Job description
Our Client is a market leader within the financial services space. They have a well-established presence of more than 20 years with more than 2000 employees globally. With rapid expansion plans, they are now looking for a Cloud Program Manager to be a part of their team.
Role and responsibilities
Role and responsibilities
- Lead and manage the cloud adoption program
- Coordinate and report on project progress, risks, and delivery of assets within agreed timelines
- Serve as the main point of contact for cloud transformation committees and stakeholders
- Ensure project and program is delivered on time, within scope and budget, and coordinate with internal and external resources
- Plan, design, and implement the project, managing budget and resource allocation
- Organize and lead monthly steering committees and operational meetings
- Track project performance and identify and document risks and mitigation strategies
- Monitor and review vendor performance with validation milestones agreed with top management
- Lead Outsourcing, Legal & Compliance assessment and reporting at Group level
- Ensure effective knowledge transfer to production teams
- Build and follow business case of the program including potential and realized savings, additional run costs etc.
- University degree in information technology, computer science or related discipline
- 8+ years of relevant experience preferably gained from major financial institutions with proven experience in managing scalable IT infrastructure projects
- Excellent Project and Program Management skills
- Strong ability to synthetize and communicate, both oral and written
- Experience managing and delivering programs, with multiple teams and project managers involved and not under your direct supervision
- Experience managing outsourcing vendors for delivering part of your projects
- Mastery of Office and collaboration tools, in particular: JIRA, Confluence
- Experience in managing IT contracts, project management office and implementing cloud projects with K8S.
- Extensive senior stakeholder engagement and effective C-Suite communication skills
- Technical knowledge or background
- Experience on Cloud migration & Cloud technologies
- Experience with Regulatory requirements around Cloud and Data protection
- Experience in Financial & Banking industry
- SCRUM/Agile experience.
