Primary Responsibilities:

• Accountable for the successful execution of technology projects including support and maintenance releases, minor functional releases and major products for the whole Asia region.
• Executes on Global technology initiatives/strategies and guide successful implementation/adoption in Asia.
• Primary area of influence is within own team and influence on other product delivery lifecycle teams within Asia.
• Works with third parties to ensure delivery of outsourced work, resolves application issues, and understand product direction in order to support and implement where appropriate.
• Evaluates and makes suggestions on engagement of strategic suppliers on regional projects; and works with global counterparts to draw up the best options for management decision-making.
• Leads and manages the day-to-day activities of their team including supporting career development of team (objective setting, performance management, etc.)
• Manages and supervises managers of one or more small teams.
• Serves as departmental focal point for staff issues, HR initiatives and requirements.
• Implements and models a work culture that promotes development and retention of high quality staff within guidelines of the global organization priorities.
• Implements a customer-aware culture for their team, ensuring close working relationships with Product, Project Management, Technical Operations etc
• Liaises with other technical development areas for cross assignments and exchange of staff and encourages staff movement in line with business and/or career development needs.
• Accountable for delivery across multiple projects/products for the Region by providing guidance and support to project leads to assist in removing project impediments.
• Allocates and schedules resources in line with overall team, resolves conflicts, and prioritizes projects to meet the needs of the business within the Asia Region.
• Manages Regional work prioritization, scheduling and resourcing.
• Creates trust and credibility with stakeholders/user community and works with them to identify issues and risks that may impact them.
• Provides timely status updates for areas of team responsibilities within projects potentially including senior leaders, initiating escalation when necessary.
• Adept at all aspects of technical communications, including using presentations technologies (e.g. WebEx, PowerPoint) and software demonstrations.
• Encourages two-way communication with staff, peers, and business partners to draw out the best-of-breed solutions to organizational & business requirements..
• Contributes to compliance requirements and other governance measures within Region
• Ensures self and team develop modules using disciplined processes, adhering to team/company standards and best practice guidelines, and corporate policies.
• Ensures internal Service Level Agreements (SLAs) or other such agreements for third party support with technical areas are met.

Scope and Impact:

• Make recommendations for budget spend and assist with justification for regional delivery.
• Determines resources and scheduling for all regional projects within Collections technology.
• Has full responsibility for the execution and operational performance of teams/projects.
• Applies organization policies and programs appropriate to Real time delivery organization.
• Applies Technical expertise to directly influence decisions.
• Identifies and contributes to ongoing development and adoption of project processes, tools, and techniques so they develop in line with organizational, technical, and commercial requirements.
• Provides leadership and direction to regional team
• Directs and controls the performance and talent management activities for a functional area through team leads
• Responsible for motivating and recognizing staff with a special emphasis BEYOND direct reports.
• Grows organization talent through recruiting, coaching, and mentoring.
• Influence outcomes without actual involvement

Qualification:

• Proven experience and minimum of 10+ years of using formal software engineering tools and methodologies, including design, development, testing, etc.
• Ability to identify and understand complex problems and effectively drive resolution. Minimum of 10+ years in a management role, delivering complex, multi-platform/multi-region deliveries.
• Minimum 10-12 years with management communication and stakeholder management experience. Proven ability to articulate technical and non-technical information effectively to multiple audiences and levels, including business stakeholders.
• Demonstrates active listening, possessing exceptional presentation skills.
• Deep knowledge of financial markets and prior experience with Financial Market Data systems a must.
• Highly mature influencing and communication skills commensurate to engaging C-Suite management.

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