Global Head of Network Architecture

Job Description:

Job Title:  Global Head of Network Architecture

Corporate Title:  SVP

Location:  London

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.  Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Location:

Our London office is based just a stone’s throw from the magnificent St. Paul’s Cathedral on bustling King Edward Street. Here you’ll find modern workspaces and a state-of-the-art auditorium space. In addition, we’re proud to host an onsite restaurant that shares our commitment to sustainability by providing delicious seasonal menus which have been created with the planet in mind. Make sure to take time for yourself and head up to our rooftop terrace and take in the spectacular views across London. Finally, your physical wellness is well-catered for with our onsite gym facilities and medical centre.

Role overview

In the role of Global Head of Network Architecture, you are responsible for building and leading an organization to deliver technology products and services that meet strategic business outcomes. Key responsibilities include enabling the portfolio strategy by setting strategic technology outcomes, creating a resource and people development strategy, managing the financial and resource plan, advocating, and advancing organizational agility, improving end-to-end processes, and promoting learning and improvement. Job expectations may include coaching, mentoring, and driving leadership succession planning and development of employees.

Responsibilities:

• Manage relationships with business and technology executives/sponsors and vendors for technical products and understand the work deliverables and performance of the Technology.

• Create an inclusive and healthy working environment sponsoring opportunities that improve processes and identifying new opportunities to enhance efficiency and gain a competitive advantage.

• Conduct portfolio level resourcing and financial management activities, establishes target outcomes through objectives and key results, tracks strategic technology outcomes aligned to the portfolio strategy, and promotes the organization and its resources to achieve them.

• Facilitate performance and career development of teams through performance reviews, coaching, and creating development plans.

• Establish a culture of risk and compliance management, ensuring the organization is compliant with all applicable policies and standards.

• Ensure that execution is aligned with Portfolio strategy by working with Portfolio Product Executives and other value stream stakeholders.

• Manage procurement, vendor evaluations, and negotiating vendor contracts for technical products and services for the organization.

• Break down barriers to create a more inclusive environment that supports company D&I goals.

• Challenge end-to-end process efficiency and effectiveness, champion data driven decision-making and remove obstacles to optimize operations.

• Inspect and challenge risk controls, governance, and culture to ensure the timely identification, escalation, debate, and remediation of risk across the organization.

• Mobilize organizational resources to deliver the full range of the bank’s capabilities to meet client needs and to gain competitive advantage.

Key skills required include:

• Ability to analyze potential risks and developing effective solutions.

• Understanding of financial implications and ability to make informed decisions.

• Capable of grasping industry context and business operations.

• Persuasive communication skills and ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Design and implement strategic plans ensuring network capacity meets existing and future requirements.

• Ability to oversee the end-to-end process of delivery network solutions, from design to implementation.

• Experience in creating effective network architecture solutions that align with the Bank’s goals and technical requirements.

Benefits of working at Bank of America

Bank of America

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications, and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.