Delivery Executive, Zafin
Plus an annual bonus
Product & pricing lifecycle management platform
Job no longer available
Product & pricing lifecycle management platform
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
Plus an annual bonus
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make banks more agile and efficient than ever before, enabling innovative experiences that improve the lives of customers and employees.
Role
Who you are
- Degree in computer science, engineering, business administration or equivalent experience
- Industry accepted certifications in service delivery and management with multiple years of experience in Program Management, Delivery Management, and Team Management
- Domain knowledge of banking and financial institutions and/or large enterprise IT environment is desirable
- Knowledge of cloud concepts
- A good awareness of software development lifecycle methodologies (Waterfall, Agile) and delivery and testing through continuous integration and delivery
- Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Wiki, Planning software, Agile project management tools
- Must be well versed with our product as well as products used by financial institutions in a similar space
- Must be able to use and work with user interface-based application
- Multiple years of experience working with customers and partners with outstanding client communication skills and dedication to providing exceptional and timely client services
- Tech project and product management experience and knowledge of application lifecycle management (ALM) methodologies including Agile and Scrum. DevOps implementation experience
- Experience with process methodologies used in software industry
- Solid understanding of business concepts and issues
- Ability to lead people and demonstrated leadership skills within a team and cross-functional team environment
- Ability to lead teams and manage engagement profitability
- Professional presence with the ability to quickly establish personal credibility and demonstrate expertise
What the job involves
- As Delivery Executive, this role will be reporting into the Senior Vice President, Transformation and Modernization
- You will lead the successful delivery of Zafin’s largest and most complex client projects
- Having responsibility for client engagement, leading project teams with overall performance responsibility for managing scope, cost, schedule, and contractual deliverables – which includes applying techniques for planning, tracking, change control, and risk management
- Own, review, manage the project work plan and holds the team and project resources accountable to variances in budget and hours
- Possess thorough understanding of estimation, agreements, staffing model
- Oversees schedules and budgets to ensure goal attainment
- Defines goals, measurable and achievable success criteria for the teams
- Partners with stakeholders across the organization
- Performs risk analysis, management of outstanding issues and requests for changes
- Communicate proactively with customers and internal team members to deliver business value as a part of daily work management including regular progress reports
- Diligence in follow-up and follow-through
- Manage work to achieve positive outcomes
- Encourage use of agile work management processes
- Guide team members to prioritize workload
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Zafin is a global provider of a range of digital transformation solutions for the banking sector, with a focus on relationship-based pricing solutions for enterprise grade financial institutions and banks. Clients include Canada’s big five, and further flung giants like the National Bank of Abu Dhabi.
The problem Zafin is solving is a big one for incumbent banking institutions: legacy frameworks and business practices are relatively cumbersome and byzantine in comparison to the nimbler, snappier challenger and neo banks. This means they’re losing out, particularly with the younger generations, who prefer convenience over institutional pedigree.
Zafin’s solution functions as a neat little workaround, allowing banks keen to digitally transform to dodge the hefty delays and sunk costs of retooling their systems from scratch. Banks globally are scrabbling to compete with their attractive, agile digital-first competitors, so Zafin won’t struggle to find customers. This is especially because it’s expanded to cater to neo-banks, too. With such a broad scope and a strong reputation of its own, Zafin is a confident, highly relevant company, which makes it no surprise that Nordic Capital bought it out in 2024. This acquisition will accelerate Zafin's growth and product development roadmap.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jan 2019
$17m
LATE VC
Sep 2014
$15m
LATE VC
Total funding: $32m
Company benefits
- Flexible work arrangements - includes opportunities for hybrid work, flexible hours, flexible locations, and various types of paid leave
- Meaningful recognition - we truly value our team members’ contributions and ensure that their achievements are properly recognized and rewarded through areas such as incentive opportunities
- Ownership - we offer a stock option plan that is exclusively for employees who share our sense of purpose and create value that keeps us on our A-game
Company HQ
Harbourfront-CityPlace, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Al Karim Somji
(Co-Founder & Board Member)Previously the President of OpCom Solutions, then CEO of Eftia OSS Solutions.
Anugopal Venugopalan
(Co-Founder & CRO)Began his career as a Product Manager at Fujitsu ICIM, before moving on to serve as the Director of Pre-Sales at Eftia OSS Solutions.
Dinesh Krishnan
(o-Founder & Chief Commercial & Risk Officer)Previously in management at SBI Capital Markets, before moving on to serve as Vice President of DSP Merrill Lynch.
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