Director, Senior Technology Manager, Application Production Services

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being a diverse and inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us Joining the Markets Application Production Services (MAPS) APAC team, you will be part of a global function responsible for the managing production systems across Global Markets Technology. You will work in a fast paced environment, leading multiple teams of front office facing application production specialists supporting entire APAC Equities business. You will regularly interact with senior execs/head of businesses/desk heads up to the level of MDs and closely partner with SMEs to senior execs/MDs within development and infrastructure teams in region and global to deliver to the regional Equities business as one Technology team. The successful candidate will demonstrate good acumen, flexibility and has the ability to assimilate, organize and present information quickly for the business and senior technology executives. This is a critical role requiring a highly motivated and dedicated individual with strong leadership, strategic thinking and a desire to take the team to the next level. Responsibilities The role is fully responsible for managing the provision of application support to multiple LOBs within Global Markets Equities business in APAC. The role involves defining technical and people strategy, facing off to multiple senior business execs, coordinating stability programs, driving strategic improvements and managing major incidents. Additionally, the role will closely work with onshore and offshore groups worldwide to continue to operate and improve our global support model. This is a high-profile role requiring a highly motivated and dedicated individual who can provide technical and people leadership and is able to operate in a fast paced environment requiring flexibility, acumen and the ability to assimilate information quickly. Required Skills 20+ Years overall technology experience, with at least 10 years covering Equities, with experience of managing application production support across multiple asset classes/functional areas such as Cash Equities, Electronic trading, Execution services, Derivatives, Prime, Stock Loan Domain knowledge, gained through hands on experience of supporting Equities and sub-lobs within Equities Experience of leading transformative programs/projects in application production support space to improve stability, enable the business and modernize the application production support function Well versed with regulatory framework governing technology incidents across APAC region Thorough understanding of technical areas such as Unix/Linux, Database (Sybase/SQL/Oracle), Perl, Python, Infrastructure, gained through hands on experience of supporting various applications and technologies Track record of leading and managing medium to large teams spread across countries Influential and collaborative skills to drive organization wide changes by embracing change and be a catalyst Experience and thorough understanding of critical aspects for production support such as monitoring, recovery and routines such as recovery simulations and driving the development of required tooling Thorough understanding of ITIL concepts, tools such as ITSM and Service Now. Experience of being involved in migrating to service now will be a big plus Experience with tools such as ITRS-Geneos, Splunk, Dynatrace, Observability, Corvil in an operational role Client relationship/service management experience Proactive, able to multi-task, prioritize and work on own initiative Able to work in a high pressure environment Strong time management skills Problem solving skills both technical and business related Excellent verbal/written communication skills Desired Skills Understanding of wider global markets line of business such as Futures & Options, Fixed Income, Commodities, Currencies & Rates Past experience of working in a developer role, preferably for Equities business #J-18808-Ljbffr