Estimation Manager- Demand Management

Estimation Manager - Demand Management

Country: United Kingdom

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We have a fantastic opportunity to join the bank as an Estimation Manager. This role is responsible for providing assessments and estimations of all new demands presented to the Infrastructure, Operations and End User Technology organisation. You will act as a conduit between the CIO community for business demands and the technical teams according to project needs.

You’ll bring your financial planning experience to secure the most economic and budget conscious outcomes, while ensuring that customer demands are fully satisfied with the technical solutions provided by the Infrastructure, Operations and End User Technology organisation.

The difference you’ll make:

• Leading the assessment of all new infrastructure demand to establish desired outcomes, overall scope and sufficient requirement detail to generate the most appropriate and accurate estimates
• Estimating and forecasting the required resources to deliver new demands, factoring for current and future technology choices, with a longer-term cloud-based approach
• Engaging with all required teams and the CIO domains to ensure strategic direction and goals
• Striving to achieve results as expediently as possible in the designs and estimates provided with well grounded, realistic and signed off delivery timeline estimates
• Helping build MI reports and dashboards for executive level reporting using Power BI
• Seeking the most economic and cost-effective solutions to new demands, monitoring potential savings that can be achieved while also meeting the outcomes desired

What you’ll bring:

These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:

• Extensive knowledge and hands on experience in data modelling and MI dashboard creation using MS power BI
• Extensive experience in building DAX queries and functions in Power BI. Experience in using workspaces and security roles in Power BI
• Broad experience gained within an IT project management discipline across an Infrastructure and Operations domain with successful delivery to timeline and cost estimates
• Demonstrates leadership of the function to act as a go-to person with accountability for how the team operates
• Experience of financial management across budget utilisation and project cost estimation to demonstrate control over the estimation process
• Experience in planning/assessment for complex technology solutions, focused on the underlying infrastructure and services, to support core business critical applications

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Degree gained in suitable field, such as Technology Engineering, Business, Finance or equivalent
• Experience of working in a tier one banking environment or equivalent financial services organisation
• Hands on exposure and experience of Infrastructure build processes and automation
• Experience of working in IT Infrastructure procurement processes

What else you need to know:

This role is a permanent position to be based in Milton Keynes.

We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).

If you apply for this role in this location, it’s important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location.

We’re happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

If you’re interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.

Application process

If your application is successful a member of our recruitment team will be in touch. We will arrange a short call with you to learn more about you and what you are looking for from your next career move, as well as answer any questions you have about working in the Santander tech team. If both sides agree we will send your CV to the hiring manager to review. For this position, the interview process will be :–

1st Stage – A 60 minute virtual session consisting of Technical questions

2nd Stage – a 60 minute face to face meeting consisting of Competency and some Technical questions.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, please let us know.

Inclusion

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we’ll reward you.

As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.
• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
• £6,000 car allowance per year.
• Company funded individual private medical insurance.
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, and health assessments.
• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
• Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing in our share plans.
• As a Santander UK employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services.

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What to do next:-

If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available through telephone, email, or face to face. You can contact us at resourcing@santander.co.uk or call 0870 414 9080.