Sr. Manager, Engineering Lead, WRB Tech

Job Summary

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy • Develop and drive application strategy and roadmap in collaboration with the Domain Tech Lead. • Ensure the technical consistency of solutions in the Hive with the business architecture, technology architecture and enterprise technology standards. • Execute the Hive’s product vision with the Hive Leads. • Collaborate with Hive Lead and DTL on technology roadmap. • Communicate technical feasibility and constraints, articulate clear explanation of technical issues to stakeholders.
• Business • Support business in appropriate sequencing of the backlog, refinement, and rationalization through a technical lens. • Perform solution sizing, design detailed technological solutions for platforms, applications, or collections of applications. • Deliver solution intent (SI) and application designs, produce clear and comprehensive design and solution intent documents. • Collaborate with IT Change and Release Managers to develop strategic delivery and release plans with technical dependencies. • Proactively identify cross-hive or squad dependencies and risks, and develop mitigation plans to address them without waiting for formal planning sessions. • Develop change implementation, release plans, and run books with technical dependencies, aligning all partners with support from the squad and architect.
• Technical Leadership • Influence prioritization for technology backlog and strategic initiatives. • Incorporate considerations of technical debt into the roadmap alongside customer outcomes, ensuring a balanced approach to long-term sustainability. • Align detailed technical solutions with strategic roadmaps, long-term architecture and product/platform vision and with overall organization's technology direction and standards. • Support the squad in clearly slice the back log into independently shippable experience for customers and responsible for technical delivery and technical excellence across the squads.

Skills and Experience

• API & Microservices • Container Platforms (OpenShift, Kubernetes) • Database Technologies (SQL, NoSQL) • Integration Technologies • Agile Methodologies, Lean Framework • DevOps Engineering

Qualifications

• Graduation or Post-Graduation in Computer Science Engineering • Experience in the software development using Agile methodologies • Knowledge & Experience in practising Agile & Lean framework • Knowledge & Experience in the API & Microservices • Knowledge & Experience in J2EE and good understanding of OOA and OOP • Knowledge & Experience in Integration technologies – MQ, Kafka, Solace • Knowledge / Experience in Container platform and Cloud technologies • Knowledge / Experience in DevOps & SRE • Experiences with relational databases and NOSQL databases • More than 10+ years’ experience in software development domain • Proven experience in solution management, business development, or a related field • Strong understanding of the software development life cycle and experience with agile methodologies • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with clients and partners • Strong project management skills and experience leading cross-functional teams • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills • Strong understanding of technology and the ability to learn new technologies quickly

About Standard Chartered

What we offer

• In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.