Senior Solution Lead, AI & Cloud Transformation

Cathay Pacific Airways Limited

Hong Kong

On-site

HKD 900,000 - 1,500,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Cathay Pacific is seeking a Senior Solution Lead in Hong Kong to partner with business leaders, shape strategic technology initiatives, and drive digital transformation across the airline. You will guide cross-functional teams, influence product roadmaps, and leverage AI, cloud, APIs, and DevSecOps to deliver innovative customer and operational solutions.

The role emphasizes solution delivery, stakeholder management, and leadership in Agile environments, with opportunity to impact the

Qualifications

Degree qualification in Information Technology related discipline; Masters preferred.
10+ years of IT experience across software development, system analysis, business analysis, solution design, and system testing.
Strong client-facing and stakeholder management skills with a proven track record of building successful business relationships.
Excellent communication abilities, both verbal and written, with the capability to engage diverse stakeholder groups.
Experience leading software development teams, including coordination of technical resources and delivery activities.
Strong leadership qualities, demonstrating professionalism, innovation, self-motivation, and the ability to influence decision-making.
Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills, combining logical thinking with creativity to deliver effective solutions.
Proven troubleshooting capabilities, with the ability to identify patterns, diagnose issues, and recommend improvements.
Experience driving technical innovation and adopting new technologies to improve business and IT outcomes.
Ability to work in distributed environments, including managing outsourced and globally dispersed teams and resources.
Desirable expertise in the airline/travel industry, Agile delivery, consulting, software development, and modern technologies such as cloud platforms, DevOps, APIs, and mobility solutions

Responsibilities

Partner with business stakeholders to understand strategic objectives, challenges, and requirements, providing pre-project consulting for medium to large-scale initiatives.
Drive business transformation and process improvement, identifying opportunities to enhance airline growth, productivity, and operational efficiency.
Build strong cross-functional relationships across business units, IT teams, senior management, and external solution providers to align technology with business goals.
Co-create product roadmaps with business stakeholders and challenge assumptions constructively to ensure optimal use of resources and delivery of business value.
Lead solution architecture and design, collaborating with developers, analysts, and architects to deliver scalable and innovative technology solutions.
Leverage emerging technologies and industry best practices, including AI, machine learning, chatbots, blockchain, mobile technologies, NDC, One Order, and other airline industry standards.
Oversee end-to-end project delivery, including planning, execution, testing, risk management, stakeholder alignment, and governance through required project gates.
Ensure solution quality and operational readiness by driving security, performance, integration, and support considerations throughout the development lifecycle.
Manage and develop teams and vendors, providing resource planning, mentorship, coaching, and guidance to solution analysts and external partners.
Champion technology and delivery excellence, promoting Agile, DevSecOps, data strategy, continuous improvement, and contributing to the organisation's strategic technology roadmap