Our financial services client is looking for a Senior Manager in Architecture and Infrastructure to be a part of their wider IT team.
Job Responsibilities:
- Establish and develop Architecture framework and methodology for the business.
- Create and maintain Current State Architecture, Target State Architecture, and IT Roadmap for the business regional and local businesses.
- Provide oversight and guidance in Architecture practice and Technical Solution designs across Asia business to optimize investments and enhance solution scalability and reusability.
- Ensure alignment with Regional and local offices Business Strategies, Objectives, Requirements, and IT roadmap.
- Mentor project teams on technical challenges and solutions.
- Develop architecture templates and Reference Architectures for Applications, Data, and Integration domains.
- Lead Regional Cloud development and adoption.
- Drive end-to-end solution delivery lifecycle activities and ensure solution adoption by local BUs.
- Support detailed project planning and manage interdependencies, risks, and challenges.
- Facilitate requirement workshops, solution design, and acceptance by local BUs management.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to meet regulatory requirements and approvals.
- Manage vendors to design solutions aligned with business needs and ensure quality deliverables.
- Support Infrastructure Operations and vendor coordination for data centre, servers, and network management.
- Review infrastructure contracts, renewals, SLAs, and incident management.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in an IT-related field.
- 10-15 years of experience in technical roles including project implementation, solution delivery, and architecture.
- 8+ years of architectural practice and governance experience across Business, Systems, Data, Infrastructure, and Security domains.
- Strong knowledge of Financial and Insurance Services industry and regulatory requirements.
- Expertise in Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud-native solutions, PaaS/SaaS platforms, Advanced Analytics, AI/ML, Microservices architectures, API management, Web, and Mobile Applications.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and ambiguity.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Team player with the ability to drive consensus.
- Knowledge of Life or General Insurance domains and certifications like TOGAF 9, AWS/Azure Solution Architect are advantageous.
If interested, please click "Apply" or contact JJ How via jj.how@oliverjames.com for a confidential discussion.
