ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY) - Start Now

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development and implementation of IT strategies to support and meet the Association’s overall objectives.
• Oversee the day-to-day staffing and IT operations. Promoting teamwork as well as looking after staff admin and welfare.
• Provide guidance and technical knowledge to IT team and stakeholders.  Scoping projects through user journey and engaging vendors to address/fulfil users’ business needs and system deliverables within budget and timeline.

Duties/Tasks:

• Oversee the provision of IT support and services, managing the Projects Management Office and application team’s work application development;
• Manage and supervise team working on projects to improve IT operations and resolve issues.  Make recommendations to improve business processes, operations and services and to resolve associated problems.  Review organisation’s and users’ needs to ensure IT deliverables and Association goals/objectives are met.
• Oversee the tender process life cycle from specification preparation, evaluation, selection, preparing contract to system commissioning and implementation as well as plan and prepare cost estimates, human resource requirements and project schedule that meet business goals and objectives.
• Ensure the planning, developing and implementing of tasks/projects including the design and hardware/software investments are within project timeline and budget as well as submission of justification papers with competitive pricing from supplier to ensure cost effectiveness and operational efficiencies.
• Manage and provide leadership, direction and guidance to infrastructure and application team and managing operational activities to achieve the department’s long and short-time goals and objectives.
• Define roles and responsibilities of employees to align with department’s goals, recruit, and interview and select suitable candidate to form the team. Conduct staff performance assessment and provide feedback as well as resolving employee issues.
• Motivate, coach, mentor and develop staff competencies and retain talent through training programs so that team performance and capabilities can be improved and strengthened.
• Manage budget by monitoring and administrating of the department budget.
• Manage crisis situations, such as IT incident, system disaster recovery etc. that may involve hardware or software problems.

Other Duties:

• Any other tasks / responsibilities assigned from time to time.

Requirements: 

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• At least 10 years of relevant application project experience in enterprise level systems with management and leadership
• Proven track record with role of system architect and system enhancement/ maintenance as well as integration of applications.
• Good in mobile applications and mobile platforms like QR and epayment and API gateways experience
• PMP or scrum master certification is an added advantage
• Ability to work independently, plan and provide enterprise system solution
• Good writing of technical documentation
• Good analytical skill, writing and presentation skills and meticulous and multitasker
• Excellent interpersonal skills, a team player and motivator
• Able to work in a fast pace environment