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Feature Lead

AT Bank of America
Bank of America

Feature Lead

Chester, United Kingdom

Job Description:

Job Title: Feature Lead - Technology

Corporate Title: Up to Vice President

Location: Chester

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We're devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

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Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Location Overview:

Find us in the city of Chester, a destination renowned for its culture, history, and beauty. Working at Bank of America Chester offers a far-reaching global career for a world-renowned organisation, whilst being ideally situated against the backdrop of the rolling North Wales hills and the banks of the serene River Dee.

The Team:

  • Part of the GBS Central Team, as newly formed team.
  • All the team are SME's in their own areas.
  • Friendly team and helpful team, supporting the GBS Scrum Teams
  • Team are proud when there are no issues after a release is deployed into Production

Responsibilities:

  • Work as part of a small team of GBS End-to End SME's to provide a proactive function to support improvement in GBS delivery quality
  • Provide a GBS End to End Holistic approach to development and testing.
  • Prior to start of Release sprints provide a review of end to end testing and UAT
  • Identify synergies between projects in a Release and streamline testing to increase
  • Review of Delivery KPI's with recommendations and ownership of process improvements across teams.
  • Provide independent check and balance review to the delivery teams outside the resource constraints of the GBS Scrum teams
  • Review of Production Incidents for lessons learnt. Incidents in scope to include both immediate RTL impact and overall incident trend
  • Ensure adherence to Enterprise Testing Standards and maintenance of testing deliverable.
  • Performing Quality Control on Coding & Test Deliverables and assist with any Audits.
  • Interface with Production Support teams to build joint improvement plans across CIO & CTO.
  • Accountability for the actual delivery remains with the delivery teams
  • Working with the GBS Delivery teams to support and assure GBS Design and estimation.

What we are looking for:

  • Ability to problem solve
  • Ability to influence and process change
  • Must enthusiastic, flexible, and results.
  • Extensive experience of Agile.
  • Ability to influence & work with wider GTST team.
  • Business Domain expertise in the Wholesale Banking business (Payments and Accounting)
  • Experience in Mainframe Technologies - COBOL, z/OS, IMS
  • Communication skills
  • Organised and able to resolve complex issues
  • Extensive experience of Agile.
  • Business Domain expertise in the Wholesale Banking business (Payments and Accounting)

Benefits of working at Bank of America:

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• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner

• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons

• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum

• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.

• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.

• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters

• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution

• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK's most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.

• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It's important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.

Client-provided location(s): Chester, UK
Job ID: BankOfAmerica-JR-24032700
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • FSA
    • HSA
    • On-Site Gym
    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
  • Parental Benefits

    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Leave of Absence
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Paid Holidays
    • Paid Vacation
    • Sabbatical
  • Financial and Retirement

    • Performance Bonus
    • Company Equity
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
  • Professional Development

    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program