• Job Description

  Req#: REQ194442

  • You are passionate about translating business strategy into technical strategy

  • We are a team of big thinkers, who are engineering the future of banking

  • Together we can deliver technology solutions that impact millions of customers

  Do the work that matters

  We’re recruiting Chief Engineer – Technology, who’ll be responsible for providing technology thought leadership to senior leaders for the Institutional Bank.

  Reporting to the General Manager, Technology, you’ll partner with senior leaders, driving the technology direction for Institutional Banking. Translate business strategy into technical strategy, and be responsible for defining its technical roadmaps. You’ll also help business leaders understand technology concerns by working at the forefront of all technology decisions.

  We are seeking people who can

  • Define technical roadmaps and ensures alignment to reference architecture, enterprise data standards, application simplification and modernisation agendas

  • Define and agree technology components for prioritised work and work with Senior Leasers at quarterly reviews

  • Ensure performance and availability of technology (prod and pre-production)

  • Measure and manage TCO (total cost of ownership) (for run and change/developer productivity) of Technology for your area

  • Remove technology blockers, decouple applications and streamline processes

  • Manage cross-businesses technology interdependencies and prioritise according to the roadmap

  • Embed IT performance metrics to help members understand how they drive overall performance

  • Assist in identifying the right technology and ensure sound architectural decisions are made

  • Ensure IT risks, technical debt and the associated impacts are understood including helping the business area prioritise management of issues/incidents

  • Be the expert in the tech landscape for Institutional Banking technology with a clear vision on trends and capabilities to create competitive advantage

  We’re interested in hearing from people who

  Are inspirational senior technology leaders, adept in leaning into technical challenges, helping create clarity, providing hands-on assistance and effectively prioritising work. Create supportive and trusted working environments, promoting collaboration and creative thinking across teams.

  • Are highly experienced in software / systems engineering, working in an Agile environment

  • Are able to assess and monitor modern technology tools, platforms and applications to deliver solutions and leading-edge products of high quality, while operating at peak performance

  • Can show the ability to work across teams and influence great outcomes, solve problems and operate at times with ambiguity

  • Are comfortable influencing and challenging business and technology stakeholders

  • Have experience in managing diverse stakeholders and expectations and juggle multiple priorities without sacrificing team alignment, engagement, productivity and velocity

  • Show excellent commercial acumen with experience in strategic planning

  • Understands technologies such as .Net, Java, Java Script and database products like Teradata or Oracle

  • Are comfortable managing virtual and indirect teams to facilitate outcomes

  Working with us

  Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive, and flexible workplace with an ultimate flexibility to work from any of our engineering hubs within Australia. We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half your time each month connecting in office. We also have many other flexible working options available including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements and job share to name a few. Talk to us about how these arrangements might work for you.

  Here, you’ll thrive. You’ll be supported when faced with challenges and empowered to tackle new opportunities. You’ll be empowered to do your best work and be given the choice on when and where that work happens. We really love working here, and we think you will too.

  If this sounds like the role for you, then we would love to hear from you. Apply today!

  If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We’re keen to support you with the next step in your career.

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  Advertising End Date: 08/09/2023

• About the company

  The Commonwealth Bank of Australia, or CommBank, is an Australian multinational bank with businesses across New Zealand, Asia, the United States and the United Kingdom.

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