Tech Lead - Corporate Delivery

Job description / Role

Tech Lead - Corporate Delivery | Group Tech & Dig Platforms | Corporate Services

Overview of the role:

• To optimise the business and its operating model for assigned portfolios in line with the business and IT strategy.
• To forge resilient and trusting relationships with senior business stakeholders including managing directors and EIT directors/GMs to enable valuable contributions to business to be enacted.
• To lead the business & IT strategy across projects, service, and risk for the entire line of business.
• To ensure financial competency is achieved across all IT business-related activity by managing the IT spend.
• To ensure through governance that the best vendor solutions are adopted.

What you will do:

• Overall responsibility for the delivery of assigned LOB products, projects, and services.
• Work within governance structure (Business & EIT) to govern and prioritise the business IT demand, fully aligned to business strategy and target operating model maturity.
• Act as business integration point for IT service delivery, SLA agreement, major service incident management, and service improvement for assigned portfolios.
• Build a strong partnership with business leadership and other key stakeholders to become fully integrated in decision-making and driving business strategic priorities.
• Collaborate with the relevant tribe leads and chapter leads to facilitate the conceptualisation of solutions.

Manage the LOB technical budget:

• Support development of business cases, operating model changes, solutions, business buy-in, and integrate in planning and budgeting cycles and demand management process.

Oversee the LOB technical portfolio management and portfolio reporting:

• Work with LOB director, tribe resources, and project managers to ensure that assigned projects remain on track.
• Ensure business benefit delivery and benefit optimisation from demand cycle and actively promote results with the business.

• Ensure technical strategy alignment with EIT landscape and business aspirations.

Manage high-level resource requirements and prioritisation with the chapter leads:

• Oversee a lean, skilled, and fully engaged team working in a matrix structure; working with matrix leaders to plan and prioritise workloads, set objectives, input into annual appraisals, and support individuals to continually improve their performance and results.

Required skills to be successful:

• Experience in managing technology investments.
• Experience in a technology consulting firm.
• Experience in accounting management or sales within technology management.
• Expertise in enterprise-level technology, including digital platforms.

About the team:

• You will be reporting to IT director - Corporate.

What equips you for the role:

• Degree in computer science / IT / engineering / science; preferably management training (MBA, etc.).
• 10-15 years IT experience, 5-10 years corporate IT applications for finance, HR, legal, and other corporate or group functions business experience; 2-3 years management experience.
• Experience in leading business engagement on technology roadmaps, budgetary process, and economics of technology delivery.
• Experience in technology solutions for group functions like finance, treasury, human resources, group communications and marketing, education, group procurement, legal, etc.
• Experience in leading and managing transformation initiatives and developing business cases for technology investments.
• Experience in collaborating with different technology teams (both in-house and outside partners) in assessing and understanding technology value proposals aligned with business need.

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About the Company

Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region. Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.

The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario. The Groups continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.

The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Groups belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.