WMI Change Manager & Continuous Delivery Lead - SDS Wealth Management

WMI Change Manager & Continuous Delivery Lead - SDS Wealth Management

Country: Spain

Hello! Welcome to the place responsible for developing the technology that improves the lives of 160 million customers around the world!

This job offer is an opportunity not only to join a great company but also to collaborate in projects that have a real impact on society.

We are looking for a CHANGE MANAGER & CONTINUOUS DELIVERY LEAD based in our BOADILLA DEL MONTE (Madrid) office, with at least 5 years of experience as a Change & Delivery role functions.

This area is part of the Global WMI CIO office in Wealth Division that’s coordinate and support the WM&I entities business and develop & deploy the WMI Global Platform ecosystem.

Let’s get to know each other!

Santander Digital Services (SDS) is the team of technology and operations at Santander. We are convinced of the importance of technology that is aligned with the requirements of the business and that out work not only brings value to users, people and communities but also fosters individual creativity. Our team of over 7,000 people in 8 countries (Spain, Portugal, Poland, UK, USA, Mexico, Chile and Brazil) develops and/or implements financial solutions across a broad spectrum of technologies (including Blockchain, Big Data and Angular among others) on all kinds of on-premise and cloud-based platforms.

We are undergoing one of the biggest transformations in our history and technology is at the heart of our strategy. Join our team to play a part in one of the most important technological projects for the financial sector in the world.

One of our guiding principles is continuous innovation, working with Agile and DevSecOps methodologies and adopting all the leading market technology to work with the best tech stack.

We recently received Top Employer certification in Spain, Europe and globally for the sixth consecutive year and we are one of the World’s 25 Best Workplaces. We are very proud to be an equal opportunities organisation and we are building a dynamic and proactive team. All we ask from you is that you bring a positive attitude and share our values and a commitment to development of cutting-edge technology, no matter where you come from or where you end up.

Your role

As a WMI CHANGE MANAGER & CONTINUOUS DELIVERY LEAD your mission will be to Lead the Changes & CD Area. WMI is a Santander Global Business that manage the Asset Management, Private Banking and Insurances areas in three regions and more that 30th Santander Entities.

Change manager and Continuous Delivery Lead within an organization take charge of change management initiatives, guiding their implementation. They design and execute strategies to facilitate employee/projects the adoption of changes process, such as overseeing the smooth implementation of a new project.

Leader that collaborates closely with other key stakeholders to ensure changes align with corporate strategic objectives. They also work with System owners and Tech Leads to ensure smooth operations, continuously monitor progress, and make necessary adjustments. Change Manager Lead also analyze the results and offer solutions for a smooth transition to a full automated execution.

Your main tasks will be:

• Represent Wealth entities in the global CAP for changes
• Control the Change Management Dashboard to ensure
• Coordinate the internal delevope teams
• Manage the change windows with every business
• Ensure the compliance with regulator
• Obtaining and tracking code repository usage metrics and alignment with group strategies
• Coordination of service continuity testing between the Delivery executor and our business and functional support areas …

We need somebody like you to help us in different fronts:

• Management of WMI internal change committees.
• Coordination of the change windows with the System Owners of the applications.
• Review of the changes submitted for approval and control of the effects on services, Clients and businesses of the WMI perimeter.
• Coordination, Alignment and Control of the change management services that are carried out in WMI perimeter by the different units/businesses as well as the deliverys that deliver the production services.
• Change lifecycle management (monitoring, reporting, CAB WMI and assistance to local CAB, change management and shakedown).
• Review and control of the implementation of changes.
• From Delivery Management.
• Assurance of the documentation presented is compliance with regulators.
• Control and management of the DevOps service perimeter provided by delivery, resource allocation and execution control of services in projects together with System Owners.
• Secret and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
• Obtaining and tracking code repository usage metrics and alignment with group strategies (quality and safety and deployment automation) for the SW.
• Coordination with NDS for the execution of changes without affecting services.
• Coordination of service continuity testing between the Delivery executor and our business and functional support areas.
• Pipeline deployments with ALM tools.
• SW deployments.
• Management / administration of architecture elements.
• System integration.
• Continuous monitoring.

What you´ll bring

You’re sure to fit in if you like technology and are constantly learning about new developments, as well as having an interest in better understanding the risks faced by the Bank. In addition to developing your technical skills, you should also be interested in improving your soft skills

If you think you’ve got what it takes, these are the key skills we’ll be looking for in your CV:

• + 5 years’ experience as a Changes & Delivery role functions, ideally on Agile. Processes automation methodology.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Git, Nexus, Sonar, Jira, Confluence…).
• Degree/bachelor in IT, Maths or engineering
• System integration (expert technical abilities in hardware, networking, middleware, database and applications).
• OpenShift / Dockers & Kubernetes.
• EKS.
• SNOW.
• Fluid English (C2).

The following would also be great...

• Analytical Vision on IT building blocks to understand the changes and dependencies.
• Teamwork capabilities working with heterogeneous tech stack (Onpremise & Public Cloud)
• Experience with Problem management and critical incident management.
• Reporting and communication skills.
• Empathic, proactive and organize with the work

What is the Be Tech! experience like?

• Hybrid working model (working remotely some days and meeting with the team in the office on other days).
• Flexible working hours.
• Possibility of travelling to collaborate with teams in other countries.
• Opportunities to develop your career in different overseas units and countries.
• Continuous training in innovative technical fields so you are always up to date and have the tools you need to do your job.
• Career plan to ensure your professional growth and that your efforts are duly rewarded.
• Highly competitive salary and bonuses.
• Financial benefits (special interest rates for loans, preferential banking terms, pension plan, life insurance, etc.)
• Social benefits (gym and medical centre on the premises, daily meal subsidy with a choice of seven restaurants, parking, shuttle service to the centre of Madrid, discounts and offers with different companies for Santander employees and much, much more that we will tell you all about when you arrive!)

What now?

If you like what you’ve read so far, you’ll like it even more once you’re on board... So why not join us?

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