Job Description

Cr\xc3\xa9dit Agricole CIB is the corporate and investment banking arm of Cr\xc3\xa9dit Agricole Group, the 10th largest banking group worldwide in terms of balance sheet size (The Banker, July 2022).
8,600 employees in more than 30 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle-East and North Africa, support the Bank\'s clients, meeting their financial needs throughout the world.
Cr\xc3\xa9dit Agricole CIB offers its large corporate and institutional clients a range of products and services in capital market activities, investment banking, structured finance, commercial banking and international trade.
The Bank is a pioneer in the area of climate finance, and is currently a market leader in this segment with a complete offer for all its clients.For more information, please visit www.ca-cib.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/ca_cib
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/credit-agricole-cib/By working every day in the interest of society, we are a group committed to diversity and inclusion. All our positions are open to people with disabilities.Reference 2024-90056Publication date 31/05/2024Job descriptionBusiness typeTypes of Jobs - IT, Digital et DataJob titleCCS-Head of Team LPE (Local Payment Engines)Contract typePermanent ContractJob summaryMain responsibilities:As the leader of team (of 20-30 team members comprising tech and domain experts) - Supervise and oversee PAS/LPE Team
Plan, organize and prioritize the work assigned to the team in order to meet committed deadlines and other agreed milestones
Identify, evaluate and report issues and risks to ensure corrective and/or preventive measures are timely taken.
Ensure team\'s activities are in adherence to bank\'s standards and norms.
Ensure the processes applied are in adherence to the Section operational model.
Actively participate/contribute to GIT Paris/ISAP governance for his/her domain.
Continuously monitor the satisfaction level of the customers and put efforts to maintain and improve it.
Coordinate with the vendor and prepare releases.
Continuously monitor the quality of the deliveries and the quality of service.
Evaluate staff knowledge & skills and recommend training.
Review and conduct appraisals for the team members.
Facilitate staff mobility and career development.
Human capital Management - recruitment, career progression planning, Team Engagement and motivation, Coaching & Mentoring.
Implement standard DevOps practices including test automation, efficient CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Monitoring as Code and End to End Observability kind of Software Factory best practices.
Incorporate Continuous improvement process and culture on projects management & implementations, run and cost/budget.
Supervises and follow-up Level 3 Support Activities when the Global Support Team (L1&L2) is in need of system expertise.
Initiate and drive technical transformation / innovation projects to ensure that applications / systems will be able to cope with market and business demands.
Work closely with domain and Enterprise Architects & Business users in the implementations of all the local Payment Engines and their features including regulatory and compliance landscape.Organize and supervise all activities of CCS/PAS/ LPE teamReport functionally to manager of GIT/ISAP/CCS/PAS Section
Ensure proper ramp-up and ramp-down of the team as per the Bank requirement
Manage budget and capacity allocation according to priorities communicated by functional managerAct as Tech Lead/Architect advisor for the team for technical rework and obsolesce projectsEnsure the applications adhere to the modern standards
Ensure applications are phased out from legacy tech and moved to new tech
Ensure modern dev-sec-ops standards are implemented in all the project/application build lifecycleDesign, implement, test, deploy, support and maintain applications under responsibility of LPE teamEnsure high-quality technical and functional design of the application stack.
Ensure a smooth end-to-end implementation of the LPE modules in charge using GIT best practices as well as overall GIT quality framework
Ensure the proper UAT and production support of the modules delivered
Identify, evaluate and report risks and issuesSupplementary InformationCoordinate with other development teams of all the program initiatives in order to ensure consistency across projects and modules of different programs the LPE systems are engaged with.Coordinate with other development teams in order to optimise the global roadmap and associated constraints
Ensure the good usage of chapters in order to smoothly circulate the information inside and outside the team.
Coordinate with the integration team in order to align strictly the development with the product owner\'s priorities.Manage and improve team capabilitiesEnsure cohesion and commitment of the team on its assigned mission.
Evaluate staff members\' skill/knowledge and recommend training plan, organize staff mobility and staff career development as needed by LPE Projects.
Make sure team members observe and respect the Bank\'s code of conduct and comply with Bank policies.
Organize and perform coaching to the team members to ensure continuous improvement.Implement and refine project management processes in order to ensure projects successCoordinate with program management in order to ensure an optimal usage of program methodology.
Propose and implement local tooling/processes improvement when necessary.
Perform Team Manager dutiesManage the team setup by identifying hiring needs and staffing with right profiles
Perform People management duties such as Career management, HR development and staff motivation.Position locationGeographical areaAsia, SingaporeCitySingapourCandidate criteriaMinimal education levelBachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalentAcademic qualification / SpecialityBacherlor and above in relevant disciplineLevel of minimal experience11 years and moreExperienceBackground:You are solving problems and building solutions
You\'re self-motivated and have demonstrated track record of driving Innovations in Program and Team management
You\'re comfortable leading tribe of engineers by example and a strong advocate of latest software engineering best practices
You understand the importance of constructive feedback nurturing an inclusive engineering environment, championing engineering fundamentals and providing clarity and mentorship for team members to grow.
You have good background of understanding the technology implementations in Banks / Financial Institutions.
You have worked one or more Industry Standard Payment engines and cash product solutions (vendor or in-house) and migrate them to other new payment engine products when required.
You have exposure to Asia, specifically to India, Singapore, Hong Kong, China cross border, Instant and Mass Payments processing and their clearing mechanisms.
You have the abilities to take up the above outlined responsibilities and meet the expectations of the management team.Required skillsSkills:
A minimum education of Bachelor\'s degree in Computer science / Information systems.
12-15 years of overall IT experience with 5 years of experience in delivery of enterprise scale critical systems projects
Minimum 3 years of Team and People management practices.
Excellent program/project delivery experience and knowledge about mentoring/guiding the teams involved in technology deliveries using Spring, Spring boot, any public cloud offering (AWS, GCP or Azure), Dockers, Kubernetes, React.Js or Angular.Js, Kafka, Cassandra or MongoDB, Oracle or MS-SQL Server
Experience in Cash Management and Payment systems solutions.
Experience in engaging with senior stakeholders and win cases for the team.
Practices in Agile delivery
A technical mind-set with great attention to detail
Good leadership skills
Team player
Good time-management skills
Good interpersonal and communication skillsLegal and Regulatory Responsibility:
Comply with all applicable legal, regulatory and internal Compliance requirements, including, but not limited to, the Singapore Compliance manual and Compliance policies and procedures as issued from time to time; Financial Security requirements, including, but not limited to, the prevention of Financial Crime and Fraud including reporting obligations to the Money Laundering Reporting Officer.
Maintain appropriate knowledge to ensure to be fully qualified to undertake the role. Complete all mandatory training as required

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