Strategic Technology Program Leader

AirAsia; Sepang; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

AirAsia in Sepang, Malaysia is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead strategic technology programs across the AirAsia Group. You will govern multiple interdependent projects, align with business objectives, and deliver outcomes within scope, time, budget, and quality.

You will report to the Head, ICT PMO and manage a team of Project Managers, driving collaboration, governance, and continuous improvement across cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in IT Project Management, with more than 5 years leading large programs.
• Proven experience delivering complex, cross-functional technology programs.
• Experience leading teams of Project Managers delivering medium to large initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder management with influence on senior executives and business leaders.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and people management skills.
• Solid discipline in governance, risk, issue, dependency, and change control.
• Experience managing program budgets, resource planning, and financial forecasting.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multiple related projects as a single program to achieve strategic business outcomes.
• Develop and maintain integrated program roadmaps, schedules, milestones, and dependencies.
• Drive program delivery to ensure objectives, timelines, budgets, and quality standards are achieved.
• Manage program interdependencies and proactively resolve delivery risks and conflicts.
• Establish program governance, ensuring PMO standards, methodologies, and reporting.
• Govern program scope, risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, change requests, and escalations.
• Monitor program health through reviews, metrics, and executive reporting.
• Lead Steering Committee meetings and executive governance forums.
• Build strong partnerships with sponsors, technology teams, vendors, and executives.
• Define success criteria and align stakeholder expectations across the lifecycle.
• Communicate progress, risks, and decisions to senior leadership.
• Oversee resource planning and financial forecasting across projects.
• Mentor and develop a team of Project Managers; drive PMO improvements.
• Promote continuous improvement and organizational change initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Project management

Coaching

Budgeting & forecasting

Strategic planning

Agile/Waterfall/hybrid

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Engineering

PMP

Professional Scrum Master (PSM)

PgMP/MSP

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Microsoft Project

Job description

AirAsia in Sepang, Malaysia is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead strategic technology programs across the AirAsia Group. You will govern multiple interdependent projects, align with business objectives, and deliver outcomes within scope, time, budget, and quality.

You will report to the Head, ICT PMO and manage a team of Project Managers, driving collaboration, governance, and continuous improvement across cross-functional teams.