Head of Enterprise Data Integration (Data Analyst, BI)

Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for managing and implementing strategyin data and application integration in line with the bank‘s objectives. Responsibilities include designing integration architecture, ensuring data governance, project management, and vendor relationships management. Develop data integration processes with a focus on API management, especially Open API frameworks, to facilitate integration with external systems. Implement advanced middleware and API solutions, aligned with Open Banking standards, to ensure seamless communication between internal and external applications.

Main Responsibilities:

• Strategic management & execution: Manage and execute a strategic vision for data and application integration in line with the bank‘s objectives.
• Integration architecture and data governance: Design a robust integration architecture supporting the IT ecosystem, and define data governance standards for data accuracy, security, and compliance. Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies.
• Project and vendor management: Oversee integration projects ensuring timely, budget-compliant delivery. Manage relationships with third-party vendors, ensuring alignment with integration strategies and quality standards.
• Data and application integration with emphasis on Open Banking: Focus on developing data integration processes that prioritize API management, particularly Open API frameworks, to facilitate integration with external systems. Implement advanced middleware and API solutions, aligned with Open Banking standards, to ensure seamless communication across internal and external applications. This strategy enhances data synchronization and interoperability across diverse banking systems, leveraging Open APIs for external system integration.
• Security, Compliance, and reporting: Implement security measures for data protection during integration and ensure compliance with regulations. Enable data reporting and analytics for business intelligence, collaborating with data analysts for insights.
• Documentation and training: Maintain comprehensive documentation of integration processes and standards. Provide training on integration tools and best practices to staff and end-users.
• People Management: Recruit, train, supervise and manage the performance of subordinate employees to ensure completion of assigned work plans; Build and maintain a collaborative, high-performance work culture, providing guidance and professional development opportunities for team members.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by management.