Head of Software Engineering (VP)
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The Head of Engineering will spearhead the bank’s application development initiatives, providing strategic direction and leadership to the engineering teams. This role ensures the successful delivery of secure, scalable, and customer-focused banking applications that align with the bank’s digital transformation goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive the strategic planning and execution of all banking application development efforts, ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to uphold security, compliance, and performance standards across all applications.
- Oversee the evaluation and adoption of new technologies and third-party vendors, ensuring alignment with the bank’s technology roadmap.
- Foster a culture of innovation and technical excellence, staying ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies to enhance customer experience and operational efficiency.
- Oversee the technical aspects of designing, building, and running the world-class engineering teams necessary to enable the execution of the bank’s strategy and to compete effectively against local and international competitors.
- Recruit, develop, and grow top technical talent through effective mentoring, coaching, succession planning, and retention strategies for key talent in a highly competitive economic environment.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in any related field
- At least 15 years IT experience working on engineering projects, with substantial exposure to the banking or financial services sector.
- A minimum of 5 years in a leadership role, managing diverse engineering teams and driving strategic initiatives.
- Deep technical expertise in modern application development technologies, architectures, and best practices, particularly in security, scalability, and compliance.
- Open to working in a hybrid setup
The Head of Engineering will spearhead the bank’s application development initiatives, providing strategic direction and leadership to the engineering teams. This role ensures the successful delivery of secure, scalable, and customer-focused banking applications that align with the bank’s digital transformation goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive the strategic planning and execution of all banking application development efforts, ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to uphold security, compliance, and performance standards across all applications.
- Oversee the evaluation and adoption of new technologies and third-party vendors, ensuring alignment with the bank’s technology roadmap.
- Foster a culture of innovation and technical excellence, staying ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies to enhance customer experience and operational efficiency.
- Oversee the technical aspects of designing, building, and running the world-class engineering teams necessary to enable the execution of the bank’s strategy and to compete effectively against local and international competitors.
- Recruit, develop, and grow top technical talent through effective mentoring, coaching, succession planning, and retention strategies for key talent in a highly competitive economic environment.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in any related field
- At least 15 years IT experience working on engineering projects, with substantial exposure to the banking or financial services sector.
- A minimum of 5 years in a leadership role, managing diverse engineering teams and driving strategic initiatives.
- Deep technical expertise in modern application development technologies, architectures, and best practices, particularly in security, scalability, and compliance.
- Open to working in a hybrid setup