Portfolio Architect - ISS

Description

Title Portfolio Architect - ISS

Department Enterprise Technology Services

Location Hong Kong

Reports To Lead Portfolio Architect - ISS

Level 7

About Fidelity International

Fidelity International offers investment solutions and services and retirement expertise to more than 2.56 million customers globally. As a privately-held, purpose-driven company with a 50-year heritage, we think generationally and invest for the long term. Operating in more than 25 locations and with $783.6 billion in total assets, our clients range from central banks, sovereign wealth funds, large corporates, financial institutions, insurers and wealth managers, to private individuals.

Our Workplace & Personal Financial Health business provides individuals, advisers and employers with access to world-class investment choices, third-party solutions, administration services and pension guidance. Together with our Investment Solutions & Services business, we invest $567 billion on behalf of our clients. By combining our asset management expertise with our solutions for workplace and personal investing, we work together to build better financial futures.

Our clients come from all walks of life and so do we. We are proud of our inclusive culture and encourage applications from the widest mix of talent, whatever your age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, social background and more. We are a disability-friendly company and would welcome a conversation with you if you feel you might benefit from any reasonable adjustments to perform to the best of your ability during the recruitment process and beyond.

We are committed to being a truly flexible employer, encouraging and trusting our people to perform their role in the way that works best for them, our business, our colleagues and our clients. We offer the maximum possible flexibility over where and when you work for all, considering your role and any local regulations. We call this new approach “dynamic working”.

Find out more about what we do, our history, our new approach of “dynamic working“ and how you could be a part of our future at .

About your team

Fidelity is investing in its Enterprise Architecture team with the purpose to serve the needs of Fidelity by enabling the Business, Technology and Data strategies to flourish to realise the targeted business opportunities and value.

Investment Services and Solutions is one of the main business pillars and investment areas within Fidelity. It is going through a phase of rapid and substantial transformation of its business model as well as the Technology estate.

The ISS Enterprise Architecture team is responsible for the Business, Information and Technology architecture across the Investment Services and solutions business.

About your role

Purpose of the Role

As a Portfolio Architect for ISS, you will provide technical expertise to both the Business and Technology stakeholders in order to direct the investment and transformation from an architecture perspective to help deliver the strategic ISS initiatives in line with the Business, Technology and Data strategies. This includes working with senior business stakeholders to understand and develop their longer term vision, aligning roadmaps to this, developing technology roadmaps that align to both the business vision as well as technology objectives, providing guidance on M&A activity.

Key Responsibilities

Architect

• Identify the current state of how technology is used in the organisation, what technologies are being used and how they are deployed along with the business value the technology is providing.
• Work with stakeholders to understand business drivers and business capabilities (future and current state), and determine corresponding enterprise system designs and change requirements to drive the organisation's targeted customer outcomes.
• Work as part of the team in proposing and gaining agreement for target application architecture for ISS that includes the articulation of a clear transformation roadmap.
• Manage key business stakeholders to achieve consensus agreement to vision and roadmap.
• Ensure that technology solutions to business problems are both pragmatic and supportive of the Global strategic architecture direction.
• Develop architectures that are aligned to business goals, drivers, and strategies; drawing on knowledge of current and possible future business trends, policies and practices and business competition landscape.
• Understand, advocate and augment the principles of information technology strategies.

Strategize

Lead & Communicate

Innovate

Collaborate

Deliver

About you

Experience and Qualifications Required

Feel rewarded

For starters, we’ll offer you a comprehensive benefits package. We’ll value your wellbeing and support your development. And we’ll be as flexible as we can about where and when you work – finding a balance that works for all of us. It’s all part of our commitment to making you feel motivated by the work you do and happy to be part of our team.