Assistant Vice President Information Technology

We are seeking an Assistant Vice President - IT Service Management who will be managing and overseeing the IT enterprise Architecture both in development and production environments for a leading bank in Qatar. In this permanent role the ideal candidate will be responsible for the re-engineering of existing and new IT systems and products to optimize performance; implement latest design standards and adopt latest technologies. This is part of the Qatarization initiative

Responsibilities

- Provide comprehensive and cost effective solutions to internal and external applications.

- Coordinate with the SVP IT Strategy & Governance to provide architectural recommendations that fall in line with the Group’s overall strategy and vision.

- Coordinate with other AVPs and VPs on suggested changes that would impact their systems.

- Implements KPI’s and best practices for Enterprise Architecture

- Liaise with the concerned business unit for their application requirements and follow-up as and when required to answer their business needs.

- Meet with internal managers and project owners to understand and document their requirements prior to providing suitable solutions.

- Use industry standard architecture methodologies such as TOGAF to successfully implement and grow the Enterprise Architecture of the bank.

- Supervise the operations of the different architecture layers: Business Architecture, Application Architecture, Data Architecture, and IT Architecture to ensure smooth and secure flow of data.

- Design and Build a Service Oriented Architecture Integration layer to ensure smooth and seamless propagation of data between systems and subsystems.

- Research, design, document, build, and pilot prioritized topics within the enterprise.

- Lead technical team in procurement initiatives (RFI, RFP) and associated activities.

- Lead the preparation and maintenance of documentation and standards for the different activities and systems user guides as per the overall documentation policy

- Comply with all applicable legal, regulatory and internal compliance requirements including, but not limited to, Group Compliance Policies and Procedures (AML & CTF, Sanctions Policy, Data Protection Policy, Fraud Control Policy, Whistle Blowing Policy, Conflict of Interest and Insider Dealing Policy).

Education and Experience Requirements

- Bachelor’s Degree in Banking, Finance, Accounting or MIS.

- At least 10 years of relevant experience, preferably within a highly rated international bank.

- Specific courses in IT security and Enterprise Architecture.

Send us your CV to [email protected]