Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Senior IT Leader with over 22 years of experience driving digital transformation, leading high-performing teams, and delivering strategic IT solutions in banking and telecommunications. Proven expertise in defining IT strategies, transitioning teams to agile delivery, and managing complex digital ecosystems to achieve business growth and operational efficiency CORE COMPETENCIES - Digital transformation leadership and IT strategy development - Agile methodologies and DevOps practices - Cloud adoption and scalable architecture design - Stakeholder management across multinational environments - People motivator and enabler
• Support digital transformation of sales channels by leading IT development teams for mobile, web, and in-store sales applications, resulting increased customer engagement and faster sales processing
• Directed a team of 75+ IT professionals across multiple countries, ensuring the development and maintenance of corporate credit origination platforms supporting operations in 4 regions (CEE, AT, DE and IT).
• Leading the competence center for cards IT applications – 40+ direct reports located in Budapest and Prague (business analysts, technical analysts, system architects and software developers). • Designed and implemented the CEE Cards IT roadmap, prioritizing business needs and adopting emerging trends to modernize payment systems across 7 countries.
• Coordination of cross-countries software development teams (AT, IT, CZ, HU, SK and UK), delivering IT services and products for UniCredit banks in CEE region • Responsible to identify gaps & trigger necessary improvement activities based on the business needs. Ensure best quality and fast implementation to all UniCredit banks in CEE countries
• Led the successful implementation of a new core banking system, overseeing a team of functional analysts and project managers to ensure seamless integration with existing operations and alignment with the bank’s strategic objectives. • Directed a comprehensive business process reengineering initiative, modernizing workflows and enhancing efficiency across key banking operations • Lead the delivery of a new cards management system, enabling the launch of innovative card products and services while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and industry best practices.
• Leading a team of 35 functional analysts to define and implement new financial products and services within the bank's core banking systems, aligning technical solutions with business requirements • Supervised the helpdesk team, streamlining workflows and improving service levels to enhance support for end-users and business stakeholders
• Setting up the Project Management processes in the local subsidiary and leading the Project Managers teams of the bank
• Responsible for Project Planning/Project Management. Team leader for the implementation of FlexCube core banking system