Mobile Applications Lead/ Strategist/ Product Owner Job Vacancy

Job Title:     Mobile Applications Lead/ Strategist/ Product Owner
Job Ref.:     COG-919390
Job Location:     Sydney
Company/Employer: Macquarie Group
Job Type:    Agency Worker
Group:        Corporate Operations Group
Recruiter:    Raymond Chau
About Us
Corporate Operations Group (COG) provides specialist professional services, human resources, workplace infrastructure, and technology and market operations to Macquarie's businesses. The primary purpose of COG is to support and enhance the value of Macquarie through the creation of an efficient, scalable operating model. This is evident across the activities of each of the divisions which comprises of Business Improvement and Strategy Division (BIS), Business Services Division (BSD), COG Business Management, Human Resources Division (HR), Market Operations and Technology.

Job Description:
This is a great opportunity for a strong Mobile Applications Specialist to lead Macquarie's Mobile Applications transformation across our IT Workplace environment. Join Macquarie at an exciting time with large-scale IT Programmes and a Global IT transformation.
The Mobile Applications Lead shall drive our global applications strategy & architecture across Macquarie's new Workplace Mobility IT environment.

Job Requirements:
We are seeking an experienced Mobile Applications Lead to join our Workplace Technology department. Workplace Technology is focused on designing, building, testing and change managing the implementation of a broad range of technology solutions that enable a collaborative, flexible, productive and mobile work force for Macquarie globally. To be successful in this position you would have worked in a similar role delivering large-scale solutions across enterprise-sized environments. You will also have solid experience with driving mobile application solutions across Mobility in the workplace.

•     2-5 years of mobile application delivery experience in mobile products
•     Experience bringing successful iOS and Android applications to market across Tablet and SmartPhone
•     Experience working effectively with external digital agencies and internal SME teams to drive innovation and deliver engaging mobile applications
•     Must be self-starter and able to move projects forward with minimal direction
•     Strong verbal and written communication skills.  Needs to demonstrate strong experience in utilizing various influencing skills.
•     Ability to present to management, internal client audiences or professional peers and ability to work independently on problem solving and investigation.
•     Experience in an enterprise technology environment with demonstrated ability to sequence, plan, drive and report on status of projects.
•     Previous experience working within a Digital Agency would be highly regarded or similarly driving Mobile Application modernization programmes within a large enterprise environment.

Job Duties:

•     Drive measurable group wide success of Workplace mobile applications
•     Understand the mobility strategy and define a clear mobile applications roadmap that aligns to the Workplace vision and strategy
•     Identify, assess and drive new opportunities to complement and grow the mobile productivity ecosystem
•     Define and implement a cradle-to-grave application lifecycle management strategy, ensuring clear channels for application feedback and user behaviour tracking
•     Drive innovation throughout the design process in order to maximise individual native device (smartphones and tablets) capabilities and therefore user experience
•     Ensure design alignment to digital branding guidelines, governing an engaging yet consistent user interface experience across applications
•     Collaborate with digital agencies, UX designers and software engineers to translate product roadmap into detailed requirements and prototypes, working horizontally to execute on a plan of action
•     Work with operations and support teams to ensure clear service design operating models for new mobile applications and testing resources to ensure robust quality assurance and signoff pre-production
•     Work with change management and communications team specialists to develop a clear go-to-market strategy for developed applications, facilitating effective group wide service communication
•     Provide application show cases to key stakeholders, demonstrating value realisation and product development progress

To find out more about the position and a confidential discussion, please contact Ray Chau on 02 8237 4154

Deadline Date: 24/02/2014

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