Head of Applications & AI Platform Engineering

Randstad Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 280,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Malaysia is seeking a Head of Applications to build and lead an enterprise engineering organization, transforming projects into owned products and delivering measurable business value. You will champion modern engineering practices, AI adoption, and product ownership to drive platform evolution.

You will lead multi-discipline teams across Product, Data, DevOps, and Quality, ensuring platforms are highly available, scalable, and adopted, while aligning vendor performance and commercial

Qualifications

• Proven experience in engineering transformation and building self-sufficient platform organizations.
• Strong expertise in modern SDLC, cloud-native delivery, continuous testing, and modern observability.
• Track record of leading and developing large, distributed engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Build, mentor, and lead a multi-discipline in-house engineering organization, overseeing Product, Data, DevOps, and Quality functions.
• Drive product engineering by owning roadmaps, discovery, and backlogs to ensure platforms are highly available and actively adopted.
• Lead platform engineering and DevOps initiatives, including CI/CD, deployment automation, and internal developer tooling.
• Champion AI engineering by integrating AI coding assistants, internal copilots, and LLMs into the delivery workflow to boost productivity.
• Oversee data operations, including large-scale data migration, cleansing, and ensuring data integrity by design.
• Partner with business leaders to translate commercial and operational requirements into technical backlogs, and explain technical trade-offs in business terms.
• Manage technology vendor performance, delivery quality, and commercial alignment.

Skills

D365

F&O

ERP

Enterprise

Education

Diploma/Associate Degree

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Randstad Malaysia is seeking a Head of Applications to build and lead an enterprise engineering organization, transforming projects into owned products and delivering measurable business value. You will champion modern engineering practices, AI adoption, and product ownership to drive platform evolution.

You will lead multi-discipline teams across Product, Data, DevOps, and Quality, ensuring platforms are highly available, scalable, and adopted, while aligning vendor performance and commercial