Description
Deutsche Bank is accelerating the renewal of its digital channels and technology estate through a portfolio of strategic, complex and business-critical initiatives. As a Vice President, the IT Application Owner Specialist will provide senior leadership across application strategy, operational resilience, technology risk and regulatory compliance, working with Business, Technology, Risk and Control stakeholders to translate enterprise priorities into sustainable outcomes.
The IT Application Owner Specialist provides accountable leadership for a portfolio of applications, setting the technology direction and governance required to maintain stability, security, resilience and regulatory compliance. The role evaluates the current technology landscape, prioritises strategic improvements and makes risk-based decisions that balance business outcomes, control requirements and sustainable delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
- Determine the appropriate technological solutions to balance delivery and compliance
- Identify gaps in the current infrastructure solutions and implement associated improvements while ensuring compliance with technical roadmaps
- Improve the safety and security of IT Applications, compliance with internal and external standards and operational readiness
- Provide accountable leadership for audit and regulatory remediation relating to the application portfolio
- Own the identification, assessment and treatment of technology and application risks
- Contribute to the implementation of policy and strategy specific to IT management and Information Security
- Identify and sponsor opportunities to adopt new technologies and engineering practices
- Be accountable for the availability, stability, capacity and performance of applications across production and non-production environments
- Establish and govern the L3 support model with development and infrastructure teams
- Ensure policy-compliance for the application and identify and own projects necessary to ensure policy-compliance
- Manage the technical roadmap of the application and estimate/budget capacity needed
- Represent the application portfolio in Domain Expert Meetings and senior governance forums
Requirements:
- Extensive relevant experience 12 – 15 years, including a sustained track record of accountable leadership for complex, business-critical application portfolios within a large, regulated organisation
- Proven leadership across technology risk, IT Run the Bank and production support
- Demonstrated ability to apply recognized risk and control frameworks, including COBIT and the ISO 27000 series
- Technical background required, experience in Java Enterprise environment with knowledge of web- and application- servers is a plus
- Hands-on ITIL experience is a plus
- Strong business and financial management capability in a technology environment
Benefits:
- Best in class leave policy
- Gender neutral parental leaves
- 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit
- Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
- Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
- Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
- Accident and Term life Insurance
- Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above