Associate Director, Solutions Management Lead

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KPMG is currently seeking an Associate Director, Solutions Management Lead of Global Tech & Knowledge (GT&K) to join our KPMG International organization.

Responsibilities:

• Work with business team and Global Tech & Knowledge (GT&K) delivery teams on solution requirements, roadmaps and planning activities; assist business teams in receiving requests for new work through standard GT&K processes; ensure business team is aware of GT&K related investments and changes in direction so that they can plan accordingly
• Provide oversight and assist in managing solution development and support efforts, as well as in the delivery of other GT&K related services to the global functions, as needed
• Address challenges escalated by the business teams and help to ensure that they are resolved promptly and satisfactorily; escalate further to the appropriate leadership teams, as needed
• Provide regular status and reporting to the business teams on progress and issues across the portfolio of activities, including financial tracking and reporting and assistance on annual budget planning
• Manage the technical aspects of a portfolio of existing solutions through their lifecycle, interfacing with business teams on solution requirements and roadmaps, development priorities and plans, budgets and IT finances, and on what's needed for ongoing support
• Work with Senior Solutions Management Leads, manage Solution Management leads, Solution Architecture and Engineering leads, and broader GT&K teams as well as contractors and suppliers to address requirements and deliver on commitments to the global business functions
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment

Qualifications:

Minimum ten years of recent progressive experience in IT, ideally having worked in Business Analysis, Enterprise/Solution Architecture, and having been involved in aspects of Solution development

Bachelor's degree in a related field (such as computer science); master's degree (MBA a plus) from an accredited college or university or ten years of equivalent work experience

Experience working with business teams, managing relationships, with the ability to translate and apply technology to business challenges

Prior experience with SDLC tools such as Azure DevOps and GitHub and also with project reporting and tracking tools such as Microsoft Project is required

Possess a broad knowledge of application and infrastructure architectures and technologies, including the Microsoft platforms (Azure IaaS, PaaS and SaaS), experience with automation tools (for example, ServiceNow), reporting suites (for example, Power BI) and enterprise application suites such as SAP (Finance, HR) and Salesforce (CRM)

Solid experience managing a small portfolio of applications (

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