[JEG202] Architecture Discipline Leader

Area:CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANKINGCompany:BBVA, SAWhat are we looking for? STEM talent in the BBVA group: What we offer you? * You will be part of a team of more than 22.000 Technology and Data experts, in 25 countries, whose aim is to take the bank further thanks to technology.* You will participate in one of the close to 1,800 cutting-edge technology projects that we implement annually with a positive impact on 85 million people.* You will work with a wide range of technologies, from the most experienced to the most disruptive: 46 different programming languages, 201 development platforms, etc.* You will collaborate with our main tech partners - Microsoft, Google, AWS, Salesforce, IBM, RedHat, Telefonica, Cisco, Genesys,
etc.* You will carry out innovative projects in areas such as Development, Architecture, Security, Infrastructure and Data. More information.* You will learn by working in your project, you will work with referents and you will have access to the entire BBVA training offer and to the Ninja project, a gamified training platform with a community of more than 11,000 participants with more than 2,000 talks, 1,300 workshops and 48 hackathons held.About youFurther Skills and Experience Required:* Experience in strategic planning and execution.* Knowledge of contracting, negotiating, and change management.* Knowledge of information technology computer systems and software and the ability to manage the entire spectrum of information technology operations in the context of Technical Architecture.* Experience with implementation of information technology integrations in a large division/company.* Has strong grounding in a technology role.* Recommended background in Corporate and Investment Banking business.
Knowledge of BBVA Global Architecture Teams is a plus.* Proficiency in dealing with technology vendors.* Ability to liaise with multiple stakeholders.* Proven ability to manage projects following Agile and Waterfall methodologies and proven track record of managing development teams in multiple locations.* Works cooperatively and productively with others, openly exchanging information and supporting colleagues from around the organisation to achieve business goals.* Strong influencing skills and ability to build commitment to defined strategies and approaches.* Ability to see how parts of the organisation and system infrastructure interact with the whole (holistic thinking).* Capable of interacting with customers and IT peers both electronically and in-person.* Confident and practised communicator, with excellent stakeholder management skills,
both internally and externallyTechnologic Architecture background.* Speaking both English and Spanish is key.OverviewCorporate and Investment Banking (CIB) is the "Investment Bank" for BBVA. The CIB Architecture role is a key component within BBVA's CIB division. As technology teams supporting this global business, we use cutting edge technology and we strive to be DevOps in everything we do, with a strong emphasis on close engagement with our business, agile processes, innovation and continuous improvement. Our technology, and the team is highly regarded within CIB business and senior IT management.About the jobBBVA CIB seeks a new Lead of CIB Technical Architecture to work multi-functionally with the business, Software Delivery teams,... to provide the vision, strategic direction, and initiative roadmap for enterprise-impacting, ground-breaking, technology imperatives,
including legacy system modernization and software as a service solutions.In this role you will manage and develop a team, working on our Global Architecture family and provide expert level IT technical lead services, including the direction, evaluation, selection, configuration, implementation, and integration of new and existing architectures and technologies.The main functions are:* Management of the Cloud discipline, setting the strategy for the evolution towards the cloud of CIB systems as well as the governance, operation and FinOps model.* Management of the evolution and maintenance teams of the following platforms: Architecture for the development of in-house CIB applications (NOVA), based on Java, microservices and containers, integrated with DevOps and in the process of hybridization to the cloud.* Integration Architectures,
management of all messaging between CIB systems, providing audit, traceability and error management models, both on Tibco technology and on other technologies: APIs, Kafka, etc.* Process Architecture and Robotics, with the technologies: BPMaaS (JBPM), Wizard and Autohotkey. As well as development and evolution of CIB business processes.* Content Management Architecture on Opentext and CIB Digital Signature capabilities.* Lead CIB Innovation Team, with a lot of focus on the evolution of Artificial Intelligence capabilities.* Define the reliability strategy, setting the priorities and work plan of CIB's critical systems.Also, you:* Conduct regular one on one and staff meetings. Hire, evaluate and counsel the crew. Set performance standards, review performance, and provide feedback.* Work with the Heads of Software Delivery (Services owners)
to ensure adequate resources are in place. Maintain appropriate staff to contractor ratios.* Define the long term technical architecture providers/partners landscape, leading the evolution of the relationship with the existing technology partners + engaging with new ones as required, implementing a long term, highly efficient and sustainable delivery and support model with the right balance onshore vs offshore and insource vs outsource.* Align the Technology and Architecture strategies with the responsibility of implementing it on an efficient way and with the adequate time to market to allow the business and IT to prosper, supporting the different Service Owners and guaranteeing its alignment with the compliance and regulatory requirements.* Day to day management of the department - Projects, Service Levels, budget control, delivery management...,
having a consolidated reporting into the Strategy & Control office from an Architecture Operations, Delivery and regulatory perspective.* As the Senior Manager of the area/department, the candidate will have to, amongst others,review and approve contracts for the provision of IT Architecture Services, equipment and Software.* Identify emerging technologies to be assimilated, integrated and introduced within the company.* Establish and implement short- and long-range departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures that are aligned with the needs of the business.* Maintain the administration, budgeting, monitoring, reporting, communication and liaison at a level acceptable to the Strategy & Control office and the different IT Heads.* Implement,
maintain and manage an effective system of controls throughout the area covering non-financial as well as financial controls.* Implement effective succession planning, people management, development, recruitment, and retention strategies.* Other duties as assigned.The role will report to:* Direct line into the global Head of CIB Architecture.* Dotted lines into the different Global Architecture teams.Working at BBVABBVA is a global company with over 160 years of history present in 25 countries with over 81 million customers. We are more than 110,000 professionals working in multidisciplinary and diverse teams.At BBVA, we are ahead of the transformation that is taking place in the banking sector, challenging the status quo, to make life easier to our customers.Being part of BBVA means developing your career in one of the most innovative companies in finance.Responsible bankingWe're committed to responsible banking to help drive a more inclusive and sustainable society. The future of banking lies in financing the future.We started out with the spirit of helping others make the best financial decisions. That spirit remains with us today and encourages us to keep moving forward, prioritizing innovation and digital transformation so that we can put the opportunities of this new era within everyone's reach.DiversityAt BBVA we believe having a diverse team makes us a better bank.For this reason, we actively support diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities regardless race, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. We cultivate a collaborative and inclusive work environment that allows every employee to do their best work.Our valuesOur values define our identity; they are what drives us to make our goals a reality and they guide all of our actions and the decisions we make.Customer comes firstWe think bigWe are one team