Senior Application Migration Program Lead

Maybank; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Maybank seeks an experienced IT project/program manager to lead the Horizon application migration program. You will coordinate cross-functional teams across business, infrastructure, security, and vendors, ensuring seamless migration, cutover, stabilization, and decommissioning while meeting governance requirements.

With 10+ years in IT project management, you will drive integrated migration plans, manage risks, and provide executive-level reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of IT project/program management experience, preferably in application migration, infrastructure transformation, data centre migration, or enterprise-wide technology initiatives.
• At least 5 years managing enterprise application migrations, cloud migrations, data centre exit programs, or core banking transformation projects, including large environments with 100+ applications.
• PMP, PgMP, MSP, PRINCE2, PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner, PMI-ACP, P3O, or equivalent project/program management certification preferred.
• Strong knowledge of migration methodologies, Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid delivery, infrastructure domains, RAID and change management, governance reporting, stakeholder engagement, executive communication, negotiation, and cross-functional leadership in regulated banking environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of Horizon application migration program within timelines, scope, budget, quality, and governance.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across business, application, infrastructure, network, security, database, and vendors to drive migration, cutover, stabilization, and decommissioning.
• Develop and manage integrated migration plans, monitor milestones, dependencies, risks, and readiness status across multiple portfolios.
• Manage stakeholder engagement, governance reporting, and communications through regular updates, executive reporting, escalation, and decision tracking.
• Maintain RAID, change, compliance, and cutover governance by controlling risks, securing approvals, audit readiness, and minimizing disruption during migration activities.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Governance reporting

Cross-functional leadership

Negotiation

Agile/Waterfall

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering/Business/Finance

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Maybank seeks an experienced IT project/program manager to lead the Horizon application migration program. You will coordinate cross-functional teams across business, infrastructure, security, and vendors, ensuring seamless migration, cutover, stabilization, and decommissioning while meeting governance requirements.

With 10+ years in IT project management, you will drive integrated migration plans, manage risks, and provide executive-level reporting.