PwC Tech Applications Operations Lead in Bucuresti

Job Description & SummaryA career in Information Technology, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to support our core business functions by deploying applications that enable our people to work more efficiently and deliver the highest levels of service to our clients. You’ll focus on managing the design and implementation of technology infrastructure within PwC, developing and enhancing both client and internal facing applications within PwC, and providing technology tools that help create a competitive advantage for the Firm to drive strategic business growth. Our Operations Support team monitors the overall quality of our service. As a part of the team, you’ll be the primary contact for ensuring the quality of our services is maintained while also considering better ways to provide the same service in a more cost efficient manner and keeping customer satisfaction with our services high. Responsibilities Owns PwC’s three Global Hosting Centres; Manages PwC’s global applications (applications used by member firms, including infrastructure, back office, or front office solutions; Supports PwC Security Operations Centre, providing security monitoring services to the PwC network as a shared service. Headquartered in the UK, with subsidiaries in the US and Singapore, and branches in Germany, Romania, and the Czech Republic. Job Requirements and Preferences Basic Qualifications Minimum Degree Required: High School Diploma; Minimum Years of Experience: 6 year(s) of progressive roles managing IT operations quality control, process improvement, and compliance. Preferred Qualifications Degree Preferred: Bachelor Degree; Preferred Fields of Study: Information Technology. Preferred Knowledge/Skills Demonstrates intimate abilities and/or a proven record of success as a team leader in the following areas: Planning and building of information technology-related application and infrastructure services across a global network of professional services firms emphasizing global technology needs in various IT technical areas; Microsoft Azure, .NET, and SQL Server; Continuous Integration and DevOps; Agile Release Management; Operations control quality and process improvement systems (ISO 9000, SEI CMM, Six Sigma, etc); Technical security operations and information security standards example: ISO 17799 security standard); Deployment of code, establishing quality of deployments, as well as release and change processes; IT Service Management industry-leading practices (ITIL); and, Data Analytics service. Demonstrates intimate abilities and/or a proven record of success as a team leader in planning and building information technology-related application and infrastructure services in various areas that involve leveraging skilled project management including the following areas: Influencing others in a leadership capacity, proactively building working relationships within assigned customer organization; Designing strategies and release management processes in a complex global application and services environment; Managing the SLAs for release planning, building, checking and final deployment of software services; Managing relationships across the global organization at multiple levels; Identifying and addressing customer needs by developing and sustaining extensive customer relationships using networking, negotiation and persuasion skills to identify and offer potential new service opportunities; Preparing and presenting complex written and verbal materials including those articulating technical changes; Prioritizing workflow, managing schedules and resourcing projects; Translating industry specific knowledge into service improvement opportunities yielding quantifiable results; Verifying solution designs/architectures and building on compliance with mandatory standards; Planning and building releases for application services (build application release cluster, align applications, technology, and operations management for optimal resource oriented deployment); Performing as a team lead, leading teams to generate a vision, to establish direction and motivate members; and Creating an atmosphere of trust, leverage diverse views and coach staff to encourage improvement and innovation. Demonstrates intimate abilities and/or a proven record of success as a team leader in the following areas: Benchmarking; Research; Statistical Analysis; Mathematics; Predictive Data Modeling; Analyst Services; Technology Platforms; Database Design; Data Management and Reporting Technologies; System Development Life Cycle (SDLC); Software Project Management Requirements; Design and Testing Techniques; Governance; Emerging data technologies; Automating Service Desk tasks; Digitally transforming the Service Desk; Experience with conversational AI; and, Implementing self service options and portals.