Senior Manager, Technology Centre

AIA Hong Kong and Macau; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AIA Hong Kong and Macau is seeking a Senior Manager based in Kuala Lumpur to lead a team of developers working on various projects. This role involves significant technical know-how and the ability to propose practical solutions to business problems.

The ideal candidate should have a degree in IT, 10 years of experience in application development within the life insurance domain, and a strong understanding of Integral Life and COBOL systems.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of working experience in application development for the life insurance domain.
• Intermediate knowledge of COBOL, AS400, and SQL development.
• Fast learner with strong analytical and impact analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of developers assigned to various projects.
• Gather system requirements and conduct impact analysis.
• Ensure system delivery according to determined scopes, timeline, and quality.

Skills

Application development

Team leadership

COBOL

AS400

SQL development

Education

Degree in IT or related areas

Tools

Integral Life

SMART/400

Job description

About the Role: The Senior Manager leads a team that consists 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.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Actively discuss with reporting manager(s) to align on expectations and goals setting for the team.
• Involve 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 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 Integral Life security, standard and compliance matters.
• Actively participate in team activities such as sharing knowledge, ideas, mentoring, coaching (junior), system upgrade/maintenance, etc.

Minimum Requirements

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