Platform Owner – ITD

4 نوفمبر، 2022

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Job Summary

ITD Finance and Human Capital Management (ITD FH) Unit of the IT Department is seeking a Platform Owner who will serve as a liaison between the ITD and CD departments as part of the IT team to understand business requirements and to lead the delivery of software solution from demand to deployment. The team is responsible for providing IT support and software delivery for the Fund’s business capabilities of Finance, HR, and Capacity Development, and the selected candidate will have opportunity to work in all these areas.

In addition, the selected candidate will:

Translate business strategies, opportunities, threats and needs into ITD platform requirements that can be delivered incrementally to ITD consumers as rapidly as possible.
Advise on a standard platform family and the integration of several platform families.
Identify platform requirements and works with Enterprise Architects, Business Analysts, Solution Architects, Platform Architects, other Platform Owners as well as implementation partners and managed service providers to develop and support solutions that satisfy business needs.
Have hands-on development and troubleshooting experience and can work on configuration/development, as required.
Deliver projects and application enhancements and works with managed service providers.
Oversee the sustained support for the assigned platform and works with managed service providers.
Develop product and technology roadmap for the assigned functional area.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

1. Facilitates development of product and platform solutions that combines knowledge of business processes, platforms, and general technologies.

2. Works collaboratively with architects, subject matter experts and platform family owners to facilitate the construction of system/platform models.

3. Analyzes, documents, and tests platform development, logic, process flows and specifications.

4. Shares knowledge with colleagues in various organizations (business and ITD) to drive understanding of business and platform needs and identifies solutions that align with customer objectives and IT strategy.

5. Collaborates with stakeholders involved in strategy and innovation to develop an ITD platform investment roadmap.

6. Engages key business stakeholders to facilitate both strategy and innovation planning.

7. Partners with business and technology colleagues to elicit, analyze, translate, and document technical requirements, pain points or opportunities into ITD requirements.

8. Partners with Business Analysts, Product Owners and Technical Architects to conduct paper-based design, solutioning sessions, and MVP testing throughout the project lifecycle.

9. Compiles swim lane diagrams, data flow diagrams. Helps with developing logical and physical data models and system/platform integration diagrams.

10. Assesses near-term needs, using structured interview processes and consumer research methods to understand opportunities and help establish business priorities. Consults with product teams and proposes alternative solutions. Advises on options, risks, costs versus benefits, and impacts on business processes and product priorities.

11. Collaborates with other platform owners to remain apprised of technical strategy, status, and progress. Conversely, keeps platform owners aware of key platform-relevant customer issues and helps identify and resolve potential problems and conflicts.

12. Consults with project and program management teams and maintains knowledge of their progress.

13. Oversees the technical implementation of new systems and platforms to ensure conformance to specifications.

14. Helps solve technical problems during system and platform implementation.

15. Monitors managed service provider performance and contract adherence and partners with IT vendor management office to perform reviews, process contract renewals and updates, and to provide feedback to all services and contingent workers.

16. Develops Statements of Work (SOW) for managed and external service providers. Own the SOW process, which includes drafting and reviewing SOWs to ensure alignment with business requirements, gathering approvals, tracking status and communication between key stakeholders.

17. Responsible for IT support of platform(s) and accountable for maintenance and improvement.

Minimum Qualifications

Educational development, typically acquired through the completion of an advanced university degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related field of study or equivalent, plus a minimum of four years of relevant professional experience; or a bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field of study plus a minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience, is required.

This vacancy shall be filled by a 3-year Term appointment in accordance with the Fund’s new employment rules that took effect on May 1, 2015.

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المهارات

Comprehensive understanding of information technology and systems engineering concepts
Expertise in IT systems for student and training administration (such as PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, Workday Student, etc.)
Expertise on data integration with enterprise systems (such as PeopleSoft, Oracle, API Management, etc.)
Expertise on Data warehousing and reporting systems.
Expertise in enhancing and maintaining applications for financial services.
Experience in building and supporting applications in a PaaS and SaaS model.