business owners on a monthly basis including financial actuals against forecasted trends.
• Conduct research and develop financial forecasts and indicators for the business to enable effective financial decision making and early warning systems.
• Participate in business initiatives or Group and Cluster financial initiatives on behalf of the business unit where required and ensure deliverables and frameworks are effectively implemented in own area of responsibility. (e.g. financial transfers between business units, group financial projects and business unit level financial drives and programmes).

Accountability: Financial management and Business Partnering

• Allocate duties to team members where required to execute and coordinate finance activities required within the business unit to ensure adherence to sound financial management and accounting practices within Business Unit.
• Monitor financial trends and identify gaps, based on gaps identified, motivate requests and new ways of work to the Senior Business Partner for additional resources including people, budget and equipment
• Obtain a thorough understanding of the business unit’s strategy and explain it to team members in such a way that they understand the contribution they have to mak
• Provide financial advise and guidance to line managers and business owners on new initiatives, current budget management practices and trends in expenditure in their areas of accountability.
• Explain targets and take accountability for the monitoring and achievement of own and team performance objectives in the department in terms of return on investments, financial risk, financial planning and governance. Create and present quarterly and monthly plans to ensure delivery for the year.
• Manage departmental budgets including signing off of invoices and quotes within mandate. Escalate out of budgets or items higher than approved mandate to the next level manager.
• Rigorously monitor expenditure against approved budgets for the areas of accountability and put measures in place to address variances. Continuously identify areas for improved efficiency and reduced cost.
• Conduct basic statistical analysis to track performance variances and determine the root causes of errors. Make recommendations for productivity or process enhancements to process owners
• Implement productivity improvement measures by coaching line managers on any new processes or on their areas for improvement.
• Populate balanced scorecards for the specific department on a monthly basis. Work with the team to address shortcomings during the next month. Escalate any major issues identified to the next level manager
• Participate in the measurement and reporting of internal and external Service Level Agreements on a monthly basis.
• Address any process failures specific to the department under management.

Accountability: Business Planning 

• Partner with the departments and the BU line managers to complete sound annual financial plans within the agreed timeframes.
• Review the 3 year forecast for Medium Term Plans (MTP's) for the area of accountability in accordance with BU strategy annually.
• Review the 3 year forecast for Short Term Plans (STP's) for the area of accountability in accordance with BU strategy annually.
• Review the 3 year forecast for Revised Annual Forecast (RAF) for the area of accountability in accordance with BU strategy annually.
• Review the expenditure against budget with accountable managers on a monthly basis and engage on areas of over expenditure or cost opportunities and help line managers to implement initiatives where budget savings can be made.

Accountability:  Governance

• Authorise the reconciliations submitted in terms of the GL Framework from the Finance Business Partner (FBP) on a monthly basis.
• Ensure that processes, control requirements and risk management frameworks that have been designed for the area are understood by all members of the team and that these are adhered to on a monthly basis.
• Monitor compliance training undertaken by team members and ensure that they complete the required training within prescribed timelines.
• Implement required governance forums to support improved financial management practices within own area of responsibility. (e.g. monthly finance reporting, monthly finance meetings).
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Education and Experience Required:

• NQF Level 7: Honours/Master’s Degree BCom Accounts
• Minimum 3 years financial management experience

