Technology Governance Manager (all genders)

Technology Governance Manager (all genders)

Location: Wien

Working hours: Full-time

Occupational Area: IT

Company: Erste Group Bank AG

Erste Group was founded in 1819 as the first Austrian savings bank and is today one of the largest stock-listed banking groups in Central Europe. As an attractive employer, Erste Group offers interesting career opportunities in an international environment.

As part of Erste Group’s IT Strategy & Transformation team, the central governance and steering function within Group IT, you will play a key role in shaping the future of technology governance and management across a complex banking environment. You will drive the development of IT governance frameworks, organizational architecture, operating models, and strategic technology capabilities that support the Group’s digital and business objectives. Working closely with CIO-level stakeholders, technology providers, and internal delivery organizations, you will help define how technology services are governed, owned, and managed across the Group.

Your Tasks

Governance & Operating Model

• Develop and evolve the EG CIO Governance Capability Model.
• Design governance frameworks and IT operating models, strengthening the retained organization of the EG CIO towards external and captive providers.
• Drive adoption of the IT governance frameworks across EG and local IT delivery organizations.
• Support governance improvements driven by regulatory and supervisory expectations.

Technology Capability Management

• Act as CIO counterpart for strategic technology capabilities with providers, supporting alignment between business demand and technology services.
• Support governance of infrastructure, cloud, platform and core IT service capabilities.
• Contribute to service governance and capability portfolio management.

Executive Stakeholder Management

• Represent the Holding CIO organization towards EGB and regulatory governance bodies.
• Facilitate alignment across business, technology and governance stakeholders.
• Prepare and support executive decision-making forums.

Your Background

• 10+ years of experience in IT governance, operating model design, CIO Office, enterprise architecture, technology management or related areas.
• Experience within banking, financial services or another highly regulated industry.
• Proven track record in working with governance frameworks and operating models.
• Experience interacting with senior executives and influencing without formal authority.
• Strong understanding of technology organizations and delivery models.
• Good understanding of infrastructure, cloud, platform and core technology services.
• Strong analytical, strategic and conceptual thinking.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Comfortable driving organizational change and transformation.

Our Offer

• Possibility to benefit and learn from an international, talented and passionate community at Erste.
• Interest groups and clubs.
• Health Centre at Erste Campus with medical services during working hours.
• The minimum wage for this full-time position is 60.000,00 EUR gross per year.
• Opportunity to divide working hours between working from home and at the office.