BRAC Bank, a leading sustainable bank in Bangladesh, is committed to becoming the best bank in the country. It has pioneered SME Banking in Bangladesh and offers a comprehensive range of banking services to individuals and business entities. BRAC Bank stands out as a beacon of financial inclusion with solid financials, top credit ratings, and numerous accolades.

BRAC Bank seeks an ambitious, intelligent, purpose-driven, and enthusiastic individual for the following position in its General Services Division:

Senior Manager – Pre-Acquisition Quality Assurance (IT)

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose:
To lead the Pre-Acquisition Quality Assurance (PAQ) function by independently validating the technical soundness, strategic relevance, and commercial justifiability of proposed IT procurements before financial commitment is made. This role ensures robust front-end assurance for all high-value IT projects and vendor engagements, including deep research on disruptive and competitive technology landscape.

Key Responsibilities:

• Independently review and validate technical evaluation reports and solution architectures
  
• Identify and challenge gaps, assumptions, or inconsistencies in technical recommendations
  
• Lead technical due diligence and deep-dive analysis on proposed IT products, services, and vendors
  
• Conduct global market research and product benchmarking
  
• Support RFQ/RFP scoping by identifying optimal solution sets and fair pricing trends
  
• Establish expectation vs. deliverable alignment prior to financial evaluation
  
• Coordinate and handshake with core technical teams, business stakeholders, and procurement throughout the full Strategic Sourcing process
  
• Act in an advisory role to the Head of Procurement by providing him relevant information, enabling successful negotiation.
  
• Mentor junior team members in best practices and QA methodology

KEY QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from reputed university with satisfactory academic record. Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field is preferred
  
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience, including at least 3 years with a leading global OEM (e.g., Dell, Cisco, IBM, Huawei, HPE, etc.)
  
• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure, enterprise software, cloud solutions, and cybersecurity
  
• Proven ability to evaluate technical proposals and draft meaningful QA observations
  
• Excellent stakeholder communication and vendor engagement skills
  
• Experience in enterprise procurement or working alongside sourcing functions is a plus
  
• Expert in customer-centricity, self-propelled, and capable of meeting deadlines

BRAC Bank is a values-driven organization that prioritizes the protection of all its stakeholders, including coworkers and the community we work in, from harassment, abuse, neglect, exploitation, and discrimination. As an equal opportunity enabler, BRAC Bank encourages applications from any gender-diverse individuals and persons living with a disability. We consider personal persuasion to be a disqualification of candidature.

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Only short-listed candidates will be communicated for the next stage as per the recruitment process. BRAC Bank reserves the right to accept or reject any application without assigning any reason, whatsoever.

BRAC Bank does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

Application Deadline: June 23, 2025