Are you looking for a new challenge? In Axa Partners we are looking for our next IT Operations Manager!
AXA Partners aims at becoming AXA Group preferred networks & Service Company and a powerhouse for partnerships development as a founding entity of AXA Partners. A key enabler for this business transformation will be the IT Operations Tribe in charge of delivering and maintaining IT solutions and services for all the entities within the region.
As part of this team, the IT Operations manager owns a portfolio of IT solutions and services that will support the strategy of one or several entities of the region. He/she will play a key role in AXA Partners IT transformation by leveraging technology innovations to anticipate and implement end-to-end relevant evolutions.
The Iberia IT Operations Manager is in charge of the Local IT Operations Squad (Spain & Portugal) providing technology delivery capabilities, such as Workplace Support, Infrastructure and Cloud, Network and Telephony, Quality of Services, and is accountable for its associated costs.
In partnership with business application development, security, BCM and ITSCM areas, the role holder ensure delivery expectations are met (On Time, On Business, On Scope, On Quality), and solutions are aligned against the target architecture, group standards and security guidelines.
The role holder will be in charge of defining service level agreements with the business and monitoring the service delivery with the outsourcing partners, and must maintain and advocate a long-term vision of IT solutions proposed to the business for the squad perimeter under his/her responsibility.
Key Metrics Of The Job
Estimated number of IT Solutions and services to manage: 15 to 30
Estimated budget under responsibility: between 500K€ to 1M€ (BAU+ Projects) according to the entity size
Number of users to support: 1200
Size of Internal IT Professionals to manage: 6 o 8 people
Total size of the squad’s to manage including externals: 8 to 12 people
those figures are indicative.
What does your daily role entail?
Manage operationally the delivery of BAU and Projects
Anticipate and deliver IT roadmap on his/her perimeter
Manage & optimize the BAU and Project budget on his/her perimeter
He / She validates that IT policies and procedures utilize best practices, technological standards and are efficiently documented.
He / She supervises the lifecycle of the technology components.
Provide KPIs and reports on business demands and projects progression, attention / decision points
Ensuring the excellence of solution analysis, implementation, test, deployment and rollback plans
Preserve assets availability by implementing disaster recovery, back-up procedures, information security and control standards.
Ensure AXA Partners’ IT Infrastructure is performing securely and efficiently within agreed metric.
Maintain quality of service by establishing and enforcing organization standards
Manage external partners and oversee relationships to ensure first class IT services, ensuring suppliers provide appropriate support, but ultimate ownership, decision making and documentation is owned and overseen through the internal team.
Create and maintain 7*24 environment assuming strong SLA on main systems and services such as Networks, Servers, Telephony, Storage and Workplace support.
Contribute to the applicative strategy on his perimeter:
Maintain organization's effectiveness and efficiency by defining, delivering, and supporting strategic plans for implementing information technologies.
He / She develops objectives and strategies for the delivery of IT (both hardware and software) within the company.
He / She maintains information technology strategies by managing staff, researching and implementing technological strategic solutions.
Defining a long term vision of the solutions in his/her portfolio
Proactively conduct technology research and provide new technologies and methods utilization proposals
The role aligns the core infrastructure and security environments within the organisation with to the overall company strategy and core company competencies.
Leading a team of IT Professionals
Manage IT staff by recruiting, training and coaching employees, communicating job expectations and appraising their performance.
Building and keeping internally the Teams’ area expertise
Leading an IT team towards Global IT Vision
Mentor and coaches IT professionals within the organization
Define operating model / framework, capacity planning and resource allocation
Lead operationally both internal and outsourced contributors and define sourcing strategy
Define quality and ethical standards within the team
Be part of the regional IT community
Take part in the community to develop best practices and new standards.
Take part in the training sessions in order to develop required hard/soft skills
Cooperate with IT Global Infrastructure in the feasibility analysis for new solutions
Cooperate with financial analysts in estimating the costs and benefits of new solutions,
Cooperate with Security Information Office to ensure secure solutions
Partnership with Application Development, BCM and ITSCM to build and run solutions that meet business expectations
Your Profile
Technical Skills And Experience
Full proficiency in English and Spanish are required
+5 years of experience as an IT Operations Manager or IT Infrastructure / Service Desk Lead within an International environment
+5 years in direct reports management
+5 years of experience in vendor management
Experience in IT Project management
Experience in Service Delivery management
Overview of existing and new technologies
Experience in Workplace services
IT Security knowledge and risk analysis ability
Proven experience in defining and presenting technology solutions
Expertise in Cloud infrastructure (PaaS, IaaS)
Experience in IT portfolio and budget management with proven track of cost control/improvement
Solid experience in defining implementation, deployment, test and rollback plans
Knowledge in generating process documentation
The ability to conduct cost/benefit analysis
Proven experience within an ITIL Organization
Desirable: ITIL and Project Management Certified (Prince 2, PMP, Agile)
Resilience, capacity to work in a matrix environment and changing organization (regional and non-dedicated resources)
Excellent organization and prioritization skills
Strong communication skills, including active listening and technical writing skills
Ability to work under pressure, with tight deadlines and within constraints
Mentoring and coaching abilities
Capacity to develop a strong partnerships within the organization
Stakeholders management
Business acumen skills
Analytical and pragmatic thinking,
Accuracy / quality focused
Proactive and problem solving oriented
Continual improvement mindset
AXA Partners is committed to diversity and inclusion, on an equal basis.
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About AXA
AXA Group is the worldleader in insurance and asset management. We protect and advise our clients atevery step in their lives, by offering products and services which satisfytheir needs in the areas of insurance, personal protection, saving and assetmanagement. AXA is the leading insurance brand worldwide, with over 100 millionclients. We are transforming from payer to partner for our client, with astrong focus on risk prevention.
Our mission:Empower people to live a better life.
Our values: Customer First, Courage, Integrity and One AXA.
About The Entity
AXA Partners is an AXA transversal business unit offering a wide range of solutions in assistance services, travel insurance and credit protection.
AXA Partners’ role is also to implement innovative solutions emerging from the AXA Innovation unit.
Combining passion with advanced expertise, we design and deliver worldwide solutions for partners and communities. We protect what matters, when it matters.
What We Offer
By joining AXA Partners, youwill work in a responsible company, which offers a real culture of expertise& diversity. Our focus is on accelerating the development of everyone’sskills, whilst offering attractive and competitive compensation andopportunities for professional development and growth.
Additionally, atAXA, we work to make a real difference to people - when amazing things happenand when we create opportunities for a better life, the feeling of pride isextraordinary.
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