Manager - Technology Lifecycle and Resilience in banking domain

We have an urgent requirement for Manager - Technology Lifecycle and Resilience in banking domain (Must) is required for our banking clients in Abu Dhabi ,UAE

• Lead the design and implementation of a Technology/Application Lifecycle Management framework, covering application lifecycle stages, technology obsolescence, end-of-life risk management, governance models, escalation paths, and upgrade planning.--Must


• Define and drive the enterprise resilience strategy and target-state architecture, establishing resilience principles, recovery patterns, failover capabilities, and risk mitigation approaches across applications, infrastructure, data, and cloud environments.--Must


• Coordinate cross-functional teams including Enterprise Architecture, Technology Platforms, IT GRC, Cyber Security, Operations, Procurement, Finance, and Application Owners to ensure alignment between lifecycle governance, resilience objectives, and business priorities.--Must


• Establish architecture governance, decision records, control frameworks, and executive-level roadmaps, while guiding architects and ensuring alignment with EA standards, target-state architecture, investment planning, and long-term resilience objectives.--Must
  Banking Domain --Must

Key Responsibilties:

• Lead the definition of a Technology/Application Lifecycle Management framework, with emphasis on application lifecycle, technology obsolescence and end-of-life risk governance.


• Define lifecycle states, governance accountabilities, decision points, escalation paths and forward-planning controls for upgrades and remediation ahead of vendor end-of-life.


• Lead the Enterprise Architecture contribution to the enterprise resilience strategy and target-state resilience architecture, including the principles and patterns required to improve recoverability and reduce failover constraints.


• Align lifecycle governance and resilience architecture so that obsolescence, recoverability and resilience risks are considered consistently across the two workstreams.


• Coordinate architecture inputs from Technology Platforms, IT GRC, DR/Operations, Cyber Security, Procurement, Finance and application owners.


• Establish architecture governance, traceability and decision records for the two workstreams, including alignment to EA standards, target states and review forums.


• Guide the Resilience Architect / Technical Architect and consolidate technical outputs into an executive-level strategy and roadmap.


• Maintain the EA boundary: lead strategy, architecture and governance while operational control implementation, testing and evidence production remain with accountable delivery and platform teams.

Required Skills:

• Deep experience in enterprise architecture, technology strategy, application portfolio management and lifecycle governance.


• Strong understanding of technology obsolescence, vendor end-of-support risk, investment planning and architecture governance.


• Experience shaping enterprise resilience strategies and target-state architectures across applications, infrastructure, data, integration and cloud.


• Ability to establish pragmatic governance frameworks, RACI models, control points, roadmaps and measurable outcomes.


• Strong executive communication, cross-functional leadership, facilitation and decision-paper writing skills.


• Experience in banking, financial services or another highly regulated sector is strongly preferred.

Key Deliverables:

• Technology/Application Lifecycle Management framework covering lifecycle stages, technology obsolescence and end-of-life risk governance.


• Defined lifecycle taxonomy, governance model, ownership model, control points and escalation approach.


• Forward-planning approach for identifying and budgeting upgrades or remediation before vendor end-of-life.


• Enterprise resilience strategy and target-state resilience architecture, including architecture principles, patterns, priorities and transition considerations.


• Integrated roadmap, dependencies and governance plan across the lifecycle and resilience workstreams.


• Architecture decision records, executive updates and governance submissions supporting implementation and ongoing governance.

CertificationsPreferred: TOGAF certification. Additional relevant certifications may include ITIL 4, COBIT, PMP/PRINCE2, AWS or Microsoft Azure architecture credentials, and CBCI or equivalent resilience qualification.Preferred Tech Stack:Enterprise architecture repository and modelling standards; application portfolio and CMDB data; hybrid infrastructure and cloud architecture; resilience and lifecycle management capabilitiesTools / Platforms:ServiceNow CMDB/APM; Jira; Confluence; Microsoft Power BI; Microsoft 365