Microsoft Azure Cloud Manager

Unison Group New Zealand; Singapore; On-site; SGD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Unison Group New Zealand is seeking an IT Lead to act as the technical authority across applications and infrastructure. The role involves leading virtual, cross-functional teams, providing direction, and ensuring end-to-end IT solutions across regions and time zones.

The successful candidate will navigate ambiguity, apply organizational standards, and drive collaboration with global stakeholders while safeguarding security and compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience leading cross-functional IT teams across applications and infrastructure.
• Ability to work with ambiguity and global teams.
• Strong understanding of enterprise IT standards, governance, and delivery models.
• Proven track record delivering end-to-end IT solutions in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate cross-functional technical IT teams across applications, infrastructure, security, and integration
• Provide clear technical direction and decision-making, even where requirements are evolving or not fully defined
• Act as the IT technical focal point for projects delivered by geographically distributed, virtual teams
• Drive alignment across technical teams to ensure a coherent end-to-end IT solution
• Quickly understand, adopt, and apply internal IT standards, governance processes, and architectural principles
• Identify and manage technical risks, assumptions, and dependencies, escalating where appropriate
• Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and supportability requirements and are ready for operational handover
• Represent IT confidently in project governance forums and senior stakeholder discussions

Skills

Azure cloud architecture

Infrastructure delivery

Application delivery

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Decision making

Project coordination

Job description

MUST SKILLS:
Hands-on experience with

MUST SKILLS:
Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud architecture, including the design, implementation, and management of cloud-based solutions.
Proven ability to manage both infrastructure and application delivery projects from planning through execution and successful delivery.
Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to take ownership, drive initiatives independently, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional business and technical stakeholders.
Self-motivated professional with excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and project coordination capabilities.
Position Summary

Position Summary

The IT Lead acts as the technical authority and primary IT representative on projects spanning applications and/or infrastructure. The role operates in a dynamic environment where requirements may evolve, information may be incomplete, and delivery often spans multiple regions and time zones.

The role includes leading virtual, cross-functional technical IT teams, providing direction, coordination, and technical oversight without necessarily having direct line management responsibility. The successful candidate will be comfortable working with ambiguity, able to quickly form effective working relationships with global teams, and capable of rapidly understanding and applying organizational standards, frameworks, and ways of working.

What we can expect from you:

• Lead and coordinate cross-functional technical IT teams across applications, infrastructure, security, and integration
• Provide clear technical direction and decision-making, even where requirements are evolving or not fully defined
• Act as the IT technical focal point for projects delivered by geographically distributed, virtual teams
• Drive alignment across technical teams to ensure a coherent end-to-end IT solution
• Quickly understand, adopt, and apply internal IT standards, governance processes, and architectural principles
• Identify and manage technical risks, assumptions, and dependencies, escalating where appropriate
• Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and supportability requirements and are ready for operational handover
• Represent IT confidently in project governance forums and senior stakeholder discussions

What skills and experience you will gain from this role:

• Experience leading and influencing technical IT teams without formal authority
• Stronger capability to direct technical delivery across both application and infrastructure domains
• Increased confidence operating in ambiguous, fast-moving delivery environments
• Deep understanding of enterprise IT standards, governance, and delivery models
• Broader exposure to global delivery teams and complex stakeholder landscapes

Requirements

Selection Criteria

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to lead, coordinate, and motivate technical IT teams in a project environment
• Strong ability to operate effectively under ambiguity and make sound technical decisions with incomplete information
• Ability to build trust and working relationships quickly with global, virtual teams
• Clear and confident communicator, able to provide direction and challenge where required
• Ability to rapidly learn and apply organisational standards, processes, and architectural principles

Experience

• Experience acting as a technical lead for IT teams on projects and initiatives
• Proven experience coordinating multiple technical disciplines (applications, infrastructure, security, vendors)
• Experience working with global or multi-regional teams
• Experience delivering solutions where scope or requirements evolve over time
• Exposure to enterprise IT governance and delivery frameworks

Knowledge

• Broad understanding of enterprise IT environments, including applications, infrastructure, integration, and security
• Understanding of how to lead technical delivery while maintaining alignment to standards and operational support models
• Awareness of service readiness, handover, and long-term support considerations
• Familiarity with matrixed organisations and complex stakeholder environments