Senior Manager Technology, Islamic Banking.MGN Pak - Corporate Technology.MIT - PAKCOE

The role delivers information technology solutions to fulfill business and functional requirements.  Responsible for the conversion of business requirements to technical specifications and delivery.

As Technology Islamic Banking Delivery Lead, the major responsibilities include requirement gathering, requirement analysis, functional specifications and review, Test Scope Identification, Test Case Review, UAT Support, Product Walk Through and Change Implementation (both code changes and product parameterization) in Flexcube Core Banking.

Other responsibilities include Interaction with Business Users, Shariah Governance team, Vendors and Technology Stakeholders, Vendor Management, Software Quality Assurance, MIS Reporting, Periodic Status Update and People Management 

Senior Manager is essentially a resource who manages medium size/complex application from development perspective. He has a typically a large team size (4 and above) and inclined to move towards project management, along with strong independent contribution capabilities.

• Analyse business requirement and translate it into functional/technical specification.
• Collect data and analyse metrics related to their module Plan for and conduct Retrospection of Work requests / Modules executed.
• Planning and estimating for the project, keeping the plan up to date
• Prototyping and researching alternative implementation strategies
• Tracking and monitoring the project as per the plan/ SLAs agreed with users
• Participate / Review Technical Architecture documentation.
• Conducting project meetings , reporting project status to PMO and business stakeholders
• Getting the inspections/reviews done as per the plan
• Business/Customer communication
• Provide lead support during SIT/UAT, Implementation, and training for assigned modules
• Ensure delivery of modules as per prescribed quality guidelines.
• Review/verify production transfer documentation.
• Lead the development actives in co-ordination with Vendor for vendor base application and endure all the deliveries are as per technology requirement. 
• Participating in functional/code reviews 
• Performing maintenance on the existing code base
• Get the fix tested by users and take appropriate actions to move the change in Production with RUN team.
• Co-ordinate and handover the deliveries to the RUN Team for post-production support.
• Ensure strict compliance with agreed deadlines - Plan, execute, and finalize assignments according to strict deadlines.
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel wherever agreed/planned and track.
• Ensure all processes adhere to internal standards set as part of Quality & Audit, Infrastructure Management Guidelines.
• Responsible for aligning IT strategy with business strategies
• Coordinate with other interdependent teams for change delivery
• Minimum 10 Years of Experience in Flexcube Islamic Module – Design, Development and Implementation
• Strong understanding of Islamic products and Sharia principal.
• Strong knowledge of Exposure of Profit Distribution Management
• Knowledge on Islamic Retail and Corporate Banking Products.
• Exposure to Conventional Banking is a plus
• Ability to review, understand and improve program code and system documentation.
• Good verbal and written communication including ability to prepare system documentation.
• Ability to interpret solution documentation and identify areas of concern and recommend approach.
• Good analytical / communication / people skills.
• Ability to multi-task in a dynamic work environment.
• Ability to develop large scale web/database applications 
• Ability to work on multiple projects with multiple deadlines
• Ability to communicate clearly with business users and project manager 
• Ability to innovate and provide functional applications with intuitive interfaces 
• Ability to complete all phases of software development life cycle including analysis, design, functionality, testing and support.