Technical Manager

The Technical Delivery Manager is responsible for leading a team of system analyst programmers and developers, managing the system development, implementation and support of Cards related applications on mainframe platform with overall accountability, ensuring product deliveries are timely and good quality. Responsibilities include:

• Responsible for end-to-end software development and support. This includes pre-project initiation, impact analysis, functional specifications to development, implementation, testing and support.
• Responsible for the understanding and contributing to the technical solution from design through to code level.
• Partner with business stakeholders to understand business requirements and provide consultation on solution and technology.
• Manage or lead developers to implement solution that meet business requirements and are in alignment with organization's business objectives
• Responsible for the understanding and contributing to the technical solution from design through to code level.
• Responsible for modifying existing programs when required.
• Work closely with business users in all change requests, analyze and review enhancements for compatibility and adhere to operating guidelines.
• Work with vendor to ensure product deliveries are timely and good quality.
• Manage the application setup and deployment components
• Manage and resolve development issues and escalation
• Communicate and seek concurrence to refine FSD where required.
• Work with vendor to ensure product deliveries are timely and good quality.
• Manage budget coming from different projects.
• Ensure project documentation is done up in accordance to bank standards
• Ensure appropriate standards and procedures are adhered to during the development process to support quality deliverables.
• Troubleshoot, debug and provide production system support
• Coordinate with internal teams and vendors to resolve application and system issues
• Execute tasks related to project / change request / maintenance request

Requirements

Technical Skills & Experience

• At least 10+ years of experience in application development and maintenance with full software development life cycle experience
• Functional knowledge in Credit Card Ecosystem (Card acquisition, issuance, authorization, settlement, disputes, scheme compliance,3DS,collections,loyalty)
• Hands-on experience on cards application domain on a mainframe platform.
• Significant domain knowledge in Cards and Payments.
• Technically competent in COBOL, CICS , Batch and EZT programming
• Experienced in working with mainframe online related technologies including CICS/Online
• Message layer/API integration
• CICS Expediter
• Experience with Mainframe Batch Processing Environment JCL, JES2 Batch and VSAMGood working knowledge skills with Microsoft Office Products, Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Project.
• Concise understanding of the system development life cycle
• Have experience working on Cards Related application operating on Open Platform eg Linux/Windows
• Proven experience to project manages a team of developers and vendors in
• Good functional knowledge of cards to design and develop effective / efficient solutions in meeting business requirements
• Experience with large scale Cards migration on Cardlink will be advantageous
• Proven experience to project manages a team of developers and vendors in ensuring timely delivery of system enhancement of varying scales
• Good working knowledge skills with Microsoft Office Products, Microsoft Visio, and Microsoft Project.
• Concise understanding of the system development life cycle
• Effective people leader with good interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to multi-task and perform well under pressure