Operate Landscape Manager

Accountabilities
•    Responsible for knowledge management and owning the design of the Applications landscape (application and technical architecture) 
•    Accountable to safeguard the integrity of the implemented design
•    Accountable for having the knowledge how Applications have been configured to make it work in the way the Company wishes its business processes to work

•    Ensure that end to end performance is monitored and maintained to high level of quality, standards, supportability and operability as defined within negotiated and agreed SLAs (Service Level Agreements)
o    Manage priorities/escalations
o    Situation Manager to handle service at risk issues.
o    Perform quarterly Service Reviews with the Business Interface and Business Users 
o    Responsible for meeting the business driven KPIs for the applications, and propose and implement necessary Return to Green plans and overall Service Improvements.
o    Accountable for ensuring application documentation and information are kept evergreen for Applications
o    Responsible (on a day to day basis) for operational integration 
o    Responsible for supporting Lead OLM in delivering E2E application services according the agreed-on SLAs and/or OLA (Operating Level Agreement) 
o    Responsible for the day-to-day management of application support process across internal and external support organisation (e.g. ensure complex problems are being worked appropriately by delivery groups)
o    Be end-to-end accountable for application support delivery activities.
o    Execution of the quality assurance activities on the day to day overall operation for Applications and ensure compliance to process standards and controls.
o    Responsible for pro-active performance monitoring as support for the Delivery & Operations Manager
o    Responsible for creation problem tickets to drive down demand which will result in a lower cost of the service
o    Accountable for compliance to controls, and adhering to ITSO governance and processes for delivery activities within scope
o    Ensure health of landscape by proactively evergreening the components to the target operating environment

•    Manage releases and changes
o    Accountable for assessing and understanding the implication of changing Applications structure & the business process logic 
o    Responsible for ensuring the appropriate approval mechanism is in place for all changes which impacting the application landscape
o    Be accountable for the execution/deployment of releases and approval of changes for the applications.
o    Responsible for monitoring change and release operation within his/her application landscape across delivery teams in alignment with the agreed SLA and OLA
•    Supplier Management
o    Responsible for managing Supplier (MS), supplier relationship and performance (vendor).
o    Coaching and training the KAS support staff on ensuring that they adhere to the company processes.
o    Responsible to engage with the support staff to implement a solution for situations and severity 1 and 2 incidents within the agreed resolution time in the SLA

•    Enhancements and projects
o    Develop and maintain resource plan for Applications resources; make and justify resource estimates in meeting of the demand requests. 
o     Responsible for analysing business functional- and non-functional requirements for supportability impact (ensure impact is incorporated in design and solution) and validate the work estimates (incl. schedule and cost) within P&T SOM Delivery team
o    Responsible for supporting Delivery & Operations Manager to ensure services are delivered compliant to process standards and controls
o    Responsible to provide estimates and define application support acceptance criteria for enhancements and projects 
o    Ensure smooth transition from Project team to Support during S&T process



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