Banamex- It Head For Markets Risk And Derivatives (Xico)

Overview

The IT Business Unit Senior Manager is accountable for managing complex, critical, and large professional disciplinary areas. They lead and direct a team of professionals, combining in-depth technical understanding with commercial awareness to deliver a full range of services across businesses and geographic regions. The role involves strategic planning, resource management, policy formulation, and performance evaluation, with a focus on meeting or exceeding service level agreements and driving compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Act as Chief of Staff to ensure strategy is implemented appropriately.
• Collaborate with IT functional/departmental executives and business leaders to create the business plan for IT.
• Scan external IT environment to provide common planning assumptions.
• Manage internal communications, mergers & acquisitions, and outsourcing activities.
• Ensure the business unit meets or exceeds SLA components and resolves complex issues with substantial impact.
• Apply deep knowledge of own area and basic knowledge of other areas to resolve cross‑functional issues.
• Integrate own sub‑function within technology, demonstrating commercial awareness.
• Lead and manage a team, including people, budget, planning, performance evaluation, compensation, hiring, disciplinary actions, and terminations.
• Provide evaluative judgment based on analysis of factual information in complicated and unique situations, using multiple sources of information.
• Drive planning, budgeting, and financial management for the area and contribute to strategic decisions.
• Persuade and influence stakeholders through communication and diplomacy; negotiate with external parties when necessary.
• Assess risk for business decisions, safeguarding the firm’s reputation and assets, and ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
• Manage the Markets Risk functional area, executing strategic plans, and leading people, budget, and performance evaluation.
• Develop, define, and implement technology projects to meet Markets Risk area strategies and goals, including integration with solutions such as Murex.
• Create new concepts and approaches for incident resolution, resiliency improvements, and meeting business requirements.
• Work across functions to achieve objectives, negotiate with peers, and communicate with external parties and regulators as needed.
• Maintain service levels, resolve complex issues, and ensure continuous improvement in technology solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in technology planning and development for Financial Markets solutions, with 5–8+ years in people management.
• Proven ability to use complex analytical, interpretive, and problem‑solving techniques.
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
• Soft skills to partner and influence across organizational lines.
• Experience in budget management, risk & control management, and influencing skills.
• Proactivity, decisiveness, adaptability, and the ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
• Bachelor’s or university degree in Information Technology or related field (equivalent experience acceptable). Master’s degree preferred.

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