CF-CTB – Service Owner

Job Description

The Service Owner is responsible for building and supporting the big data platform team. Mandatory Requirements The ideal candidate should possess the following technical skills: Manage project plan, budget, structure, schedule and staffing requirements including internal staff, client employees and third-party vendors Project performance responsibility for managing scope, cost, schedule and contractual deliverables Become a bridge between key client business stakeholders and Agile development team Manage value delivered by Agile development team and ensuring alignment with overall service strategy of the client Understand the client’s Divisional and Group objectives and strategies and manage the product’s business and technology stakeholders. Balance the trade-off between quality, benefits, risk, budget, time to market and user experience and effectively communicate it to key project stakeholders Clearly define the product and requirements with client business stakeholders and development teams by translating requirements and writing epics, features and stories Maintain the Non-functional Requirements (NFRs), to help ensure that the solution meets relevant standards and other system quality requirements Provide support to the team and work closely with the Scrum Master to remove team impediments & lead by example Mentor junior IBM consultants in the practice and delivery engagements Required Professional and Technical Expertise: Minimum of 10+ years of experience as a project manager, iteration manager or scrum master in IT Consulting or other technology business units across the industry Minimum of 3+ years of project management experience in data initiatives such as data Governance, modernisation, migration, governance, reporting, analytics and data science Diverse practical experience in project delivery frameworks such as Scaled Agile, Distributed Agile, Agile Sprints, Kanban, Waterfall etc Skills include Project Planning, Budgeting, Performance Management, Scheduling, Staffing, PM Methods, Performance Management, Scope Management, Contractual Deliverables, Change Control and Risk Management Solid Understanding of various data professional roles and responsibilities Understanding of concepts of business-critical design, services sensitive to performance SLAs with high availability, fault-tolerance, automatic fail-over and geographical redundancy Experience delivering projects based on Cloud Platform such as Azure, AWS, GCP and IBM and other modern data platforms Understanding of containerisation, virtualisation, infrastructure and networking Understanding of software development life cycle and methodologies Experience in presenting to and influencing stakeholders and senior managers Experience in Banking is required. Team leadership and people manager experience Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related Engineering courses One or more industry-recognised technology or project delivery certifications or badges Desired Attributes and Skills The specialist should be skilled in Leading project teams in delivering solutions according to project charter or client project contracts for Data initiatives. Skills include Project Planning, Budgeting, Performance Management, Scheduling, Staffing, PM Methods, Performance Management, Scope Management, Contractual Deliverables, Change Control and Risk Management. #J-18808-Ljbffr