Manager - Technology Lifecycle and Resilience in banking domain

TAT IT Technolgies; Abu Dhabi; Presencial; AED 201.000 - 312.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

TAT IT Technologies in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Manager - Technology Lifecycle and Resilience to lead lifecycle governance and resilience programs for banking clients. The role demands collaboration with enterprise architecture, IT GRC, cyber security, and operations to drive consistent risk management and upgrade planning.

You will define governance models, roadmaps and executive-level architecture outputs, ensuring alignment with EA standards and long-term resilience objectives in a regulated

Formación

• Experience in enterprise architecture and lifecycle governance within a regulated sector.
• Strong ability to define governance models, RACI and control points.
• Proven track record in shaping resilience strategies and target-state architectures across apps, infra, data and cloud.
• Excellent executive communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Banking or financial services background is highly preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the definition of a Technology/Application Lifecycle Management framework across lifecycle stages and end-of-life risk governance.
• Define lifecycle states, governance accountability and upgrade planning for vendor end-of-life.
• Lead EA contribution to enterprise resilience strategy and target-state architecture including recoverability patterns.
• Align lifecycle governance and resilience architecture to ensure consistent risk considerations across workstreams.
• Coordinate inputs from Technology Platforms, IT GRC, DR/Operations, Cyber Security, Procurement and Application Owners.
• Establish governance, traceability and decision records aligned to EA standards and roadmaps.
• Guide the Resilience Architect / Technical Architect and consolidate outputs into executive strategy and roadmap.
• Maintain EA boundary while delivery teams handle implementation, testing and evidence production.

Conocimientos

Enterprise architecture

Technology strategy

Portfolio management

Lifecycle governance

Obsolescence risk

Vendor risk

Investment planning

Architecture governance

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Decision paper writing

Banking domain experience

Herramientas

ServiceNow CMDB/APM

Jira

Confluence

Power BI

Microsoft 365

Descripción del empleo

We have an urgent requirement for Manager - Technology Lifecycle and Resilience in banking domain (Must) is required for our banking clients in Abu Dhabi ,UAE

• Lead the design and implementation of a Technology/Application Lifecycle Management framework, covering application lifecycle stages, technology obsolescence, end-of-life risk management, governance models, escalation paths, and upgrade planning.--Must
• Define and drive the enterprise resilience strategy and target-state architecture, establishing resilience principles, recovery patterns, failover capabilities, and risk mitigation approaches across applications, infrastructure, data, and cloud environments.--Must
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including Enterprise Architecture, Technology Platforms, IT GRC, Cyber Security, Operations, Procurement, Finance, and Application Owners to ensure alignment between lifecycle governance, resilience objectives, and business priorities.--Must
• Establish architecture governance, decision records, control frameworks, and executive-level roadmaps, while guiding architects and ensuring alignment with EA standards, target-state architecture, investment planning, and long-term resilience objectives.--Must Banking Domain --Must

Key Responsibilties

• Lead the definition of a Technology/Application Lifecycle Management framework, with emphasis on application lifecycle, technology obsolescence and end-of-life risk governance.
• Define lifecycle states, governance accountabilities, decision points, escalation paths and forward-planning controls for upgrades and remediation ahead of vendor end-of-life.
• Lead the Enterprise Architecture contribution to the enterprise resilience strategy and target-state resilience architecture, including the principles and patterns required to improve recoverability and reduce failover constraints.
• Align lifecycle governance and resilience architecture so that obsolescence, recoverability and resilience risks are considered consistently across the two workstreams.
• Coordinate architecture inputs from Technology Platforms, IT GRC, DR/Operations, Cyber Security, Procurement, Finance and application owners.
• Establish architecture governance, traceability and decision records for the two workstreams, including alignment to EA standards, target states and review forums.
• Guide the Resilience Architect / Technical Architect and consolidate technical outputs into an executive-level strategy and roadmap.
• Maintain the EA boundary: lead strategy, architecture and governance while operational control implementation, testing and evidence production remain with accountable delivery and platform teams.

Required Skills

• Deep experience in enterprise architecture, technology strategy, application portfolio management and lifecycle governance.
• Strong understanding of technology obsolescence, vendor end-of-support risk, investment planning and architecture governance.
• Experience shaping enterprise resilience strategies and target-state architectures across applications, infrastructure, data, integration and cloud.
• Ability to establish pragmatic governance frameworks, RACI models, control points, roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
• Strong executive communication, cross-functional leadership, facilitation and decision-paper writing skills.
• Experience in banking, financial services or another highly regulated sector is strongly preferred.

Key Deliverables

• Technology/Application Lifecycle Management framework covering lifecycle stages, technology obsolescence and end-of-life risk governance.
• Defined lifecycle taxonomy, governance model, ownership model, control points and escalation approach.
• Forward-planning approach for identifying and budgeting upgrades or remediation before vendor end-of-life.
• Enterprise resilience strategy and target-state resilience architecture, including architecture principles, patterns, priorities and transition considerations.
• Integrated roadmap, dependencies and governance plan across the lifecycle and resilience workstreams.
• Architecture decision records, executive updates and governance submissions supporting implementation and ongoing governance.

Certifications

Preferred: TOGAF certification. Additional relevant certifications may include ITIL 4, COBIT, PMP/PRINCE2, AWS or Microsoft Azure architecture credentials, and CBCI or equivalent resilience qualification.

Preferred Tech Stack:

Enterprise architecture repository and modelling standards; application portfolio and CMDB data; hybrid infrastructure and cloud architecture; resilience and lifecycle management capabilities

Tools / Platforms:

ServiceNow CMDB/APM; Jira; Confluence; Microsoft Power BI; Microsoft 365

Skills: resilience,bank,application lifecycle management