Portfolio Solution Manager - Engineering

Cathay Pacific Airways Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Cathay Pacific Airways Limited in Hong Kong SAR is seeking a Portfolio Solution Manager to shape and evolve our Engineering business application portfolio. You will own end-to-end solution delivery, partner with Engineering and IT teams, and drive performance, health, productivity and cost efficiency across the portfolio.

You will define roadmaps, oversee governance, promote DevSecOps and Agile practices, and align investments with regulatory requirements and strategic goals.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 12 years of IT experience with 2 years of management experience.
• Tertiary qualifications.
• Proven experience in managing a team of technology professionals (that include in-house, external, off-shore resources) to run strategic IT projects and support IT systems.
• Ability to listen and articulate ideas verbally and in written formats to a broad range of audiences; ability to ask probing questions and deliver presentations.
• Strong interpersonal skills; promoting healthy relationships and team dynamics.
• Well-developed analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, leveraging both logic and creativity; strong troubleshooting skills; ability to identify patterns and generate ideas.
• Focus on the end user’s or customer’s needs; ability to set expectations and understand end user behaviour.
• Solid experience in business analysis, software development and project management.
• Good understanding of technology concepts, trends and capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive the IT investment plan and application roadmap, aligning priorities with business needs and strategic objectives.
• Own the overall health and performance of the application portfolio, covering business capability, technical health, cost effectiveness and operational stability.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and cross-functional IT teams to maximize existing technology capabilities, promote reuse and optimize solutions.
• Stay ahead of airline industry and technology trends, leveraging emerging technologies and innovation to create competitive advantage.
• Promote modern technology practices, including DevSecOps, CI/CD and Agile/Scrum, to improve team efficiency, productivity and delivery.
• Maintain strong application and data governance, ensuring clear ownership and compliance with IT, security, industry and regulatory requirements.
• Take end-to-end accountability for solution formulation, delivery and ongoing support, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget and to required standards.
• Build, lead and develop a high-performing application team, including coaching, capability development and succession planning.
• Manage strategic vendors and external service providers, ensuring contractual performance, cost-effective delivery and access to relevant technical expertise and innovation.
• Own financial planning and budget management for application delivery, including annual budgeting, cost control, tracking and management reporting.

Skills

IT experience

Management experience

Team leadership

Verbal & written communication

Interpersonal skills

Analytical problem-solving

End-user focus

Business analysis

Project management

Education

Tertiary qualifications

Job description

Cathay Pacific

Digital & Information Technology

Permanent

Hong Kong SAR (China)

Role Introduction

Reports to: Head of IT Solutions – Operations and Services

Join Cathay as a Portfolio Solution Manager, you will be at the heart of shaping and evolving our Engineering business application portfolio. Partnering closely with Engineering business teams and IT teams, you will identify technology needs, strengthen application capabilities and drive improvements across performance, technical health, productivity and cost effectiveness. You will take end-to-end ownership of the operational health, safety and security of applications while ensuring alignment with IT policies and regulatory requirements. Your expertise will help define application roadmaps, influence future investment priorities and turn business needs into effective IT solutions, making a meaningful impact on how technology supports and enables our business.

Key Responsibilities

• Item 1 of 10, Develop and drive the IT investment plan and application roadmap, aligning priorities with business needs and strategic objectives Develop and drive the IT investment plan and application roadmap, aligning priorities with business needs and strategic objectives


• Item 2 of 10, Own the overall health and performance of the application portfolio, covering business capability, technical health, cost effectiveness and operational stability Own the overall health and performance of the application portfolio, covering business capability, technical health, cost effectiveness and operational stability


• Item 3 of 10, Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and cross-functional IT teams to maximize existing technology capabilities, promote reuse and optimize solutions Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and cross-functional IT teams to maximize existing technology capabilities, promote reuse and optimize solutions


• Item 4 of 10, Stay ahead of airline industry and technology trends, leveraging emerging technologies and innovation to create competitive advantage Stay ahead of airline industry and technology trends, leveraging emerging technologies and innovation to create competitive advantage


• Item 5 of 10, Promote modern technology practices, including DevSecOps, CI/CD and Agile/Scrum, to improve team efficiency, productivity and delivery Promote modern technology practices, including DevSecOps, CI/CD and Agile/Scrum, to improve team efficiency, productivity and delivery


• Item 6 of 10, Maintain strong application and data governance, ensuring clear ownership and compliance with IT, security, industry and regulatory requirements Maintain strong application and data governance, ensuring clear ownership and compliance with IT, security, industry and regulatory requirements


• Item 7 of 10, Take end-to-end accountability for solution formulation, delivery and ongoing support, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget and to required standards Take end-to-end accountability for solution formulation, delivery and ongoing support, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget and to required standards


• Item 8 of 10, Build, lead and develop a high-performing application team, including coaching, capability development and succession planning Build, lead and develop a high-performing application team, including coaching, capability development and succession planning


• Item 9 of 10, Manage strategic vendors and external service providers, ensuring contractual performance, cost-effective delivery and access to relevant technical expertise and innovation Manage strategic vendors and external service providers, ensuring contractual performance, cost-effective delivery and access to relevant technical expertise and innovation


• Item 10 of 10, Own financial planning and budget management for application delivery, including annual budgeting, cost control, tracking and management reporting Own financial planning and budget management for application delivery, including annual budgeting, cost control, tracking and management reporting

Requirements

• Item 1 of 9, A minimum of 12 years of IT experience with 2 years of management experience A minimum of 12 years of IT experience with 2 years of management experience


• Item 2 of 9, Tertiary qualifications Tertiary qualifications


• Item 3 of 9, Proven experience in managing a team of technology professionals (that include in-house, external, off-shore resources) to run strategic IT projects and support IT systems Proven experience in managing a team of technology professionals (that include in-house, external, off-shore resources) to run strategic IT projects and support IT systems


• Item 4 of 9, Ability to listen and articulate ideas verbally and in written formats to a broad range of audiences; ability to ask probing questions and deliver presentations Ability to listen and articulate ideas verbally and in written formats to a broad range of audiences; ability to ask probing questions and deliver presentations


• Item 5 of 9, Strong interpersonal skills; promoting healthy relationships and team dynamics Strong interpersonal skills; promoting healthy relationships and team dynamics


• Item 6 of 9, Well-developed analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, leveraging both logic and creativity; strong troubleshooting skills; ability to identify patterns and generate ideas Well-developed analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, leveraging both logic and creativity; strong troubleshooting skills; ability to identify patterns and generate ideas


• Item 7 of 9, Focus on the end user’s or customer’s needs; ability to set expectations and understand end user behaviour Focus on the end user’s or customer’s needs; ability to set expectations and understand end user behaviour


• Item 8 of 9, Solid experience in business analysis, software development and project management Solid experience in business analysis, software development and project management


• Item 9 of 9, Good understanding of technology concepts, trends and capabilities Good understanding of technology concepts, trends and capabilities

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