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In the context of BJB captive nearshoring (BJB owned nearshore facility that handles specific business and IT-related functions – Biz Dev Ops) we are looking for skilled and experienced IT Team Lead to help us building up the captive in Madrid while reporting to our HQ in Switzerland responsible for agile delivery. While you lead and coordinate a team of IT professionals you further strive and ensure overall efficiency by e.g. standardizing processes, to make sure the captive can scale and grow over time. You offer support and guidance locally and collaborate strongly with the HQ in Switzerland (including our Co E Heads).

YOUR CHALLENGE

• You are our local Team Head for a heterogenous team in Spain consisting of IT experts in roles such as Scrum Masters, Application Engineers, Application Operation Managers, Tester Engineers and Requirements Engineers
  
• You lead and coordinate the team, providing guidance and support while representing BJB and our values locally and promote those values in your team
  
• You take ownership and create a Homebase for your team members (internal and external)
  
• You have a modern and agile mindset acting with integrity, honesty and building trust. Further, you promote this mindset and our BJB values - Care, Passion & Excellence - in your team (encourage open discussions and an open feedback culture)
  
• You foster a collaborative environment and motivate your team to take part in IT wide initiatives
  
• You act as the BJB ambassador and single point of contact locally towards our two vendors or any other stakeholders
  
• You conduct team meetings and bilaterals and keep your team informed on a need-to-know basis
  
• You understand our banks strategy as well as the IT strategy and promote and support it whenever opportunities arise
  

You collaborate closely together with the global Co E heads in Switzerland and work together on topics such as:

• Workforce planning / strategy (resource allocation, planning, forecasting)
  
• Recruiting, onboarding / offboarding of local resources
  
• Always ensure compliance & regulations (e.g. mandatory trainings, overtime, vacation, block leave and other local regulations towards working times) considering, on call duty, weekend work etc.
  
• Recertification of Roles and Accesses, security guidelines etc.
  

YOUR PROFILE

• Excellent leadership skills with the ability to lead and inspire IT teams
  
• Background in IT being tech savvy (JAVA, .NET etc ), to be able to understand what your direct reports do
  
• Experience in financial industry and or HR is a plus
  
• Bachelors / master’s degree in computer science or similar (or bring the necessary work experience in this field)
  
• Compassionate yet decisive and result oriented approach. You are able to create an environment where employees feel valued and supported while maintaining clear expectations and goals
  
• Strong interpersonal skills required
  
• Communicative personality with the ability to listen. You enjoy working with people (locally and across the boarders) and bring the necessary skill and experience to establish a collaborative and constructive environment
  
• Self-driven, intrinsically motivated, well-organized, goal oriented, effective time management & efficient with the necessary attention to detail
  
• Familiarity with relevant regulations and standards in IT/Banking and location specific
  
• Several years of relevant professional experience (Leadership, Agile, SAFe certified)
  

Language skills:

• Spanish - mother tongue or fluent
  
• English - fluent, business English C1/C2 or mother tongue)
  
• German is a plus
  

We are looking forward to receiving your full job application through our online application tool.