Platform Owner - Birmingham, United Kingdom - KPMG-UnitedKingdom

KPMG-UnitedKingdom

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job description

Value Chain Platform Owner (Engagement Management and Finance Operations)

Director

Context

The Role

Strategy and vision for the EMFO technology ecosystem, ensuring it aligns to the wider business and platform management strategy, roadmap, governance and policies
End to end ownership and oversight of the technology and products within scope, managing any complex and/or significant escalations
Platform architecture and technology configuration, ensuring a seamless user experience
Technology operations, providing the connection between multidisciplinary business areas and platform management stakeholders, including product vendors
Continual improvements in people, process and technology to deliver maximum value for the business
EMFO technology team, overseeing people and performance management activity, and acting as a primary point of contact for any issues
Financial management of the EMFO technology ecosystem and team, including budget submission and delivery, clearly demonstrating the commercial and functional value that the team deliver
Chairing and attending governance forums and approving and/or recommending decisions that relate to the EMFO technology ecosystem
Liaising with other platform and value chain owners in EWT to share knowledge and best practice
Managing senior stakeholder relationships, including those within EWT and the wider business
Service reviews with the business
Adhering to relevant policies, standards, procedures, and performance management processes
Supporting the Head of Platform Engineering & Ops to implement the wider team strategy

The Person

Knowledge and experience of managing a hybrid landscape of onprem and cloud services (SaaS, PaaS etc.)
Knowledge and practical experience of ITIL and Agile frameworks
Experience of developing business aligned technology strategies, visions and objectives
Rich knowledge in IT planning, design, data and operational processes and principles
Strong leadership qualities
Good interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders
Ability to manage operational budgets and develop commercial business cases
Experience managing third party suppliers and managed services contracts