Create, coordinate, maintain and promote the technology roadmaps and plans. Define and maintain the infrastructure and technology policies and standards to be deployed in shared services. Assist and contribute to budget submissions and 3 year plans. Provide architectural oversight of technology and infrastructure business cases to ensure consistency with group standards, policies and architectural direction. Identify new and emerging technologies in the industry and publish a technology radar map periodically.

Position Summary – provides the necessary leadership, analysis and design considerations related to the development, implementation and planning of portfolio-level technology architecture. Leads decision-making processes for determining, developing and owning the technology architectures for AEB, partnering with Enterprise Architects, the PFA and vendor groups. Makes decisions about the design, direction and pace of technology infrastructure roll-outs, making trade-offs in integrating, consolidating and eliminating technologies. Provides consulting expertise leveraging business and technical knowledge for the effective use of technology to support business strategies and deliver business value. Presents business cases for approaches that bring technology infrastructure closer to POA. Manages the delivery of Infrastructure projects that benefit single or multiple business lines.

Part of the senior IT management team, leading global infrastructure, middleware and reengineering projects with 11 direct reports and an extended team of 50+ staff consisting of full time employees, contractors and “off shore” and outsource partner resources. Managed an annual infrastructure development budget of circa $4.5 million.

Z/OS Technical Support, Operating System and sub system upgrades, problem determination and resolution and RACF Security Administration