About FWD Group
FWD Group (1828.HK) is a pan-Asian life and health insurance business that serves approximately 34 million customers across 10 markets, including BRI Life in Indonesia. FWD’s customer-led and tech-enabled approach aims to deliver innovative propositions, easy-to-understand products and a simpler insurance experience. Established in 2013, the company operates in some of the fastest-growing insurance markets in the world with a vision of changing the way people feel about insurance. FWD Group is listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the stock code 1828.
For more information, please visit www.fwd.com
FWD Technology and Innovation Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., known as FWD TIM, was established in late 2019. Strategically located in Kuala Lumpur, FWD TIM serves as a pivotal shared service location within FWD Group, providing services to multiple markets across the Group. FWD TIM houses a diverse and talented workforce focused on essential business and technology services such as information security, cloud operations, IT solutions delivery, digital and data, actuarial, finance, investments, and customer service, among many others. FWD TIM is dedicated to drive and deliver operational excellence and efficiency, foster innovation and ensure regulatory compliance across all business functions as well as maintain a competitive edge in the market.
PURPOSE
Group IT implementing Life systems to support Asian countries (including HK, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan and China) based on Group systems framework for greenfield countries as standard model.
This position will assume the role to manage Front-end mobile systems new project initiatives and on-going BAU support projects in order to support business growth strategies.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Detailed job responsibilities are,
Responsible for managing IT projects throughout its life cycle, including resources planning, budget monitoring, clients’ expectation management, change management, contingency planning, risk assessment and mitigation.
Work closely with project manager, vendors, contractors, and project team members for delivering quality projects and services.
Manage project development and implementation within budget and time frame
Plan with vendor and implement system releases upgrade.
Prepare functional specification documents, technical specification document and user manual with the team
Work effectively with IT vendors and IT team on systems’ integration works, monitor the quality of system delivery from vendors
Assist on executing IT initiatives & strategies, developing best practices adhere to system development standardsOversee the quality of project / systems deliverables.
Oversees project risks, identifies, determines and recommends risk mitigation solution on projects and implements as appropriate.
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Following KPIs are set,
Manage to deliver IT projects to align with business growth strategies (As defined in the annual performance review)
Develop and enhance distribution channels mobile systems and digital solutions.
EXTERNAL & INTERNAL CONTACTS
This position needs to,
Group Infrastructure Team, Security Teams, Operation Team, Distribution Team
Communicate to end-user departments from various supporting countries
Communicate with Group IT teams
DECISION MAKING
In IT application development & support functions, manage to meet the preset standard per the IT Service Level Agreement (SLA) to support different countries.
Resource and timeline management on the projects assigned ;
QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE
University degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent, minimum 9 years' working experience in Information Technology, with at least 4 years at a senior system analyst position, specialized in system development.
Strong leadership experience.
Proven track records in managing regional-based Front-end systems, preferably experiences in implementing IT systems/projects to support Asian countries.
KNOWLEDGE & TECHNICAL SKILLS
Broad understanding of the technology industry, including current and emerging digital solutions.
Able to communicate well on both technical and business level, and effectively manage IT development team, users and vendors.
Deep appreciation of latest and emerging technologies and practice, such as DevOps, Cloud, Microservice and Mobile development
Project experience on Agile Scrum approach
Implement automation DevOps tools and frameworks (CI/CD pipelines)
Good analytical mind and problem solving skills