Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Job Ref 0701-1: Business Solutions Manager-- Asia

Responsibilities:
  • A challenging and responsible regional position as a Business Solutions Manager for Asia with one of the world’s leading multi-national insurance groups. The Business Solutions Manager-Asia will lead strategic technical solutions and identify research and development areas that should be investigated. They will be responsible for attaining department research, and subsequently setting marketing, fiscal, and staffing goals to conform to the organizational goals. In addition, they will establish operating procedures, practices and guidelines and communicate them with department colleagues.

  • Job Scope:
  • Assess existing information technology management capabilities and recommending and implementing business technology solutions to better position the IT organization and improve the effectiveness of all business units in Asia.

  • Building, driving, and managing relationships with Asian business leaders and country managers domestically and globally to understand business plans and translate their business needs into technology solutions.

  • Project management, including budgeting and fiscal aspects from conception to delivery of IT projects and programs.

  • Provide leadership and liaison in the areas of project management, custom software application development, and quality assurance. In addition, preparing and tracking budgets, project plans, and staffing plans.

  • Provide project and program status to executive management, submitting recommendations when required, ensuring timely production support is provided by business analysis and training staff, and assisting in presentations in Asia Pacific governance meetings for project approvals.

  • Think strategically regarding how technology applications will fit within the organization’s overall business needs and priorities, while maintaining project and program reporting formats, structure, and schedules to the organization’s standards.
Requirements:
  • Candidate must possess at least a Master's Degree in Engineering (Computer/Telecommunication), Computer Science/Information Technology, Business Studies/Administration/Management, Finance/Accountancy/Banking or equivalent.
  • Required language(s): English, Chinese
  • Preferred language(s): Japanese, Korean
  • At least 10 year(s) of working experience in the related field is required for this position.
  • Applicants must be willing to work in Raffles Place.
  • Applicants should be Malaysian, Singaporean, Filipino, Thai citizens or hold relevant residence status.
  • Preferably senior managers specializing in IT/Computer - Software or equivalent.
  • Full-Time positions available.

Interested applicants, please forward detailed CV stating current and expected salaries to recruiter@dracohr.com. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.