Senior Business Program Architect, Banking (Contract, Zurich)

For our international banking client, Swisslinx are looking for a Senior Business Program Architect with a strong oversight and governance experience for a challenging new 6-month contract (with likelihood of extensions) in Zürich, starting as soon as possible.

- As a key member of the CFO/COO organization, you will play a vital role in driving the alignment of business strategy to the operational and IT design (and associated process, models and roadmaps to achieve tactical and strategic delivery)
- You will have strong stakeholder management involvement and must be comfortable working with a wide range of stakeholders, at all levels, throughout the group.
- As part of the wider Portfolio Management group you will have the opportunity to make a difference and help drive transformational change throughout the organization by being involved with high calibre, high profile programs and senior stakeholders.
- Deliver objective architectural recommendations and follow-on actions to senior Change Leads and Program Managers
- On the basis of considerable delivery experience, provide pragmatic and constructive feedback;
- challenge program practices, assumptions and forecasts when necessary,
- business models, service design, processes, systems & infrastructure and the development approach: design, delivery and implementation

In order to be considered for this position, you will possess the following skills and experience:

- Proven track record of 10+ years of demonstrable solution architect experience in financial services.
- Knowledge of Application Lifecycle Management - PlanningIT is critical
- Benefits & elements of Enterprise Architecture and the use of Architecture views/models
- Application solution development - in order to be able to challenge Solution Architects
- Architecture project management - to ensure architects deliver against stakeholders
- Broad business architecture knowledge that encompasses business models, service design, processes, systems & infrastructure
- Bachelor level Degree or equivalent in numerical based discipline (eg Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics etc.) or equivalent
- A hands-on practitioner with a successful track record of leading and delivering large, complex change programs encompassing business and technology change.
- Experience in modelling business processes using a variety of tools and techniques and an appreciation of how to develop a robust pragmatic architecture.
- Strong relationship building skills with the ability to act in a leadership position and to interact efficiently with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels with the organization.
- Excellent relationship, interpersonal and organizational skills with a highly client focused attitude/approach, and the ability to build strong and lasting relationships.
- Ability to visualize and create high-level operating models and other representations which present different views of the business at varying levels of detail and can be adjusted as required for complex scenarios
- Ability to translate business level information through to technical/development teams & personnel (both internal & external) - using architecture frameworks and models
- Ability to design and develop roadmaps and target operating models
- Fluent English, written and spoken

Are you interested in a new challenge working in a dynamic and committed team of professionals? Then please send us your full CV.

If you possess the above skills and attributes and are interested in this opportunity, then please send your CV as soon as possible.

The Swisslinx Group provides bespoke recruitment solutions for technology, financial and executive positions in Switzerland and the Middle East. With more than twenty years experience our business relationships are driven by integrity, trust and discretion.

Swisslinx AG
Mr Joseph Weir

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