Job Details
Salary: Competitive per annum
Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday
Location: Flexible working, 3 days a week in our VHQ, Crawley
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 4th October 2024
Virgin Atlantic is a purpose led long haul airline. Committed to protecting the planet, whilst bringing the social and economic benefits of connectivity and trade to the destinations and communities we serve. We’re on a mission to net zero by 2050, but no airline can tackle the decarbonisation challenge alone. At Virgin Atlantic, we’re committed to innovation, pioneering change through partnership, and being transparent in our progress.
In a nutshell
As the Technical Platform Owner (TPO), you will be instrumental in driving Virgin Atlantic Ltd.'s technological excellence. This role demands a blend of technical competence, strategic foresight, and effective leadership to ensure our platforms function flawlessly and support our ambitious business objectives. Join us to be at the forefront of technology and contribute to a sustainable and interconnected future.
Day to day
As the Technical Platform Owner, you will be responsible for coordinating and managing the platforms that underpin Virgin Atlantic's business operations and transformation initiatives. Your day-to-day activities will include:
- Provide outstanding expertise and mentorship on technical aspects of the platforms, managing their performance and changes.
- Identify areas that need improvement and drive ongoing progress, acting as the main connection between technology teams, app suppliers, partners, and key collaborators.
- Work alongside Business Product Owners and Enterprise Architecture collaborators to establish the application roadmap and strategic direction.
- Collaborate with project delivery teams to improve and support the platforms, defining requirements, objectives, and deliverables.
- Work closely with internal and external collaborators to fulfill business requirements.
- Ensure the security and integrity of platforms by working with InfoSec and data protection teams.
- Maintain compliance with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and quality assurance processes.
- Drive innovation and improvements in platform performance and capabilities.
- Coordinate platforms, interfaces, the core platform team, and handle customer issues.
- Ensure platforms deliver desired services, understand costs, risks, and areas for improvement.
- Align platforms and teams with business strategy, product roadmaps, and governance policies.
- Regularly review roadmaps and continuous service improvement to ensure relevance.
- Resolve technical obstacles that hinder delivery across managed applications.
About you
- Exceptionally persuasive, with proven ability to influence and change behaviours at all levels.
- Soft skills to motivate and develop teams, encouraging a collaborative and enthusiastic work environment.
- Effectively handle conflicting interests of collaborators.
- Communicate complex information concisely to senior business audiences.
- Drive focus, enthusiasm, and momentum within your team.
Does this sound like you? If you’re energised by the prospect of being part of our outstanding Architecture Team, then we'd love to hear from you!
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Be yourself
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong.
To make your journey with us accessible and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you’d like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. We are here to support you, so please reach out to our team, ([email protected]) feeling confident that we’ve got your individual considerations covered.