Application Delivery Lead

Your responsibilities

• Codebase Ownership and Delivery
• Own daily delivery of the in-house US Retail Funds administration codebase, assessing, prioritising and delivering enhancements, defects, releases and support.
• Act as technical lead for business users, support, developers, QA, vendors and technology leaders.
• Convert business needs into technical options, plans, estimates, dependencies and actions.
• Manage backlog, enhancements, defects, technical debt and release readiness.
• Keep delivery structured and transparent, with clear owners, status, risks, decisions and follow-up.
• Hands-On Technical Leadership
• Provide hands-on expertise in application logic, configuration, data flows, Azure hosting, infrastructure, MoveIT, connectors, adaptors, batches, environments and support.
• Challenge technical analysis, estimates, designs, testing, implementation plans and fixes.
• Diagnose complex application and data issues, identify root causes and drive resolution.
• Work with developers and support to validate solutions, impact, test evidence and production readiness.
• Build technical depth to reduce legacy knowledge dependency and improve resilience.
• Partner proactively with infrastructure on hosting, connectivity, environments, security, access, monitoring, performance and resilience.
• US-Facing Production Support and Operational Continuity
• Support a platform serving US business teams, clients and operations.
• Work late, unsocial or shifted hours when needed for US coverage, releases, incidents and deadlines.
• Lead timely resolution of incidents, recurring defects, data issues, user problems and outages.
• Maintain usable support processes, escalation routes, documentation and runbooks.
• Reduce single-person dependency through clear support ownership and issue history.
• Application Development, Enhancements and Release Delivery
• Lead enhancements, fixes and releases from requirements through development, testing, deployment and validation.
• Align with business stakeholders on priorities, issues, operational impact and outcomes.
• Coordinate developers, walkthroughs, testing, defect triage, release notes, migrations and rollback plans.
• Require impact assessments, test evidence, user validation and production readiness checks.
• Escalate risks, resource constraints, missed commitments and critical defects early, with options.
• Codebase Knowledge Transfer and Legacy Context
• Formalise existing knowledge into delivery discipline, documentation, support ownership and governance.
• Document architecture, behaviour, data dependencies, Azure, MoveIT, connectors, adaptors, recurring issues, support and releases.
• Replace informal knowledge with repeatable documentation, handovers and operating procedures.
• Identify technical debt, fragile processes, workarounds and risks to scalability, stability and change.
• Move from incumbent-led knowledge to a resilient, transparent delivery model.
• Stakeholder Management and Delivery Governance
• Communicate delivery status, risks, blockers, incidents, release readiness and business impact clearly.
• Align priorities and expectations with US business stakeholders.
• Track actions, decisions, defects, dependencies and open issues rigorously.
• Escalate early with practical recommendations, not just updates.
• Represent the platform credibly in technology, business and management forums.
• Uphold ethics, transparency, accountability and traceability in decisions, incidents and communications.
• Engage infrastructure early on dependencies, risks, changes, access, readiness and operational impact.
• Thoroughly document decisions, assumptions, risks, analysis, support steps and handovers.

Our requirements

• Significant experience as an Application Development Lead, Technical Delivery Lead, Senior Application Developer, Application Support Lead or similar role supporting business-critical enterprise applications
• Must have hands-on technical depth across C#/.NET, SQL/T-SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Azure-hosted services, infrastructure concepts, batch processing, file-based interfaces, MoveIT or equivalent managed file transfer, REST/SOAP APIs, XML/JSON, Git/Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, environment management, release deployment and production troubleshooting
• Experience supporting financial services, fund administration, asset servicing, transfer agency, investor services or other regulated operational environments is highly desirable
• Proven ability to lead application enhancements, defect remediation, production support, technical analysis and release readiness across complex platforms
• Comfortable working directly with US-based stakeholders and willing to work unsocial hours where required to support US operations, incidents, releases and urgent business needs
• Strong documentation discipline, including technical notes, support procedures, runbooks, knowledge transfer materials and release documentation
• Strong commitment to transparent, traceable ways of working, with the discipline to document extensively and maintain clear audit trails for delivery, support and production decisions
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain technical issues in clear business language and drive decisions under pressure
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Systems or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience

Optional

• This role is part of a global IT team that is supporting global IT initiatives. The hiring manager requires CVs in English please.

What we offer

• Employee health is important to us—you’ll have the opportunity to receive a subsidy for private health care for you and your loved ones.
• We promote a healthy lifestyle and physical activity—you’ll have the opportunity to receive a subsidy for a Multisport card.
• If, like us, you value work-life balance, you’ll be pleased to know that we offer flexible work hours.
• Is security important to you? You’ll have the opportunity to purchase additional life insurance.
• Because we want to support your growth, we’ll give you the chance to take free English or German lessons.
• We guarantee job stability: an employment contract with a globally operating company that has a well-established market position.
• Since your professional development is our top priority, we’ll provide in-house training, as well as financial support for external training or postgraduate studies, along with a clear career path at Vistra.
• With your convenience and time-saving in mind, our modern office is located in the city center.
• We’re environmentally conscious: we sponsor bee colonies, encourage employees to bike to work (we have bike parking!), and our building is eco-friendly. It’ll be done today

Benefits

• sharing the costs of sports activities
• private medical care
• sharing the costs of foreign language classes
• sharing the costs of professional training & courses
• remote work opportunities
• flexible working time
• fruits
• integration events