Description
As a Consultant Specialist at GCIO, you will lead and oversee Korea-wide transformation, simplification, and automation initiatives, from ideation through delivery and benefits realisation.
Key responsibilities include:
- Establishing and running regular governance forums and meetings to analyse rapidly changing technology trends, define and maintain the local technology strategy and roadmap, assess the potential application of new technologies, and track delivery status, risks, dependencies, and value realisation.
- Applying hands-on development and technical solutioning skills to translate business problems into practical technology solutions, design and develop prototypes and proof-of-concepts, build, test, and refine technology solutions, and support the transition of successful prototypes into scalable and sustainable production solutions.
- Driving adoption of AI and data platforms to improve colleague productivity and operational efficiency, identifying high-impact use cases with Business and Operations, and taking them through development and delivery.
- Managing Tech Finance for the function and portfolio, including budget planning and tracking, efficient budget utilisation and cost optimisation, and improving cost allocation transparency and management reporting.
Requirements:
- Minimum 5+ years’ experience in the financial services industry, with a strong understanding of banking, including hands-on experience in technology development and/or production support for core banking systems or processes.
- Demonstrated ability to combine technology strategy, consultancy, and hands-on development.
- Practical experience in applying one or more new technologies, including AI / Data platforms / Cloud.
- Hands-on Python development experience.
- Demonstrated experience managing or governing Technology financials.
- Strong stakeholder management and consultancy skills.
- English is mandatory; Korean is preferred.