Technology Obsolences – Task Force Lead

Private Advertiser; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Private Advertiser in Malaysia seeks a senior technology leader to establish and run the Obsolescence Task Force, coordinating across application, infrastructure, security, architecture, procurement, and finance. You will define scope, success criteria, timelines; oversee accelerated assessments for EOL/EOS; drive remediation actions and ensure timely delivery; report to executives.

Candidates should have 10-12+ years in IT leadership, strong risk and governance experience, and a deep

Qualifications

• Strong experience in technology lifecycle management, obsolescence management, and technical debt remediation.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead the Technology Obsolescence Task Force.
• Define task force scope, success criteria, timelines, and governance.
• Ensure rapid issue resolution, escalation, and decision-making.
• Develop prioritized remediation action plans and drive execution.
• Coordinate dependencies across teams to avoid blockers.
• Communicate risk posture and remediation status to senior stakeholders.
• Act as accountable for obsolescence-related risks within the task force.
• Facilitate informed decisions where technical, cost, or timing constraints exist.

Skills

Lifecycle Mgmt

Obsolescence Mgmt

Technical Debt

CMDB Governance

Asset Inventory

Dependency Mapping

IT Infra

Risk Assessment

Stakeholder Mgmt

Regulatory Awareness

Tools

CMDB Systems

Risk Registers

Job description

• Establish and lead the Technology Obsolescence Task Force, comprising application, infrastructure, security, architecture, procurement, and finance stakeholders
• Define task force scope, success criteria, timelines, and governance
• Ensure rapid issue resolution, escalation, and decision-making

Obsolescence Identification & Assessment.

• Conduct accelerated assessments to identify end-of-life (EOL), end-of-support (EOS), and obsolete technologies
• Classify obsolescence risks by severity, business impact, and urgency
• Evaluate operational, security, compliance, and financial risks

Remediation Planning & Execution.

• Develop prioritized remediation action plans (upgrade, replace, migrate, isolate, or decommission)
• Drive execution of critical remediation initiatives within agreed timelines
• Coordinate dependencies across teams to avoid delivery blockers
• Track execution progress and intervene where delays or risks emerge
• Act as the single point of accountability for obsolescence-related risks within the task force scope
• Communicate risk posture, trade-offs, and remediation status to senior stakeholders
• Facilitate informed decisions where technical, cost, or timing constraints exist

Governance, Reporting & Closure.

• Define task force metrics, dashboards, and reporting cadence
• Provide regular status updates to steering committees or executive sponsors

Job Requirement

Technical & Domain Expertise

• Strong experience in technology lifecycle management, obsolescence management, and technical debt remediation.
• Hands‑on experience with CMDB (Configuration Management Database) governance, asset inventory management, and technology dependency mapping.
• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure environments, including servers, operating systems, databases, middleware, networks, cloud platforms, and end‑user computing technologies.
• Experience leveraging ORSA (Operational Risk and Self‑Assessment) frameworks, risk registers, and control assessments to identify, assess, and mitigate technology obsolescence risks.
• Broad understanding of infrastructure, platforms, applications, and vendor support lifecycle models, including End‑of‑Life (EOL) and End‑of‑Support (EOS) management.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity, regulatory, audit, and operational risk implications associated with obsolete technologies.
• Ability to assess technology risk exposure and prioritize remediation activities based on business criticality, operational impact, and regulatory requirements.

Leadership & Delivery Experience

• 10-12+ years of experience in IT leadership, infrastructure management, technology risk, architecture, or enterprise program delivery roles.
• Proven experience leading cross‑functional remediation programs, technology refresh initiatives, infrastructure modernization efforts, or crisis response task forces.
• Strong execution mindset with the ability to drive outcomes under tight timelines and elevated risk conditions.
• Experience managing senior stakeholder governance, reporting, and risk escalation processes.

Stakeholder & Communication Skills

• Ability to influence stakeholders across Infrastructure, Application Development, Security, Risk, Architecture, Operations, and Business teams without formal authority.
• Strong communication and presentation skills for both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Ability to translate complex technology obsolescence risks into clear business impacts and actionable remediation plans.
• Experience presenting technology risk posture, ORSA findings, and remediation progress to senior management, risk committees, and auditors.

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