Offshore Development Manager

Development Manager / Delivery Manager - off-shoring - Investment Banking
Salary - circa. £100k base + 35% bonus, car allowance, BUPA for immed family, 30 days holiday + more.
Our client's business is at the very heart of the London banking community and is a stable member and well regarded institution within city finance circles. Our client's IT systems help support the trading of items such as derivatives swaps and fixed income products. Our client's position in London will further benefit as the banking world adjusts to a more regulated and structured environment. As a highly established and one of just two preferred suppliers to this client we have been asked to recruit an Offshore Development Centre Manager.
The Offshore Development Centre Manager is the primary operational interface between the organisation and the Offshore Development Centre(s). The role is not a technical delivery role. The focus of the role is on the service delivered by the offshore capabilities. Primary responsibility of the role is to ensure the day-to-day and longer-term service provided by the Offshore Development capabilities meets the company's expectations.
Specific responsibilities include:-
Creating an Offshore Development capability
Growing and Continuously Improving the Offshore Development capability
Facilitating the effective use of the Offshore Development capability
Ensure the Offshore Development capability meets the company's expectations
Ensure the Offshore Development capability provide a safe, stable, high-availability environment to support the business and its customers
This role sits alongside the Director - Development and the Director - Production, all of which report to the Director - IT and Change who in turn reports to the Group CIO.
Required Skills -
*A true leader and facilitator. Able to build effective working relationships
*Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced, customer-focused organisation undergoing significant transformation. Flexible and able to adapt to new situations as the business demands
*Strategic thinking, able to contribute on all major IT discussions, whatever the topic, as part of the IT leadership team
*A track record of leading a top-class service delivery function within a complex, professional, high-availability environment
*Able to combine rigour and discipline with a pragmatic approach to delivering cost effective solutions in sensible time frames
*Excellent leadership skills
*Excellent Technical Skills
*Excellent networking skills, able to develop relationships with other IT and business areas
*Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively at both business and technical level
*Excellent service management and problem solving skills, able to think clearly under pressure and across technology boundaries
*The ability to plan and manage complex and changing workload and priorities. Able to present a clear list of tasks and time frames to management
*Project Management Office Skills
Required Experience -
*Experience of establishing and working with an offshore development capability
*Commercially "sharp" with excellent negotiating skills and able to hold suppliers to demanding contracts
*Collaborative team player used to delivering in a fast paced, demanding and organisationally complex environment
*Rigorous, disciplined, process-driven but able to deliver pragmatic solutions as the business demands
*Extensive Service Transition Experience
*Extensive experience in IT team lead/management.
*Extensive Stakeholder Management experience
*ITIL qualification (Foundation or Manager) - nice to have
*Experience of working in the finance/banking sector
*Prince 2 Practitioner - nice to have
Salary - £100k + 35% bonus, car allowance, BUPA for immed family + 30 days holiday
We are a highly established and just one of two preferred suppliers to this client. This role may suit individuals currently holding roles such as: Head of Development, Development Manager, Delivery Manager, Software Manager or IT Director. Extensive off-shoring experience needed.