Senior IT Strategy Manager
Senior IT Strategy Manager
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Job Description
We are seeking a Senior IT Strategy Manager to join our IT Strategy and Architecture function at AJ Bell. Working closely with the Head of IT Strategy & Architecture you will provide strategic oversight across our technology portfolio while helping shape and execute our technology strategy. This is an excellent opportunity for a strategic technology leader who excels at maintaining strategic vision across multiple initiatives while driving practical through strong stakeholder management.
What are the key responsibilities
Strategy Development & :
- Partner with the Head of IT Strategy & Architecture and CTO to shape and implement technology strategy.
- Lead and/or provide strategic guidance for key initiatives from vision through to delivery ensuring alignment with business goals.
- Drive strategic outcomes by balancing competing priorities between product operations and technology deliveries to ensure maximum business value.
- Support improvement of controls and overall efficiency within Technology Services.
Leadership:
- Partner with the Head of IT Strategy & Architecture providing strategic guidance across Technology Services.
- Provide guidance and direction to multidisciplinary teams including Architects Engineers and Agile Practices without direct line management.
- Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across the business to align technology delivery with business needs.
- Drive collaboration between different technical disciplines to achieve strategic outcomes.
- Champion best practices in modern technology delivery approaches.
Strategic Delivery Monitoring:
- Maintain strategic oversight across the portfolio of initiatives ensuring they remain true to their original vision and business objectives.
- Establish indicators to identify when strategic initiatives begin to drift from their intended outcomes.
- Act as a strategic guardian intervening when initiatives lose sight of their core purpose and helping realign them with the original vision.
- Collaborate with delivery teams and stakeholders to coursecorrect strategic initiatives while preserving business value.
Business Architecture Practices:
- Design highlevel operating models for the technology function while collaborating with senior stakeholders on specific detailed models for their functions.
- Develop and maintain architecture artifacts that effectively bridge technical and business perspectives.
- Define target states and transition approaches for strategic initiatives.
- Identify and execute improvements in operational efficiency across technology functions.
- Enhance governance and architectural standards across Technology Services.
What youll have:
Must Have:
- Proven business architecture experience with a track record of delivering strategic change.
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills with demonstrated ability to communicate strategic vision effectively across all levels.
- Experience in operating model design and implementation.
- Strong analytical skills with ability to use data to drive decision making.
- Track record of successfully balancing competing priorities in complex technology environments.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain strategic oversight across multiple concurrent initiatives.
Valuable Experience:
- Financial services industry experience including knowledge of FCA regulatory requirements particularly operational resilience thirdparty risk management change management controls and consumer duty.
- Experience working with modern development practices including productaligned teams Agile and DevOps.
- Understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF) with focus on practical application.
About us:
AJ Bell is one of the fastestgrowing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an awardwinning range of solutions that caters for everyone from professional financial advisers to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 593000 customers using our awardwinning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than 90.4 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments and by continuously striving to make investing easier we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.
Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018 AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.
Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol we now have over 1450 employees and have been named one of the UKs Best 100 Companies to Work For for six consecutive years and in 2024 named a Great Place to Work.
What we offer:
- Starting holiday entitlement of 27 increasing up to 31 days with length of service and a holiday buy and sell scheme
- A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 8
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Annual free share awards scheme
- Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme
- Health Cash Plan provided by SimplyHealth
- Discounted private healthcare scheme and dental plan
- Free onsite gym
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Bike loan scheme
- Sick pay pledge
- Discounted nursery fees at Kids Planet on Exchange Quay
- Loans for travel season tickets
- Death in service scheme
- Dedicated time for proofofconcepts and assessing new tech
- Support to attend conferences events and meetups
- Paid time off for volunteer work
- Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice
- Calendar of social events including monthly payday drinks annual Christmas party summer party and much more
- Parking at Exchange Quay
- Personal development programmes built around you and your career goals including access to personal skills workshops
- Ongoing technical training
- Professional qualification support
- Talent development programmes
- Peer recognition scheme with rewards including restaurant and shopping vouchers or time off
- Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches
- Casual dress code
- Access to a range of benefits from our sponsorship deals
Hybrid working:
At AJ Bell our people are the heart of our culture. We believe in building strong connections by working together. Thats why we offer a hybrid working model where youll spend a minimum of 50 of your working time per month in the office. For new team members an initial period will be fulltime in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues.
AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race sex gender identity sexual orientation age pregnancy religion physical and mental disability marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications merit and business need.
If you like the sound of the above or just want to know more about the company and the role wed love to speak to you.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
