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The Technical Delivery Manager (TDM) is a technofunctional leadership role with strong emphasis on technical ownership. The TDM is accountable for endtoend technical delivery of applications, while also managing stakeholder communication, risk, and delivery governance. This role is critical in a banking modernization program, where applications are being migrated from monolithic architectures to microservices across Java and .NET technology stacks. As discussed, the role is ~70% technical and ~30% functional/management. Key Responsibilities 1. Technical Ownership (Primary Responsibility) Act as the technical owner of one or more applications Take complete ownership of: Application architecture Technical design decisions Development challenges Deployment and production issues Provide guidance and resolution for: Development team issues Support and operations team issues Ensure technical decisions align with modernization and microservices strategy 2. Application Modernization & Architecture Drive modernization initiatives, including: Migration from monolithic to microservices architecture Guide teams on: Architecture breakdown Service design Scalability and performance considerations Prioritize candidates with prior modernization experience This was explicitly called out as a strong differentiator 3. Technology Leadership (Mandatory Background) The TDM must come from a strong development background. Background must be technical (Java / .NET) Should not be purely functional or finance background Expected to be aware of: Java versions (8, 17, 20+ as applicable) .NET versions and ecosystem Able to: Understand technical issues raised by teams Provide direction or solutioning Code review responsibility: Required when teams are small or when no separate tech lead exists Otherwise guided through senior developers / leads 4. Delivery & Environment Management Own delivery across environments: Development UAT Production Understand and guide: Manual deployments (majority) Partial DevOpsbased deployments Participate in: UAT deployment discussions Production deployment bridges Ensure developers support deployments and not treat it as someone else s job 5. Stakeholder & Client Communication Act as primary technical interface with client stakeholders Represent the delivery team with: Application Owners SDG / ICC stakeholders
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