- 15+ years of IT Delivery and Technology Services experience.
- 15+ years managing large offshore delivery organizations.
- Proven leadership of portfolios exceeding 200+ resources.
- Experience managing multimillion-dollar delivery portfolios.
- Strong Delivery Management and Program Leadership experience.
- Experience leading Data Engineering and Analytics programs.
- Strong commercial, financial and operational management capability.
- Experience managing Engineering Managers and PMO functions.
- Excellent stakeholder and executive communication skills.
- Strong people leadership and organizational management capability.
Technical Background
Strong experience in one or more of:
- Databricks
- Data Engineering
- Data Platforms
- Cloud Data Transformation Programs
- Data Warehousing
- Lakehouse Architectures
- Azure Data Platform
- Modern Data & Analytics
- Data Governance
- AI/ML Data Platforms
Ability to engage credibly with Engineering Managers, Architects and senior technical stakeholders.
Industry Experience
- Financial Services and Banking experience highly desirable.
- Experience supporting large regulated enterprise environments.
- Understanding of governance, compliance and risk management frameworks within Financial Services.
- Experience working with large banks, insurance, wealth management or capital markets organisations preferred.
Leadership Attributes
- Strategic thinker with strong execution capability.
- Highly customer-focused and commercially minded.
- Strong ownership mentality and bias for action.
- Able to influence senior executives and drive decisions.
- Resilient under pressure and comfortable managing complex delivery environments.
- Solid collaborator across business, delivery and engineering teams.