Data Migration & Transition Director
London, LND, GB, EC2M 2AT
SMBC: A trusted partner for the long term
Here at SMBC Group, we want to help you find the next step in your career so read on to discover if this opportunity is the one for you. We like to recognise potential in our people, so we welcome your application even when your experience doesn’t perfectly align with the job description. Whilst we’ll always strive to be better, we’re proud of our inclusive culture, and encourage our applicants and colleagues to be their authentic, unique selves.
Who we are
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) is a core member of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), a Tokyo-based bank holding company that is ranked among the largest 25 banks globally by assets under management operating in over 40 countries worldwide. SMBC Group has offices in 20 cities across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) including its regional headquarters in London.
SMBC's competitive advantages include:
- A strong client base with broad coverage of the Fortune 500
- Worldwide operations that enable us to provide clients with global solutions and that make SMBC the leading choice for US businesses expanding in Asia
- A solid balance sheet and conservative approach
We prize energy, enthusiasm, excellence, and entrepreneurship and aim to attract the highest calibre of staff to join our existing talent and to contribute to the dynamic environment which we have established. With a focus on staff development and creating continual career opportunities, we are committed to our mission of providing a challenging and professionally rewarding work environment for our employees.
We operate a range of flexible benefits for our employees and are actively involved in Corporate Social Responsibility through a variety of workplace events and opportunities for staff to contribute to and be involved with the local community.
Role Summary
The Director of Data Migration & Transition is a critical role as we advance our data capabilities in EMEA. This experienced individual will work with IT and programme teams, leveraging their knowledge and expertise, to drive the delivery of all data migration activities.
The role will ensure fit-for-purpose migration services are delivered and will lead the charge on defining migration strategy, providing new core capabilities and new tools. The role requires an ability to educate and convince stakeholders at all levels across the organisation on the essential nature of good data migration, as well as a clear understanding and articulation of any dependencies upon other workstreams.
The role will primarily work with our IT, Data and Programme Office functions to deliver:
- An agreed Data Migration approach for data migrations across a range of programme and project deliveries.
- Management of dependencies with regards to data quality, both before migrations and afterwards.
- Collaboration with IT to detail and build the scripts/ tools required to deliver migrations. This includes any monitoring and quality assurance scripts to provide confidence migrations will be successful.
- Deliver new migration tools and their use to improve efficiency and effectiveness of our data migrations.
We are driving data-led transformation through the bank, and it is a great opportunity to join us on this exciting journey.
Since inception, the EMEA Data Office has grown to a team with permanent headcount of approximately 40 permanent staff and a total team size of c120 people including contractors and consultants engaged on project work. There is an ambition to grow further over the next 1-2 years.
The team includes a mixture of permanent and contract resources, with deep expertise in data migration. There are plans to increase the size of the team in the coming year.
- Leading the design and definition of the Data Migration strategy and creating an integrated relationship with the IT teams that will help deliver in support of the strategy
- Tech Authoring of documents that describe the migration process developed
- Creating an integrated relationship with the IT teams that will help build and test the technology to support the migration approach
- Work with operations teams to design, develop and approve setup of reference/ static data for testing and go-live across programmes and projects
- Working with delivery teams and business stakeholders to ensure data quality is at the required level before migration
- Coordinate with business process stakeholders to ensure that the business context and impacts are considered
Business Area
Position Description
Essential:
- Experience leading a team in the delivery of data migration projects or programmes
- Experience of delivering a new data migration tool suite and developing new monitoring and reporting to provide the relevant levels of assurance
- Expertise in cleansing existing data and creating pipelines to move data to new platforms, collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify, scope and develop migration solutions
- A creative approach to problem-solving and solution scoping
- Highly effective written and verbal communication skills, with skills in writing board and committee submissions and the ability describe technical solutions to non-technical colleagues
- A good understanding of, and experience applying, project management principles to data migration deliveries
- Strong data skills and be adept at querying large datasets, as well as familiar with ETL concepts and tools such as Alteryx
Desirable:
- Knowledge of data related regulatory requirements
- Knowledge of emerging trends and issues within the data landscape
- Experience working in regulated frameworks, ideally financial services
Competencies
What we offer
For all the expertise and experience you bring to help us make a difference, it’s only sustainable if we support you to build your career and be your best self so we offer competitive company benefits, centred around promoting positive well-bring and work-life balance. We also believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment, where all team members perspectives and contributions are valued. Initiatives in place which promote a diverse and inclusive culture and healthy work life balance include hybrid working, Sport & Social Clubs and Diversity and Inclusion networks.
As an employee of SMBC you have access to a host of both useful and exciting benefit offerings. See below some of the benefits on offer to you:
- Hybrid and flexible working
- Competitive paid leave days
- Benefits to support your physical wellbeing, including private medical insurance and life and invalidity insurance
- Various policies to support your mental wellbeing, including a robust behavioural health network with counselling and coaching services
- Access a wide range of learning and development opportunities and career progression opportunities
- Ambitious remuneration package
So, if you like a challenge and want to continuously grow and develop in a role where you will be supported along the way by a dynamic and diverse team, apply today!!
We recognise our role as a bank to support social change and welcome all applications, including those from groups often under-represented in financial services. We value the uniqueness of professional and personal, backgrounds and perspectives as they play a vital role in continuing the sustainable growth of our organisation. We’ll ensure reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process are offered due to a disability or long-term condition whenever requested.