Head , IT Business Applications Permanent

We’re looking for a candidate to fill this position in an exciting company.

• Lead a team of IT professionals to provide effective and efficient day-to-day operation and project support across all business applications
• Assist VP IT in transforming the business application landscape to support company’s digitalization journey
• Participate in the formulation and execution of IT strategy plan to support the company’s business plans
• Provide leadership in the planning, delivery and management of on premise and outsourced application managed service model
• Plan and manage resources with the objectives of cost optimisation and operation efficiency through innovation, automation and partnership
• Manage external service providers and vendors to ensure operational SLA is met
• Establish and maintain excellent business relationships with all business stakeholders and vendors
• Responsible for internal budget, contracts renewal and technology roadmap planning within business system group
• Support internal IT control policies and compliance guidelines
• Partner with the IT Architecture & Security team on the development of cohesive technology roadmaps and blueprints according to the overarching IT strategic directions.
• Work closely with IT Infrastructure and Cloud team to ensure business systems are well supported by underlying infrastructure in an hybrid environment
• Work closely with IT Governance to ensure all audit and compliance requirements in the business systems area are met

• Degree in Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Software Engineering or equivalent
• At least 15 years’ working experience in managing complex enterprise IT applications and operations with minimum 5 years in leadership role
• Experience with regulatory compliance issues and best practice in IT applications management, application modernization, migrating and integrating with cloud, etc
• Good understanding of modern application development lifecycle concepts and adoption
• Ability to work with cross-functional, multi-disciplined team to formulate, institute and monitor policies, procedures and standards