Job Summary
Change and IT Director
Key Responsibilities
Managing the IBS Technology Landscape
• Oversee IBS IT and Change functions, ensuring FCA compliance
• Accountable for the overall IT strategy and delivery to ensure IBS operations teams can service its customers and remain compliant to regulatory responsibilities
• Responsible for BCP, DR, and Ops Resilience activities
• Manage and reduce IT risks of the IBS environment working collaboratively with clients, other partner organizations and third-party vendor
• Evaluate technology operations and establish IT policies
• Analyze business requirements and determine technology needs
• Purchase and ensure efficient technology solutions
• Report upgrade needs to upper management
• Lead IT teams and build provider relationships
• Manage IBS P&L, control budget spends, and report expenditure
Managing BAU Change Project
• Overall responsibility of Regulatory, Client driven and internal changes in the IT landscape to remain compliant with regulations
• Translates the strategic direction and business objectives established by clients into holistic change management strategies
• Support project managers on daily change management activities and provide the appropriate levels of support and coaching for IBS and client team members
• Coach and guide project team members on IBS change and transformation projects in line with the business plans
• Lead new Scoping, Ideas and convert to project for the IBS business and wider HCL business as required
• Contribute to the development of IBS practice, methodologies and people
• Work with wider HCL/IBS sales and leadership on business development opportunities, developing responses to client inquiries, creating solutions and estimating work efforts for new opportunities
• Achieve growth and sales targets, engage with senior executives and support the development of IBS employees and recruiting efforts
Skill Requirements
• Proven experience as CTO/ CIO role of regulated business environment
• Experience in working with AWS, Informix, AIX and legacy platforms.
• Knowledge in Insurance Domain preferably Life and Pension
• Experience in day to operations and projects in IT Risk, Info-sec, ASM, infrastructure and network management
• Experience in analysis, implementation and evaluation of IT systems and their specifications
• Able to understand and measure the impact of strategies and activities on the business
• Build and maintain deep internal and some external/sector-wide relationships
• Understands the broader context and operates with a global mindset
• Self-motivator with the ability to work with much ambiguity
• Understands the risks faced by the organization and the controls in place to manage and mitigate risks
Other Requirements
• Preferably degree / professional qualification or minimum 15 years of Leadership roles for Change / IT Strategy & Operations management with experience in delivering on transformation agenda for Insurance / FS companies.
• 15+ years of relevant work experience