Senior Manager - Technology Strategy & Transformation

Deloitte PLT; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a seasoned professional to join their Technology, Strategy & Transformation team. The role involves engaging with high-profile banking clients to develop and implement technology strategies. Ideal candidates should have over 12 years of experience in technology strategy and transformation, particularly within the banking sector, and demonstrate strong leadership and interpersonal skills. The position requires a commitment to professional excellence and an ability to travel for project assignments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years of working experience in technology strategy and transformation.
• Experience in collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Deep understanding of banking technology landscape.

Responsibilities

• Engage with high-profile banking clients on technology strategy.
• Support senior IT leadership in developing an IT Operating Model.
• Shape client’s major IT Transformation programs.

Skills

Technology strategy

Transformation leadership

Interpersonal skills

Cloud strategy

Banking technology understanding

Team building

Stakeholder management

Education

Tertiary qualification in a technology or business discipline

Job description

Location: Manila, PH

Work you will do

Deloitte’s Financial Services industry group strives to support clients in addressing the challenges that impact today’s industry. Our member firm’s global network engages with clients to refine their business models through innovative practices, improved processes and enabling information technologies. This role will see you engage directly with high profile banking clients on their most important and challenging issues including defining the technology strategy, architecture and operating model for incumbent banks looking to transform themselves or neo banks, running the technology work stream for a large M&A program or developing a cloud transformation roadmap and more. We do not stop at defining the strategy and continue to work with our clients as trusted advisors throughout their journey. This also helps us to ensure that our strategy work is grounded and backed by learnings from actual implementation. You will also get a chance to collaborate with our global network where we have delivered truly cutting-edge technology projects for clients in this domain.

This role sits within the Technology, Strategy & Transformation team of Deloitte Southeast Asia, which aims to design, implement, and deliver technology strategy and transformation engagements for banks in the region, covering Retail Banking, SME banking, Corporate/Commercial Banking.

You will work alongside our clients to help them to build and transform their IT function, with reference to the following areas:

• IT Strategy Development: Assist clients in developing a technology strategy and roadmap that aligns with and supports their key business priorities, unlocking business value.
• IT Operating Model: Support senior IT leadership or business sponsor in developing an IT Operating Model, outlining the strategic aims of the organization, defining the various components of the IT function (e.g. roles, governance, processes, controls, and tools).
• Application Rationalization and Architecture: work with clients to assess the application landscape and define the target state architecture and platform roadmaps to deliver business objectives. Identify how the next gen technologies can be deployed to deliver their value proposition.
• IT Transformation: Shaping client’s major IT Transformation program and running the Transformation Office to deliver business and technology initiatives.
• IT M&A: Working on large international M&A deals (mergers, acquisitions, carve outs etc.) covering due diligence, day 1 strategy, planning, operating model, architecture, and post day 1 optimization and value delivery.
• IT Sourcing: working with clients to optimize their service delivery models, identifying and executing sourcing options for them.

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte, we believe in the importance of empowering our people to be leaders at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose and shared values, challenging themselves every day to identify issues that are most important to our clients, our people, and the communities, and to make an impact that matters. In addition to living our purpose, Senior Managers across our Firm are expected to:

• Establish a strong leadership brand by inspiring others through passion, integrity, and appreciation.
• Create opportunities to drive impact by leveraging each person’s strengths to build high performing teams.
• Translate and communicate broader strategy into a convincing team vision and goals, to align the team and sets priorities to achieve objectives.
• Engagement leadership and delivery.
• Collaborate with leaders across offerings and geographies to shape new opportunities for the firm.
• Developing eminence content and points of views with colleagues firmwide.
• Actively contribute to building the talent pipeline by championing a talent experience that attracts, develops, and retains top talent and high performing teams.

Enough about us, let's talk about you

• Tertiary qualification in a technology or business discipline with a well ranked institution.
• Minimum 12 years of working experience in technology strategy and transformation at consulting firms, in house consulting role or in an enterprise architecture role working for a leading bank.
• Demonstrated experience in technology strategy for within the Banking Institutions, with exposure to one or more of the following areas: IT Strategy, Architecture and Operating Model Design; Cloud strategy and transformation; Delivery of large technology transformation programs.
• Deep understanding of banking technology landscape particularly in digital banking capabilities and underlying technology solutions and how they are delivering their value proposition.
• Demonstrated thought leadership and eminence building in the marketplace.
• Understanding of the new age solution provider landscape and their capabilities across banking.
• Experience with budgetary responsibilities related to projects or resources.
• Experience in collaborating with cross functional teams to shape up and deliver new opportunities.
• Exceptional interpersonal, team building, and communication skills, showcasing executive presence with demonstrated ability to manage senior client stakeholders i.e. CXOs.
• Ability to build consensus and foster change in ambiguous settings.
• Commitment to professional excellence, as well as personal and professional growth.
• Drive, tenacity, client focused and results oriented.
• An appreciation of the consulting lifestyle and ability to travel (both locally and abroad) is a prerequisite to fit to our short-term and long-term project assignment.

Next Steps

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