VP, Head of Digital Engineering, APAC

Zurich 56 Company Ltd; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 736,000 - 1,471,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance and financial services company in Kuala Lumpur seeks a VP, Head of Digital Engineering for APAC. This strategic role involves owning the end-to-end IT application development and optimizing production for the Zurich Edge Platform. The ideal candidate will drive the adoption of best practices, enhance technical design adherence, and ensure teams remain updated with emerging technologies. Join us and be at the heart of innovation in digital business across APAC.

Qualifications

• Experience in IT application development and production management.
• Proven track record of driving best practices in development and operations.
• Strong understanding of SaaS agenda and technical design adherence.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end IT application development.
• Drive identification and adoption of best practices for development & operations.
• Ensure technical teams stay current with emerging technologies.
• Create approaches and plans towards the SaaS agenda for the Zurich Edge Platform.

Skills

Strategic Leadership

Technical Excellence

DevOps practices

Tools

SaaS platform tooling

Job description

VP, Head of Digital Engineering, APAC

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Overall responsibility for IT development for the Zurich Edge Platform to support the growth of Zurich’s digital business across APAC

KEY TASKS & ACCOUNTABILITIES

Strategic Leadership

• Own the end-to-end IT application development and smooth production running.


• Drive identification and adoption of best practices, tools and frameworks for development & operations


• Ensure design and development are always focused on strategic short term and long-term business objectives.


• Create approaches and plans towards the SaaS agenda for the Zurich Edge Platform – key objective of high levels of reuse and optimized delivery.

Technical Excellence

• Drive speed to market with delivery of initiatives.


• Own the execution of the SaaS agenda


• Convert strategy to action by developing and maintaining a robust technical design and adherence to design during build.


• Drive business focus and urgency within the development teams.


• Ensure technical teams are staying current with emerging and newer technologies.


• Drive implementation of robust engineering and DevOps practices and tools for frequent multi-country deployments.


• Ensure Information security requirements are constantly considered are implemented during design and build.


• Ensure identification and robust implementation of best practices for production monitoring, observability and alerting. Including proactively identifying problem areas and addressing.

You are the heart & soul of Zurich!

At Zurich, we like to think outside the box and challenge the status quo. We take an optimistic approach by focusing on the positives and constantly asking What can go right?

We highly value the experience and know-how of our employees and offer a wide range of opportunities across business areas to encourage you to apply for new opportunities within Zurich when you are ready for your next career step.

Let’s continue to grow together!