Infrastructure Project Lead

Adecco; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client in Hong Kong seeks an Infrastructure Project Lead to steer the full project lifecycle across IT infrastructure and delivery teams. You will manage integrated plans, RAID logs, and governance to ensure on-time, within-budget delivery.

You will collaborate with global IT and vendors, drive operational readiness, and oversee budget and procurement processes. Strong communication in English and Cantonese is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT or related discipline.
• 10+ years in IT infrastructure and delivery.
• 5+ years leading complex projects/workstreams.
• Delivery experience with MS 365, Teams Voice, EOS/EOL migrations, data centre consolidations.

Responsibilities

• Lead full project lifecycle: initiation, planning, execution, testing, cutover/rollout, hypercare, closure.
• Build and manage integrated project plans, RAID logs, and change control.
• Govern governance, steer decision-making, and elevate risks/issues with options and impacts.
• Ensure operational readiness: support model, documentation, monitoring/logging alignment, and transition to BAU.
• Manage stakeholders across business users, local/regional IT teams, and multiple vendors/service providers.
• Govern vendor delivery performance, milestones, acceptance criteria, and service transition requirements.
• Manage end-to-end IT investment: budget planning, cost tracking, procurement coordination, budgetary control.
• Maintain delivery quality through test governance, release readiness checks, and post-implementation review.
• Support regulatory assessments (HKMA) in context of M365 rollout, EOS/EOL remediation, and office relocation tech changes.
• Coordinate required artefacts with internal stakeholders and external assessors.
• Track and drive closure of assessment findings/actions with governance forums.

Skills

MS 365

Teams Voice

EOS/EOL migration

Data centre consolidation

Azure cloud

Server architecture

Network architecture

Stakeholder management

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology

Tools

Operator Connect

SharePoint

OneDrive

Job description

Our client is a prestigious global bank with a strong and long-standing presence in Hong Kong. They are looking for a Infrastructure Project Lead to lead their internal projects implementations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full project lifecycle: initiation, planning, execution, testing, cutover/rollout, hypercare, and closure.
• Build and manage integrated project plans, dependencies, RAID logs, and change control.
• Drive governance, steer decision-making, and elevate risks/issues with clear options and impacts.
• Ensure operational readiness: support model, documentation, monitoring/logging alignment, and transition to BAU.
• Manage stakeholders across business users, local/regional IT teams, and multiple vendors/service providers.
• Govern vendor delivery performance, milestones, acceptance criteria, and service transition requirements.
• Manage end-to-end IT investment execution: budget planning, cost tracking, procurement coordination, and budgetary control.
• Maintain delivery quality through test governance, release readiness checks, and post-implementation review.
• Support initiatives subject to regulatory scrutiny and independent review (e.g., HKMA-related independent assessments) in the context ofM365 rollout, EOS/EOL remediation, and office relocation technology changes.
• Coordinate required artefacts and evidence (e.g., governance records, risk assessments, test evidence, cutover/runbooks, security control alignment, remediation plans) with internal stakeholders and external assessors.
• Track and drive closure of assessment findings/actions, ensuring timely reporting and alignment with governance forums.

Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years’ experience in IT infrastructure/platform operations and delivery, with 5+ years leading complex projects/workstreams.
• Strong, proven delivery experience (including hands on) in:
• -Microsoft 365 implementation (Teams/SharePoint/OneDrive/Outlook)
• -Teams Softphone / Voice with PSTN (Operator Connect or equivalent)
• -EOS/EOL system migration across Windows and Linux
• -Data centre consolidation and/or major infrastructure refresh programs

• Strong technical and architectural knowledge across server, platform, and network architecture on both on premise and cloud-based (e.g. Azure)environments
• People management capability to manage a diverse team including internal members and external parties as required.
• Strong project management, communication, and stakeholder management skills (business users, local/regional IT teams, multiple vendors).
• Proven experience working in environments with regulatory engagement and compliance requirements, including supporting HKMA queries, reviews, audits, or independent assessments for technology initiatives.
• Banking industry domain knowledge is highly preferable
• Solid experience on managing and provisioning large-scale infrastructure, capacity planning, backup & restore and etc.;
• Strong written and spoken communication in English. Fluent in Cantonese (Mandarin will be an advantage).

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