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Key Accountabilities

Commercial Finance Execution Accountabilities 

• Responsible for tactical strategy and the navigation of multiple/complex leadership relevant across his/her function of the BU.
• Leveraging tactical and practice integration, accountable to optimise the function. Co-accountable with CFO and Executive Head for business growth and profitability.
• Ensure that the CFO is appraised of key financial issues that need to be raised with executive leadership to enable integrity and timely management the BU.
• Deliver on our Customer Promise by creating unprecedented, seamless experiences.
• Embrace our distinctive brand aspiration and infuse in business.
• Implementation and creating of global best operating practices.
• Drive continuous process efficiency, financial rigour and controls. Pioneer and implement Finance best practices, digital solutions and effective change enablement. Build a scalable, digitally-led business.
• Drive cost management objectives for function within the BU.
• Contribute to functional strategy, create a shared purpose and identity for function; one family doing what’s ‘best for absa’.
• Adopt an eco-system mandate: (geography, customer, channel and product) of business area.
• Book of work contribution: Partner with leaders on financial decisions and implications of business strategies, investments, trade-offs, efficiency and scale initiatives, including process and systems transformation. Ensure alignment of core business with future business and technology changes and align vendor roadmaps to ensure the achievement thereof.
• Accountable for ensuring an optimal and compliant control environment within business unit that appropriately balances risk appetites and customer demand with the need to grow to achieve the financial ambitions and balance sheet aspirations of the BU.
• Lead all aspects of the core finance processes for the BU (annual planning, forecasting, spend trajectory and reporting), and partner with the business leaders to evaluate the productivity of operations, enable wise resource allocation, and drive intelligent scenario planning.
• Stimulate a leadership context of solid understanding of the markets/segments/customers/products to help drive financial growth, performs product and customer profitability analysis to assist with business decisions. Build capability to partner with business to identify opportunities to utilise relevant solutions to innovate new products and services with the intent of driving customer value and revenue.
• Whenever necessary, participate in negotiations with partners as well as suppliers or contractors within appropriate role scope.
• Foster strong relationships with business units by establishing a customer service culture within the commercial finance team.
• Influence integration of Treasury, Risk, and Finance from a BU perspective.
• Maintain stewardship and excellence which drives performance and sustainable growth through preservation of financial integrity.
• Leverage BU to help shape society by developing innovative solutions to societal challenges; and expand and augment existing capabilities.
• Integrate oversight of BCM & cybersecurity strategy for BU into Finance execution.

Financial Reporting Accountabilities

• Partner with leaders to define, optimize and monitor progress on their strategic agenda, short-term and long-term plans and investments, operational success metrics, efficiencies, risks and mitigations.
• Seek advanced modelling and analysis capability to provide actionable intelligence, beyond data within the function.
• Develop finance narratives and insights driving business; and build pioneering new propositions.
• Ensure appropriate, quality and timeous delivery of accurate financial and non-financial management information to support business objectives and expectations, including appropriate financial and non-financial metrics, valid and insightful comments and packaging the information in a relevant and appropriate manner.
• Deliver reporting reflecting deep commercial, holistic understanding, coherency, clarity, and contextualisation. Tell the story with passion and conviction.
• Provide thought-leadership, insight, influence and challenge on evolving stakeholder information requirements and reporting processes to deliver analytics.
• Drive the stakeholder engagement and processes around month-end, year-end and planning cycles across the BU. Prepare for all cycles in advance and ensure adequate engagement with the relevant finance and BU teams.
• Integrate the production of regular, high quality, standardised financial and non-financial reporting and analytics to Business and Finance.  

People Investment Accountabilities

• Coach, inspire, engage, mentor and develop finance and business savvy leaders.
• Play to our A-Game culture of Culture of inclusivity, diversity, entrepreneurship, and ownership.
• People Promise will be integral to our business. Focus on Finance skills development and succession.
• Integrate Big Data and Advanced Analytics into the core of our business.
• Develop specialised Finance skills to support mergers and acquisitions, and partnership capabilities to drive opportunity.
• Provide thought leadership to the industry and aim to create industry benchmark standards.
• Be an enabler of capabilities, talent and service level to fulfil business and functional responsibilities in an innovative efficient manner.
• Lead the Finance team in obtaining a holistic view of RBB, whilst ensuring that each direct report maintains an in-depth understanding of his/her own functional area.
• Regularly engage with the other finance and BU teams regarding the process surrounding demand management, ensuring that adequate controls are in place to ensure effective utilisation of the Finance team’s resources.
• Embed the correct governance and control frameworks across the Finance team, as well as for proactively addressing any deficiencies and exceptions.
• Build BU leadership capability by influencing deep understanding of income statement, balance sheet, margin returns, variance analysis, capital and liquidity requirements, revenues, assets, liabilities and capital, expenses, headcount analytics and other key ratios through relevant engagement. Hold BU managers accountable for ensuring adaptability of the team to changes in external regulatory requirements and business performance outlook.
• Role / Person Specification

