Senior Manager, Technology Centre

AIA Hong Kong; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company in Kuala Lumpur is looking for a Senior Manager to lead a team of developers at its AIA Digital+ hub. The successful candidate will oversee application development and support for the Integral Life Application, ensuring project goals and quality standards are met. Ideal applicants will have significant experience in the life insurance domain, particularly with COBOL systems. The role offers a dynamic environment focused on delivering impactful solutions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of working experience in application development for life insurance domain.
• Intermediate knowledge of AS400, COBOL, SMART/400.
• Ability to lead a team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of developers and ensure team performance.
• Gather system requirements and conduct impact analysis.
• Support testing and deployment of applications.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Teamwork

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Education

Degree in IT or related areas

Tools

Integral Life/Life Asia COBOL system

AS400

Control Language

SQL development

Job description

Are you ready to shape a better tomorrow?

AIA Digital+ is a Technology, Digital and Analytics innovation hub dedicated to powering AIA to be more efficient, connected and innovative as it fulfils its Purpose to help millions of people across Asia‑Pacific live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives.

If you are hungry and to play an active role in shaping a better tomorrow, we want to hear from you. Because the work we do at AIA Digital+ makes a difference in the lives of millions of people, every day. We will equip you with the critical skills, tools and technology, and endless opportunities to learn, contribute and thrive in a dynamic and exciting environment.

If you want to shape a brighter future at AIA Digital+, please read on.

About the Role

The Senior Manager leads a team that consist of developers assigned to different projects and is also an individual contributor with specific roles in BAU activities/Projects.

He/She is also expected to work independently with a strong technical know‑how that enables her/him to propose sound, practical solutions to business problems. Influencing skills are a must, not only to resolve conflicts, but also to manage stakeholders across the business and IT community. He/She should already have the ability to think laterally and quickly grasp key concepts, have a positive attitude and be resilient when dealing with business challenges.

Coaching, mentoring and monitoring are part of his/her daily tasks and he/she ensures the team has sufficient capability as per KPI set.

Must have strong leadership, Initiatives, and teamwork to work with other technology teams in order to help team achieve target.

As a developer in Integral Life Delivery Management is responsible for leading the development, deployment and support of Integral Life Application to meet business requirements as well as the support and maintenance of existing solutions and development of new technical solutions to improve company’s operations.

Roles & Responsibilities

• As a team lead, accountable to the team performance and development.
• Actively discuss with reporting manager(s) to align on expectations and goals setting for the team.
• Involving in team resource plan and budgeting.
• In charge of Integral Life system requirement gathering, impact analysis, propose solutions, code development, unit testing, UAT support (incl. UAT EOD batch support) and deployment (BAU and Projects).
• Obey and follow on prevailing SDLC, Development, and other standards.
• System delivery according to determined scopes, timeline, and quality.
• Take accountability/supportive on production incident/problem tickets caused by any disobedience SDLC process.
• Supportive to provide management updates on system/project related activities.
• Understand functionalities and technical aspects of the system; analyze technical impact on interfacing systems.
• To adhere to and support on Integral Life security, standard and compliance matters.
• Actively participate in Team activities such sharing (knowledges, ideas etc.), mentoring, coaching (junior), system upgrade/maintenance etc.

Minimum Requirements

• Degree in IT or related areas.
• Has minimum 10 years of working experience in the application development for life insurance domain using Integral Life/Life Asia COBOL system.
• Intermediate knowledge of AS400, COBOL, SMART/400, Control Language and SQL development.
• Fast learner and has strong analytical and impact analysis skills to provide feedbacks/inputs on user requirements.
• Has good personality and attitude.
• Has experience lead a team

Build a career with us as we help our customers and the community live healthier, longer, better lives.

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