Senior ITAO Professional

Development of a new GCP-based platform to consolidate existing functionalities for the Real Estate and Private Equity businesses within Asset Management.

• Application Governance Compliance:
• Ensuring the application complies with all internal policies, information security standards, and external regulatory requirements.
• Managing lifecycle events, including decommissioning, upgrades, and patch management.
• Facilitating regular risk assessments, vulnerability scans, and audit reviews.
• Operations Incident Management:
• Acting as the ultimate escalation point for high-priority incidents affecting the application.
• Ensuring appropriate Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Service Level Objectives (SLOs) are defined, monitored, and met.
• Overseeing disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity planning (BCP) testing.
• Access Identity Management:
• Ensuring strict access controls are in place (e.g., Privileged Access Management, regular user access recertifications).
• Ensuring the principle of least privilege is maintained for application access.
• Stakeholder Vendor Management:
• Collaborating with Business Application Owners (BAOs) to align the technical roadmap with business strategies.
• Managing relationships with third-party software vendors or internal development teams.

Must have

• Application governance expert with strong IT risk, audit, SDLC controls, GCP foundation knowledge, infrastructure understanding, and application ownership experience within Financial Services.
• Technical Domain Expertise: Strong understanding of the specific application's architecture, underlying infrastructure (cloud or on-premise), and integrations.
• Risk Control Mindset: Familiarity with IT risk management frameworks, cybersecurity principles, and regulatory compliance standards in banking.
• Communication: Excellent stakeholder management skills to translate technical risks into business impact.
• Problem Solving: Strong incident-resolution leadership and root-cause analysis capabilities.

Nice to have

• Previous experience in Asset Management or Investment Banking is a differentiator.

• Languages: English: C1 Advanced
• Seniority: Lead