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Infrastructure Manager (Decommissioning)

Docklands, London (Hybrid)

£100,000 - £120,000 per annum + annual discretionary bonus

On behalf of a leading financial services organisation, I'm seeking a Infrastructure Manager with significant experience in the Decommissioning of Legacy platforms to join their team on a permanent basis. The Infrastructure Manager is primarily responsible for delivery and success of the Decommission Management process. The role will drive the implementation of the process and plan and monitor progress through management reporting and dashboards. The role is also required to maintain a continuous improvement focus for sustained process enhancements.

Due to the organisation operating a hybrid work model, you will need to be within commuting distance of their Docklands, London offices and able to commit to 2 days per week in office.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the implementation of the Infrastructure Decommissioning Process to meet the organisations IT asset decommissioning requirements.
• Engage and collaborate with global regions to establish, continuously improve and maintain infrastructure decommissioning process and guidance.
• Coordinate the delivery of each stage of the decommissioning management process (Identify, Plan, Upgrade) through working with a core team of Project Management, Engineering, Architecture, Testing, and Security and Platform Operations resource. Ensure governance is defined and adhered to.
• Process issue/escalation management, provide progress status updates to stakeholders.
• Develop reporting dashboards for measuring asset decommissioning progress, define KPIs and process SLAs.
• Present monthly reporting updates to Technology management and other key business stakeholders.
• Working with resources managers, build, plan and track annual budgets for asset obsolescence management.
• Build, define, document and manage a comprehensive and sustainable information technology obsolescence and life cycle management program.
• Collect, analyse and present information required to understand and make decisions about technology decommissioning .
• Guide project/BAU personnel in developing obsolescence mitigation plans that align with the overall obsolescence strategy.
• Lead virtual teams where you are directly or indirectly responsible for affecting the work along with having influence across functional organizations.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to prioritize tasks, manage timelines, and drive cross-functional teams.
• Build peer relationships with other key departments and stakeholders to drive forward and achieve common organizational goals.

Skills/Experience required:

• Strong understanding of Information Technology disciplines: Infrastructure, Applications, Data, etc.
• Prior experience working in financial regulated organisation
• Understanding of technology versioning: operating systems, software, Middleware, database management systems, etc.
• Familiarity with Information Technology Asset Management systems, Configuration Management Database systems, and similar tools/technologies.
• Process documentation skills
• Understanding of Microsoft Office/365 apps and reporting tools eg PowerBI
• Self-starter who must be adaptable, persuasive, tenacious and perceptive and be able to execute a well-developed plans.
• Self-directed, self-motivated with the ability to take ownership for business unit goals, make sound decisions in a timely manner, and use good judgment and keep initiatives moving.
• Budget management planning and tracking
• Ability to perform detailed information gathering, analysis, and investigation to understand problems.
• Experience leading virtual teams where you are directly or indirectly responsible for affecting the work along with having influence across functional organizations.
• Solid understanding of Risk Management frameworks and process
• Track record of successfully implementing obsolescence process across regions and experience in developing process and guidelines
• Prior experience working in financial and/or regulated organisation
• Background IT infrastructure project management or business process management desired.