AVP, Software Development

About the Role

The AVP- Software Development role at Standard Chartered India focuses on developing a robust strategy for the FM domain leveraging automation. This involves establishing strong development foundations, ensuring application quality and stability, and contributing to the organization's strategic goals through technical expertise and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy:
• Develop a robust strategy for the FM domain leveraging automation with Spring Boot, microservices, and Java.
• Establish a solid development baseline and robust code frameworks using Spring Boot, microservices, Design Patterns, and Java.
• Ensure the quality, timeliness, and production stability of applications developed.
• Business:
• Demonstrate passion for client focus and awareness of the impact of each change for the business and operations.
• Strong stakeholder interaction and management, with excellent communication skills.
• Contribute to the strategic goals of the organisation through the application of standard and latest technology (standardised enterprise-grade tools, software, and frameworks).
• Enable the organisation to manage transformational business improvements through the application of technical expertise and innovation in defining solutions.
• Strong and effective stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Processes:
• Provide inputs, support, and challenge process or operating model to identify opportunities for simplification and delivery efficiency.
• Define standards to ensure applications are designed with scale, resilience, and performance in mind.
• Enforce and streamline sound development practices and establish effective governance processes, including training, advice, and support, to assure platforms align with Group standards.
• Risk Management:
• Responsible for identifying, assessing, monitoring, controlling, and mitigating risks for investment projects and new application build-out.
• Identify and address key issues based on risk information and implement appropriate controls and measures.
• Governance:
• Awareness and understanding of the Group Technology Policy, Standards, and Enterprise Risk Management framework.
• Responsible for delivering ‘effective governance’, capability to challenge peers effectively, and willingness to work with local regulators in an open and cooperative manner.
• Work with program management office and 2nd line of defence teams to ensure portfolio governance is well managed.
• Regulatory & Business Conduct:
• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate, and resolve risk, conduct, and compliance matters.
• Other Responsibilities:
• Agile Technology Management:
• Responsible for business solution, technical architecture, and design.
• Own applications (in-house & vendor) within the FM Post Trade technology space.
• Direct ownership of developer and testing squads, ensuring quality.
• Follow agile processes on all development and delivery.
• Project Planning & Delivery Management:
• Responsible for developing and coordinating complex integration activities with implementation teams.
• Coordinate and manage across all technology teams involved in the project, ensuring clear remits.
• Demonstrate exceptional project governance, manage risks and issues, correct deviations from plans, and perform delivery planning.
• Follow SCB processes to onboard third-party products and work with Risk owners.
• Manage technology engagement with vendors and external entities.
• Use JIRA / Confluence as a collaboration tool.
• Team Management:
• Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments.
• Remove roadblocks for the engineering team by liaising with dependent parties.
• Help the development team avoid or remove impediments to progress.
• Build relationships and partner with internal and external teams.
• Stakeholder Management:
• Work closely with Product Owners and Process Owners to ensure deliverables meet project objectives.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Java Technologies (Java 11, Spring, Hibernate)
• Microservices
• Kibana
• Camunda (BPM)
• REST API / MQ / Solace (Integration)
• DevOps Tools and Process
• DB Concepts / SQL
• Testing Automation
• FM Business Domain

Qualifications

• Engineer Degree in Computer Science/Information Technology
• Masters or MBA is good to have