Senior Solution Lead - IOP (Delivery) (24-month contract)

Cathay Pacific Group; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Cathay Pacific Group is seeking a Senior Solution Lead to partner with business leaders, shaping the technology roadmap and driving digital transformation across the airline. You will lead cross-functional teams, influence product roadmaps, and apply AI, cloud, APIs, DevSecOps, and machine learning to deliver innovative customer and operational solutions at scale.

The role requires extensive solution delivery, stakeholder management, and Agile leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years IT experience across software development, system analysis, business analysis, and testing.
• Strong client-facing and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Experience leading software development teams and coordinating resources.

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders to define strategic objectives and requirements.
• Lead solution architecture and design with cross-functional teams.
• Drive digital transformation and deliver scalable technology initiatives.
• Oversee end-to-end project delivery and governance through gates.
• Champion Agile, DevSecOps, and data strategy across teams.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Solution delivery

Agile delivery

Team leadership

Cloud platforms

AI / ML

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT

Masters preferred

Tools

DevSecOps

APIs

Job description

Role Introduction

Reports to: Portfolio Solution Manager

Join Cathay as a Senior Solution Lead and play a key role in shaping the future of aviation technology. Partner with business leaders to define strategic solutions, drive digital transformation, and deliver impactful technology initiatives across the airline. You will lead cross-functional teams, influence product roadmaps, and leverage emerging technologies including AI, cloud, APIs, DevSecOps, and machine learning to create innovative customer and operational solutions. If you have strong experience in solution delivery, stakeholder management, Agile development, and team leadership, this is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact at a world-class airline while advancing your career.

Key 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

Requirements

• 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

Equal Opportunity

Cathay Pacific is committed to fostering an environment that values Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to attracting and hiring qualified individuals from diverse backgrounds, experiences and abilities. We strive to create a respectful, inclusive workplace free from discrimination, harassment and bullying.

Privacy

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