Feature Lead - Technology

Bank of America•Addison, VT

7d•Onsite

About The Position

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us! Position Summary: This requisition is for a Feature Lead to work as the Application Manager for a highly visible and mission critical Lockbox application. The Feature Lead will assist a Release Train Engineer to manage assignments, prioritize deliverables, and coordinate risk remediation across multiple applications and environments while applying strong leadership and direction to ensure all initiative and BAU commitments are met on time. As Application Manager, the individual will take ownership for all compliance and risk deliverables associated with the application(s) assigned to them. The selected candidate will be working closely with the Line of Business (LOB), vendors, and other technology teams to ensure that the deliverables are assigned and committed to for delivery. An Application Manager must ensure on time and within budget delivery on all identified Bank compliance and risk deliverables: Timely handling of AIT, RISE, ADSF, CPT, etc. deliverables Work with vendors, development teams, CTO teams, Vendor Management to ensure proper plans, execution and communication are in place to fully meet the deliverables Participate in estimates of the development work, solution designs Collaborate on and lead application development planning and implementation activities of third party vendors Ensure proper production implementation and post-implementation support of solutions Timely addressing BAU items Coordinate remediation of GIS security findings Plan implementation of bug fixes and enhancements Keep applications current with enterprise routines (AIT, RISE, patching, access, technical recovery, etc.) Respond to external and internal audits Manage the responses to incoming ad hoc requests from LOB (Product, Operations, or client questions coming through Operations Support Provide/Manage L3 support and ensure focus, scope and separation of the CTO-managed L1 and L2 group Continued focus on improving and sustaining the applications’ performance and stability Maintain an efficient and consistent approach in planning, execution, and communication of the environment work for all midrange applications Coordinate and plan the installation of patches and upgrades to the lower non-production environments with minimum disruption of deliverables Coordinate, plan, ensure flawless execution and full technical and functional application validation of patches and upgrades to the production/contingency environments with minimum disruption Assist in the planning of the environment availability and end-to-end swim lanes for application deployments and testing (functional and performance) in lower environments through production Work with CTO partners and the application teams to have a sustainable process and efficient execution for all these activities

Requirements

5 years of experience building applications and seeing them through the SDLC
Assist in release and deployment planning and implementation
Be involved in providing architectural guidance for development solutions
Work closely with the SQA and UAT managers, and the business analysts within a cohesive team structure to ensure full coordination of the work, alignment of the teams and coordinated delivery on all commitments
Become a subject matter expert on these applications and thoroughly understand the architecture and business interactions within lockbox
Strong Technical Foundation
Strong Written and Verbal Communication skills
Able to navigate the Organization effectively
Works well with the horizontal team
Tenacious and committed to delivery

Nice To Haves

Ingenuity and creativity, strong critical thinking and problem solving skills
Analytical capabilities
The ability to work well under pressure
Experience with Agile development methodologies
Detail oriented

Responsibilities

Timely handling of AIT, RISE, ADSF, CPT, etc. deliverables
Work with vendors, development teams, CTO teams, Vendor Management to ensure proper plans, execution and communication are in place to fully meet the deliverables
Participate in estimates of the development work, solution designs
Collaborate on and lead application development planning and implementation activities of third party vendors
Ensure proper production implementation and post-implementation support of solutions
Timely addressing BAU items
Coordinate remediation of GIS security findings
Plan implementation of bug fixes and enhancements
Keep applications current with enterprise routines (AIT, RISE, patching, access, technical recovery, etc.)
Respond to external and internal audits
Manage the responses to incoming ad hoc requests from LOB (Product, Operations, or client questions coming through Operations Support
Provide/Manage L3 support and ensure focus, scope and separation of the CTO-managed L1 and L2 group
Continued focus on improving and sustaining the applications’ performance and stability
Maintain an efficient and consistent approach in planning, execution, and communication of the environment work for all midrange applications
Coordinate and plan the installation of patches and upgrades to the lower non-production environments with minimum disruption of deliverables
Coordinate, plan, ensure flawless execution and full technical and functional application validation of patches and upgrades to the production/contingency environments with minimum disruption
Assist in the planning of the environment availability and end-to-end swim lanes for application deployments and testing (functional and performance) in lower environments through production
Work with CTO partners and the application teams to have a sustainable process and efficient execution for all these activities