Manager - Technology Lifecycle and Resilience

Years of Experience

• Minimum 12 years in enterprise or solution architecture, technology strategy or architecture governance, including leadership of complex, cross-platform initiatives in regulated environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the definition of a Technology/Application Lifecycle Management framework, with emphasis on application lifecycle, technology obsolescence and end-of-life risk governance.
• Define lifecycle states, governance accountabilities, decision points, escalation paths and forward-planning controls for upgrades and remediation ahead of vendor end-of-life.
• Lead the Enterprise Architecture contribution to the enterprise resilience strategy and target-state resilience architecture, including the principles and patterns required to improve recoverability and reduce failover constraints.
• Align lifecycle governance and resilience architecture so that obsolescence, recoverability and resilience risks are considered consistently across the two workstreams.
• Coordinate architecture inputs from Technology Platforms, IT GRC, DR/Operations, Cyber Security, Procurement, Finance and application owners.
• Establish architecture governance, traceability and decision records for the two workstreams, including alignment to EA standards, target states and review forums.
• Guide the Resilience Architect / Technical Architect and consolidate technical outputs into an executive-level strategy and roadmap.
• Maintain the EA boundary: lead strategy, architecture and governance while operational control implementation, testing and evidence production remain with accountable delivery and platform teams.

Required Skills

• Deep experience in enterprise architecture, technology strategy, application portfolio management and lifecycle governance.
• Strong understanding of technology obsolescence, vendor end-of-support risk, investment planning and architecture governance.
• Experience shaping enterprise resilience strategies and target-state architectures across applications, infrastructure, data, integration and cloud.
• Ability to establish pragmatic governance frameworks, RACI models, control points, roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
• Strong executive communication, cross-functional leadership, facilitation and decision-paper writing skills.
• Experience in banking, financial services or another highly regulated sector is strongly preferred.

Key Deliverables

Certifications & Technical Requirements

• Certifications preferred: TOGAF certification.
• Additional relevant certifications may include ITIL 4, COBIT, PMP/PRINCE2, AWS or Microsoft Azure architecture credentials, and CBCI or equivalent resilience qualification.

Preferred Tech Stack

• Enterprise architecture repository and modelling standards; application portfolio and CMDB data; hybrid infrastructure and cloud architecture; resilience and lifecycle management capabilities.

Tools / Platforms

• ServiceNow CMDB/APM; Jira; Confluence; Microsoft Power BI; Microsoft 365.