Technical Design Authority

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Background

AXA PPP healthcare IT business is seeking a talented Technical Design Authority to provide technical leadership for our technology investment portfolio – within the Core Technology team, you will manage the the lifecycle of critical applications, platforms and infrastructure.

This role requires a good understanding of current and emerging technologies and digital trends, the expert knowledge of one or more technology domains, and the ability to translate requirements/strategy into detailed technical designs.

You will have the opportunity to work with, and bring your expertise to, multiple technologies, such as: infrastructure, telephony, unified communications, Microsoft Azure, Office365, .Net, digital workplace, mobile device management, content management, enterprise service bus, and others.

The role

Strategy and Architecture

• Deliver the development of Reference and Target Architectures


• Align the Core Technology investment plan with AXA PPP IT Strategy


• Align transversal business and technology initiatives (global AXA Group) with AXA PPP Target Architecture and delivery priorities

Solution Design

• Ensure that project requirements are satisfied by the technical design


• Obtain IT governance sign-off for designs


• Estimating and assisting project managers with planning

Technical Lead

• Lead technical work-streams within projects


• Ensure that technical delivery follows the approved scope and design


• Manage the quality of technical delivery


• The ability to coach and develop more junior technical team members

Skills, knowledge and behaviour

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of working autonomously in a large business environment and understand / integrate business and design strategy


• In depth knowledge of products and services offered by multiple vendors with expertise in infrastructure technology domains


• Experience of turning business requirements into architectural building blocks


• Excellent relationship, influencing and communication skills with experience of managing multiple and diverse stakeholder groups at all levels


• Detailed knowledge of the technical and operational processes used to deploy, support and maintain a large estate


• Awareness of the financial impact of strategic / operational decisions and the ability to identify opportunity for cost reductions

Desirable

• Experience of managing a technical team


• Large scale application migration


• Datacentre migration


• Development lifecycle and methodologies

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What will you get from this role?

Let’s be realistic – we know that money is always a factor when making a job change, but it’s also about a great place to work.

Our working environment is about the people which make us one of the Best Big companies to work for in the UK, (Sunday Times) voted by our own people – a place that has an amazing culture, work-life balance and a commitment to Diversity.

Benefits include:

• Up to £60k (dep on exp) + superb bens


• Car allowance of £5,200 p.a


• An excellent performance related yearly bonus


• Defined Contribution “Money Purchase” scheme


• Pension Top Up, paying additional voluntary contributions to increase your retirement benefit


• Generous holiday + Bank Holidays


• Buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days holiday each year


• Life Cover: 10 x Base Salary linked to our pension scheme


• Private Medical Healthcare


• Interest free loan scheme to help you buy season tickets for travel and parking


• An award winning Career Development programme


• External Discounts and My AXA Products & Discounts