Senior Solution Lead

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Location: Hong Kong
Job type: Permanent
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Sector: Airport
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Department: Information Technology

Reports to: Application Manager

Job Purpose:

The Senior Solution Lead, in collaboration with key stakeholders, should understand how and how well the business is supported by the IT product or applications in your area. You are responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of IT product or application with high quality deliverables that are aligned with the business vision and goals by managing a very energetic team using different delivery methodologies.

Key Responsibilities:

Business Engagement

* Provide pre-project consulting for a portfolio pipeline of initiatives

* Understand, capture and communicate business direction, challenges and requirements

* Focus on medium to large scale initiatives

* Support and participate in the business process change

* Identify ways to drive growth, productivity and improvement for the Airlines

* Develop and maintain a cross departmental view of IT and business

* Interact and work closely with solution provider or internal senior management

Technology Design and Implementation

* Work closely with the developers, analyst and architects to architect and develop the best technical design. Conceptualise and propose solution approaches

* Planning, designing, developing, implementing, and supporting IT products and applications to meet the customer and IT needs

* Facilitate design walkthroughs with IT and business people to validate solutions against business requirements and IT architecture

* Provide an escalation point for solution analysts in order to deliver business solutions that include technology implementations and/or adaptations

* Generates ideas and develop new approaches to improve overall system design and/or streamline delivery of product/system

* Keep abreast of latest trends in technology, industry and corresponding business domain

Project Delivery

* Focus on medium to large scale initiatives

* Initiate, define, plan and execute tasks / initiatives

* Test all solution aspects including but not limited to security, performance, integration

* Facilitate project progress through relevant gates

* Manage the day-to-day activities of the software development team and external 3rd parties as required

* Ensure that the team members are provided with the necessary organizational insight to make effective decision

* Make timely risk mitigation decision and mobilising resources for projects by considering operational and financial metrics

People Management

* Contribute to team resource planning

* Manage external 3rd parties as required

* Keep abreast of latest trends in technology, industry and corresponding business domain

* Provides direction and mentorship to less experienced people

The Senior Solution Lead may also:

* Be directly involved in implement solutions in an Agile development team

* Directly manage one or more Solution Analysts

* Perform the role of surrogate Product Owner / BU SME (generally Senior)

* Coach Solution Analysts on any aspect of their role

* Act as an IT practice champion or be an Agile coach if required

Key Requirements:

* Degree qualification in Information Technology related discipline, Masters preferred

* 10+ years of related IT experience covering but not limited to:

* Software development

* System analysis

* Business analysis

* Solution definition

* System Testing

* Proven extensive client facing experience with successful relationship management

* Outstanding verbal and written communication skill

* Experience managing a software development team

* Professional, passionate, innovative, self-motivated and able to present solutions to diverse groups of stakeholders

* Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, leveraging both logic and creativity

* Proven troubleshooting skills; ability to identify patterns and generate ideas

* Experienced in driving technical innovation

* Experience with utilization of outsourced and/or globally distributed resources

Application Deadline: 28 December, 2017

Cathay Pacific is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Personal data provided by job applicants will be used strictly in accordance with our personal data policy and for recruitment purposes only. Candidates not notified within eight weeks may consider their application unsuccessful. All related information will be kept in our file for up to 24 months. A copy of our Personal Information Collection Statement will be provided upon request by contacting our Data Protection Officer.
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