Agile Working Options

Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion

Job Description

The Enterprise Risk Technology Platform Lead share in the success of wider Group platforms and businesses – as the Risk Platform will deliver a number of critical services that enable the strategy of the Group, driving income for Business Units and supporting the reduction of capital provisions, impairments and operational losses.

They are accountable for the delivery of key regulatory and compliance outcomes for the Group, through change delivery and provision of services.

Key accountabilities: 

•    Accountable for a team of Technical Platform Leads.
•    Set the vision, a clear mandate and strategic roadmap for the Platform technology activities to demonstrate value and to nurture quality of technical delivery. 
•    Advises the portfolio of investment to achieve transformation of services and propositions in alignment with Group technology strategy.
•    Being responsible for the successful delivery and maintenance of the core technology agenda, providing strategic direction and oversight of Customer Journeys.
•    Drives resilience, simplification, modernisation and use of new technologies to build agility through the architecture. 
•    Works closely with the Product Owners to prioritise system improvements alongside the delivery of product features, driving high quality change delivery.
•    Understands Systems Thinking and Service Design to mitigate reactive solutions that leads to further technical debt.
•    Is responsible for third party and internal IT providers including management of significant investment and BAU budgets.
•    Builds and embeds a strong culture that lives the Group values. Is a role model and leads using Group behaviours.
•    Attracts, develops and retains engineering talent actively.
•    Drives a culture of learning and continuous improvement motivated by Engineering excellence and plays a lead role in supporting Engineering Chapters, guilds and community activities.

Experience 

•    Outstanding leadership skills with a passion for team development; allowing colleagues to develop in different/new technologies and mature in ways of working, resulting in a successful team. 
•    Extensive experience and technical engineering knowledge and implementation of a broad range of platforms, including cloud.
•    A shown awareness of the use of flow metrics to reduce teams work in progress and improvement time to market. 
•    Are technology agnostic and willing to adapt their approach in pursuit of the best solution; enables via an excellent knowledge and understanding of multiple engineering & software design solutions.
•    Confirmed track record of engaging and influencing multiple internal and external stakeholders to ensure key business decisions and priorities are progressed.
•    Understanding of the regulatory environment in which we operate in order to identify, supervise and mitigate commercial risks.
•    Good knowledge of the UK personal financial services market, technology landscape, ideally in the Enterprise Risk domain.

We would welcome applications from candidates based on London, Halifax and Edinburgh as our key locations.

Together we make it possible!

In return for your expertise, you'll enjoy our total dedication to your ongoing personal and professional development. We'll help you perform at your best today, so you can fulfil all your potential in the future.
Lloyds Banking Group is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve, and to building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit. We're an equal opportunity employer and deeply value diversity within our organisation.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain recover. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.