Job Description

The pace of change has never been greater or the stakes higher. Companies know where they want to go. They want to be more agile, quicker to react, and more effective. They want to deliver an exceptional customer experience (CX), take advantage of new technologies, improve quality and transparency, and build value. And yet, to effectively deliver on this vision requires a new approach to technology transformation. One comprehensive enough to account for crucial dependencies across the enterprise, synchronized with the business so that change delivers tangible value, and deliberate enough in developing a lightweight governance model that provides transparency, coordination, and tracks progress without inhibiting groups from iterating at speed.

The role of the Technology Transformation Specialist is to coordinate cross-functional activity and drive critical path delivery in support of Technologys multi-year Transformation Strategy. You will provide strategic leadership across large, architecturally complex change efforts, providing assurance that solution designs are fit for purpose and that Technologys transformation commitments are successfully delivered.

Job responsibilities include:

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* Establish, schedule, and coordinate recurring meetings across all Transformation Working Groups, including the documentation of progress/issues/next steps, etc.
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* Drive results through standardized, weekly, action-oriented meetings.
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* Establish and enforce minimum transformation framework standards and strategic reporting guidelines to provide executional consistency across all programs of change - e.g., Workstreams, Maturity Guidelines, Year-End (YE) Targets.
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* Develop and maintain a real-time Transformation Dashboard to ensure all participants and leadership have a single source of truth as the pipeline of improvements, subdivided into actions, owners, and dollars at stake matures year-over-year.
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* Translate data and technical information into clear actions for Working Groups. Provide objective assessments of the transformations progress.
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* Monitor and participate in Working Group meetings on an as-needed basis to support cross-functional delivery and communication.
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* Identify potential conflicts or overlaps among work streams, raise the issues with stakeholders in regular meetings, and work with owners and executives to achieve the best outcome for the business.
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* Help bridge the gap between business and technology functions and help a tech-enabled transformation achieve its goals.
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* Contribute to the development of an overall transformation plan and roadmap that will support the growth planned across the IT organization. Function as a steward of this vision and roadmap.
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* Create a sense of urgency, resiliency, and momentum to deliver material and sustainable results.
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* Develop multi-channel communication strategy and distribute regular transformation updates to the broader Technology organization to ensure transparency and continual organizational focus.
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* Design, perform and oversee a wide range of larger scale strategic projects, directing and formulating recommendations and obtaining stakeholder buy-in.
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* Provide solutions to complex business problems for areas of responsibility where analysis of situations requires an in-depth knowledge of organizational objectives.

Qualifications

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* Bachelor's degree in technology, business or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required. Advanced degree preferred.
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* 8-10 years of related experience preferred, experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.
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* Very strong analytical skills, including advanced Excel and PowerPoint.
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* Experience with tools such as Confluence, JIRA, and data visualization (Tableau, PowerBI) preferred.
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* Fluent in technology, analytics, and Agile ways of working.
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* Strong knowledge of Operating Model frameworks.
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* Ability to learn new technology quickly, demonstrated by experience in an engineering environment.
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* Ability to take ambiguous topics and translate into actionable plans working with multiple business and technical stakeholders.
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* Strong team player with outstanding communication, organization, and collaboration skills.