Lead Technology Business Systems Consultant - Digital Banking Release Coordination

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Technology Business Systems Consultant.

In this role, you will:

• Lead complex initiatives to provide technological solutions with broad impact for cross functional businesses and technology teams
• Act as a key participant in providing strategic business solutions to companywide technology initiatives
• Evaluate highly complex business problems and provide subject matter knowledge proficiency for technology initiatives
• Define and lead detailed research on business and technology requests to develop efficient and accurate functional requirements
• Make decisions in highly complex and multifaceted situations requiring solid understanding of domain and technology applications, and which influence companywide technology solutions
• Lead project or systems documentation, and monitor and manage project schedules and deliverables
• Collaborate and consult with business and technology teams to provide comprehensive technological solutions for complex business problems
• Ensure communication and information flow between business and technology teams

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Business Systems Data and Business Systems Designing experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• Experience working on Digital Banking Release Coordination in a minimally customized environment.
• Good exposure on SDLC, CI/CD techniques and methodologies.
• Have strong knowledge on the Scrum and Agile methodologies.
• Strong Knowledge on the ITIL framework and practices
• Understanding of Middleware, Java concepts, Network and UNIX/Window Platforms

Desired Qualifications:

• Maintain a forward-looking plan defining the release windows and cycles across a portfolio of Digital Channel Applications.
• Manage risks and resolves issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality
• Measure and monitor progress to ensure application releases are delivered on time and according to the defined plan, and that they meet or exceed expectations
• Coordinate release content and effort based on the service request backlog, pending service requests, third party applications, or operating system updates
• Communicate all release plans, commitments, and changes including requirements, QA plans, schedule, and scope changes
• Manage relationships and coordinate work between different teams at different locations
• Conduct Release Readiness reviews, Milestone Reviews, and Business Go/No-Go reviews in conjunction with Project Management and other stakeholders.
• Produce Deployment, Run Books and Implementation Plans include ramp down, cutover and slow start procedures
• Publish Periodic Release Reporting
• Communicate release details and schedules to the Business as required
• Negotiate, plan and manage all release calendars and activities
• Work with ITSOs to understand impacts of branches and code merges
• Maintains the release schedule for all core services and ensure alignment across key partners and vendors.
• Continually work towards making improvements in the release process
• Lead and co-ordinate, in conjunction with Project Management teams, the Go-Live activities including the execution of the deployment Plans and checklists.
• Participate in CAB meetings to discuss release scope and/or roadblocks
• Maintains a release repository and manages key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists
• Seeks opportunities to continuously improve the release management process and tools to create consistency in communication, execution, and success of releases
• Seeks opportunities to automate the execution of a release
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Expectations:

• Proven experience on adopting the new technologies, methodologies and practices.
• Strong Documentation and communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with remote staff distributed globally.

Posting End Date: 

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

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