AIA Digital+ is a Technology, Digital and Analytics innovation hub dedicated to powering AIA to be more efficient, connected and innovative as it fulfils its Purpose to help millions of people across Asia-Pacific live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives.
If you are hungry and driven to play an active role in shaping a better tomorrow, we want to hear from you. Because the work we do at AIA Digital+ makes a difference in the lives of millions of people, every day. We will equip you with the critical skills, tools and technology, and endless opportunities to learn, contribute and thrive in a dynamic and exciting environment.
If you want to shape a brighter future at AIA Digital+, please read on.
About the Role
• Establish architecture governance processes, standards and guidelines, and ensure BUs align with the architecture governance• Maintain software development life cycle and ensure BUs align with software development life cycle
• Maintain group technology standard and ensure BUs fully align with the standard
• Establish and lead the lifecycle of standard technologies and standard products
• Lead the application portfolio across the Group and ensure information are available on timely manner
Why Us?
We serve as AIA’s Group-led Technology, Digital & Analytics hub by evolving innovative technology to shape the future. We aim to design & develop a seamless, human centered experiences to positively impact the lives of millions of people.
Join us as a part of AIA Group today!
Roles and Responsibilities
• Responsible for establishing and maintaining Architecture Governance Standard
• Responsible for establishing and maintaining Software Development Lifecycle Standard
• Responsible for establishing and maintaining Software Product and Technology Governance Standard
• Responsible for maintaining the application landscape data with quality
• Responsible for execution of the architecture governance in Group level. Ensure business unit align with Architecture Governance Standard, Software Development Lifecycle Standard, and Software Product and Technology Governance Standard
• Support annual certification of business unit compliance to architecture standards and ensuring architecture transformation program is an integral part of the enterprise strategic planning process
• Responsible for leading requests for new standards adoption and exceptions
• Responsible for guiding and assisting the architects in local business unit to set up and lead architecture governance
• Responsible for maintaining the architecture governance repository, standard and templates and ensure the adoption
• Responsible for supervising the compliance of technology standard through architecture governance process
• Responsible for co-ordinating the product evaluation, standardisation and exception request process to ensure timely assessment and approval
• Responsible for reviewing the product standard regularly to identify old technology to be retired and new technology to be expected
• Responsible for maintaining libraries of standard technologies and standard products and promoting adoption
• Responsible for building and administering the application portfolio management tools
• Responsible for guiding and assisting the architects in local business unit to set up and lead its application portfolio
• Responsible for providing recommendation and tracking the portfolio to eliminate end-of-life and legacy application, and to deliver the modern architecture
• Deliver training through training courses or on-the-job training to local business units with the outcome to promote good architecture practices
• Communicate with vendors the strategy and architecture to ensure that vendors can support AIA Group effectively and efficiently
• Perform other responsibilities and duties periodically assigned by reporting manager in order to meet operational and / or other requirements
Financial and Non-Financial Measures
• AIA to be outstanding architecture with the external benchmark
• Conformance to the target architecture
• Conformance to technology standards and product standards
Communication Requirements
• Regular communication to the business unit Enterprise Architect community on the standards, principles, strategies and governance models and ensure agreement and conformance where appropriate and exception approval where necessary
• Communicate regularly with the other EA team members and IT functions, ensuring alignment of the target architectures and standards
• Communicate complex technical problems in clear and simple terms
Job Requirements
• 15+ years of IT experience with 5+ years as architects, business partner or management consultant in complex international environments in insurance or financial services sector
• Experience in working internationally spanning geographies in Asia.
• Understand the complexities and challenges of the organization, coordinated processes, information and technologies in order to develop future-state models to best realize organizational strategies
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to influence and partner with key internal and external customers
• Knowledge of current trends and innovations in technology and business software applications
• TOGAF certification preferred
• Experience leading senior technical and non-technical customers
Attractive benefits provided :-
Medical insurance
Work life balance
Hybrid working arrangement
Learning & development
Unleash your potential and join us now!
Build a career with us as we help our customers and the community live healthier, longer, better lives.
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