It is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading bank in Hong Kong, the selected candidate will be leading their application portfolios with various new initiatives for the consumer banking space. This role works closely with senior management and CIO. Great opportunity and challenge.

Responsibilities:
– Manage a large portfolio of highly mission-critical software applications across development, implementations, and support.
– Manage technology operations and future applications development fulfilling the regulatory requirements and minimizing potential risks and incidents.
– Manage and formulate system roadmap, solution design, and enterprise architecture to support business vision.
– Lead a large technology team (50+ people) of highly skilled developers, technology managers, and QAs. Retain high team morale and provide solid career development to the team.
– Manage offshore technology resources in the aspects of deliverables quality and services level.
– Provide Risk and Compliance management across the technology division. Formulate guidance, procedure, and standard for internal teams, and act as subject matter experts on related risk and compliance areas.
– Drive and define future technology strategy and roadmap with senior management. Able to provide new innovative thinking with the whole technology group on future technology movements. (i.e Agile/Scrum, Mobile, IoT, etc.)

Requirements:
– Extensive large team management experience (at least 40+ people) with a strong proven system development track record.
– Sound banking industry knowledge and experience in highly mission-critical software management. Ideally with experience in managing consumer banking-related applications.
– Strong team leadership in large team management, able to drive high-performance team, people development, and retention.
– Experience in managing enterprise-level technologies. Start-up and Innovation exposure is highly encouraged.
– Extensive knowledge in IT control, IT regulatory, compliance, and IT practices.
– Exposure to regulatory requirements and audits from HKMA.
– Strong personality and character to engage and influence both IT and business communities.
– Strong visionary and insight to tell what kind of new technology should apply in future development. Ability to challenge the status quo and think outside the box.
– Excellent communication skills in Cantonese, English, and Mandarin.
– Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline from a reputable University.

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