Education and Experience:

• Minimum B-degree (NQF level no.7) Desired Post Graduate Degree (NQF level no.8+), CA (SA) or CIMA or MBA qualification preferred
• 5+ years professional financial management experience
• 5+ years Banking Experience at a management level
• Preferred team lead in Finance Function teams or in professional sales environment

Knowledge and Skills:

• Exposure to share-based payments is desirable
• Experience in business transformation contexts related to exponential business growth
• Experience in commercial innovation environments
• Broad Finance including strategic, commercial, legal, risk and operational aspects
• Ability to build, develop and lead professional level teams 
• Understanding of the financial services sector within a professional business environment
• Knowledge of people change management

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Job Description

• The Internal Audit Enterprise Risk role is responsible for assurance of Enterprise Risk which includes risk type strategy and framework, group-wide governance to effectively enable risk type appetite, aggregation of risk type profiles, oversight and challenge processes.
• The position is a technical Enterprise Risk specialist as well as SME role in Internal Audit and is required require to provide assurance on:
• Enterprise Risk Functions: The application and the effectiveness of the risk management practices, methodologies and systems which includes Stress Testing, Risk Appetite and Recovery Planning.
• Regulatory Framework: The provisions of the regulatory framework and in particular the bank’s system for identifying and measuring its regulatory capital and assessing the adequacy of its capital resources in relation to the bank’s credit risk exposures and established minimum ratios as well as Pillar 3 disclosures.
• Support the Audit manager in the identification of risks to be tested by participating in planning sessions. Develop testing strategies for key controls within the business to adequately mitigate the risks. Manage the execution of Design Effectiveness Testing (DEA) and Operational Effectiveness Testing (OET) of the audit team in line with methodology requirements.
• Develop an in-depth knowledge of Absa and the various business areas and use the knowledge to assess risks and controls through identifying, assessing and documenting risks and controls within these processes. Engage proactively with Internal Audit colleagues during assignments and request technical assistance where required and based on knowledge of business areas, provide guidance to other auditors and peers by sharing best practice so that their work meets and sometimes exceeds quality standards.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key audit contacts on each audit by attending continuous stakeholder meetings. In addition, engage closely with stakeholders during assignments and encourage open discussion and interaction with business on the risks associated in their environment.

Education and Experience:

Quantitative degree

• Minimum 3 years experience
• Enterprise Risk background

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

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Job Description

• Product & Service Direction Setting, Solution Design & Performance Management
• Work with the CIO & business product owners to define the product & technical strategy (Full Stack – End to End)
• Act as the single point of partnership & assume responsibility for managing the senior business interface (product owner) relationship
• Assume one stop shop accountability for the delivery of the product & solutions (risk cannot be outsourced to vendors)
• Apply design thinking practices to deliver architecturally sound technical product & service solutions (and explain / guide / coach others on this architecture holistically and technically)
• Lead & facilitate the design of the product & or service solution blueprints aligned to the organization strategy (Short, Medium & Long Term)
• Collaborate across the tech value chain (CSO, CTO, etc.) to guide the business on the appropriate technical solution (cost to value) & the range of strategic technical choices to be made
• Lead the detailed scoping, prioritisation & integration planning for the design & deployment of products & services with & across multiple stakeholder groups (Front End, Back End & Integration) – (aligned to solution blueprints)
• Meaningfully contribute & ensure solutions align to the design & direction of the Group Architecture standards, principles, preferences & practices. Short term deployment must align to strategic long term delivery.
• Meaningfully contribute & ensure solutions align to the design and direction of the Group Infrastructure standards and practices e.g. OLA’s, IAAS, PAAS, SAAS, Containerisation etc.
• Strategically & operationally monitor the performance of products and services (all applications) – ensuring ongoing optimization & cost to value for our businesses (think bank wide)

