Platform Manager

Vendor Sourcing, Due Diligence & Contracting

• Responsible for conducting vendor scan based on business, technical and operational requirements.

• Prepares the compliance package to be sent out to vendors.

• Leads the vendor assessment in coordination with relevant internal resources.

• Responsible for creating a recommendation based on the vendor's assessment.

• Responsible for analyzing cost to build and TCO.

• Leads contract negotiation with Legal and creates contract summary for approval.

Platform Design and Delivery

• Translates business and operational requirements of business owners and stakeholders into appropriate functional and technical specifications and requirements.

• Designs the platform capabilities according to what best meets the specifications and requirements.

• Aligns the platform design with the product roadmap.

• Works with an internal team to provide the estimated timelines and costs for each initiative to the sponsor for business casing.

• Drives the delivery of platforms together with project management, procurement, IT, and network groups, ensuring on-time, on-spec, and on-budget execution.

• Manages constraints, challenges, and changes that affect the platform delivery

Platform Lifecycle Management

• Monitors and provides inputs for the development of new service roadmaps, breakthrough ideas, and business opportunities.

• Develops platform capability roadmaps in view of anticipated or emerging technologies.

• Recommends and identifies building or decommissioning a platform capability.

• Drives development of new capabilities to deliver an expanded or enhanced platform portfolio.

• Drives utilization of existing platforms by business partners through recommendations that apply existing platform capabilities with business needs.

• Leads process improvement initiatives for more efficient and streamlined use of a platform, allowing for faster and more effective roll-out of new services.

• Maintains a cost management mindset and monitors platform’s TCO.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 8 years IT industry experience as Business Analyst, Product Manager or Project Manager

• With at least 3 years stakeholder management experience.

• Experience in the IT domain, preferably in the financial services setting (either bank or non-bank) is preferred

• Strong background on the following: Vendor Sourcing, Due Diligence & Contracting / Platform Design & Delivery / Platform Lifecycle Management / Service & Operations Management

• Excellent communication skills

• Able to effectively communicate complex thoughts and ideas into understandable stories and narratives

• Able to influence teams or individuals into action to deliver goals and objectives

• Experience handling Fraud & CyberSecurity products is a plus.