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Operational risk management, financial management, collaboration and negotiation are all important elements of this role, as is strong commercial acumen with an acute understanding of the business landscape. You'll also be expected to have: * Strong leadership skills, including Agile and servant leadership experience * Architecture, design and engineering skills, relevant to the specific platform * Experience of working and running high performance programmes, projects and teams Your benefits breakdown ## Description This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom. Join us as a Shared Services Platform Lead, Economic Crime Technology * We're looking for someone who has previously built Fraud or AML systems, with real influence and exceptional organisational skills to lead us to agreed targets * You'll own the full lifecycle of the Economic Crime Shared Services platform across the bank * You'll be able to really make this role your own, allowing excellent exposure for you as this role operates with a wide remit * You'll work from home some of the time, but you'll also spend a minimum 2 days per week working from the office What you'll do We'll be asking you to set the strategic direction, architecture, and engineering standards for the Shared Services platform, ensuring services are resilient, compliant, scalable, and fit for purpose in a highly regulated environment. You'll be accountable for the end-to-end technology platforms supporting the shared services function within Economic Crime, spanning Fraud, AML and Screening. As well as this, you'll lead the adoption of cloud-native architectures, alongside event-driven real-time decisioning capabilities and API-enabled, microservices-based ecosystems. You'll drive the simplification of the legacy technology estate and vendor rationalisation to enhance agility, scalability, and operational efficiency. 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