DevOps (with deep knowledge & understanding of context within which we develop architecturally & infrastructurally)

• Leverage the required expert level (own) skill & knowledge in architecture & Infrastructure, design and manage all development & development practices & outputs across squads (apply knowledge on virtualization, containerization, automation, storage & serverless technologies (e.g. AWS, Azure, Google, & on prem-Cloud, etc.)
• Ensure the most optimal design & deployment of technical products and services in the organization (via pipeline – not manually)
• Design & Implement Automation Testing, Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery Strategies & frameworks across squads for effective solution development & deployment (understand and apply expert knowledge in e.g. Kubernetes, Jenkins, TeamCity, Arifactory, MS Powershell, Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) Tools, APM Tools (e.g. NewRelic & Splunk) etc.
• Ensure solution designs deliver on the key technical principles of: self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience
• Guide code development practices and processes through an understanding of complex concepts and developmental practices such as threading, parallel processing, asynchronous programming, domain driven design, lambdas etc. & coding language expertise (e.g. Java, C++, Groovy, Python, Bash, Perl, Ruby etc.)
• Guide & ensure the delivery of quality development (code) based on own experience in developing across a range of applications including but not limited to: server side, client side, web (SOAP, REST, JSON), socket based programming, batch & real time, building architectural patterns, security / security domains)
• Effectively manage the DevOps pipeline & associated releases for maximum customer impact & minimum business risk
• Manage the maintenance & optimization of applications, products & services as a ‘way of doing things / culture’ within the development teams. You are fully accountable for the longevity of applications aligned to Group Architectural practices.
• Coach & Mentor senior developers across squads on the technical competencies to effectively deliver on DevOps solutions (see Dev competency model in skills & competencies section). To do this, display proficiency in the Senior level competency requirements.

Delivery Management (where there is a specific product / service you manage)

• With fluency in the deployment of agile methodologies, resource & manage the appropriate number and nature (skill & capability) of squad based teams to execute on both Run & Change elements of delivery
• Work in collaboration with transformation & change teams for effective resourcing and delivery management of various programmes at all levels (SI, BU etc.)
• Ensure agile practices are implemented and sustained for effective delivery to business e.g. RETRO’s etc.
• Positively & proactively manage product owner relationships including building product owner technical capability to enable balanced & best fit decision making
• Proactively engage with & partner CTO, CSO, SE, Risk and broader enablement functions to drive alignment & leading practice in technology design & deployment

People

• Set & Cascade Product & Service direction across squads
• Proactively attract, recruit, develop, retain, reward & deploy a diverse resource base aligned to an ever evolving tech environment (ahead of demand)
• Build a high performance team environment through self-directed teams by driving performance management & measurement that is aligned with agile working practices (including daily, weekly, etc. sprint routines, regular & honest feedback etc.)
• Accountable for the right people in the right teams to deliver on our tech strategy (always!)
• Leverage coaching techniques in all squad related activity to drive a higher quality design and deployment of technical products and services

Financial & Vendor Management, Risk & Governance

• Carry the ‘one stop shop’ accountability for all risk associated with technical decision making (from ideation to deployment)
• Manage & Apply the organization risk & governance frameworks
• Ensure decisions on infrastructure & product design are aligned to chapter & guild guidelines & are sustainable for the enterprise
• Proactively involve / engage chapter & guild leads in product design & infrastructure decision making, applying an enterprise wide lens to product & service development
• Manage all vendor selection processes & take full accountability for all related commercial impact
• Negotiate best fit contracts for the organization at an enterprise level and align decision making to our key business principles of scalability, resilience, captivity etc.
• Deliver on time & on budget (always)

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology