Job Summary:
The Tech Strategy & Planning manager is a hands on role to drive the development and execution of Technology strategies and delivery for LII APAC, with focus on Hong Kong and Singapore, through alignment with a wide group of business stakeholders and cross-functional leaders. The role combines strategic and financial planning, performance tracking, prioritisation and strategic partnership with vendors to inform decisions by senior leadership and to ensure successful delivery of key initiatives. This role is also responsible for coaching and mentoring of team member(s) on the day-to-day vendor management, financial management and IT resource capacity planning and utilisation.
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead and own annual planning cycles and facilitate workshops within IT as well as through effective business engagement
- Develop, maintain and collate artefacts for project prioritization through effective collaboration with Transformation and Change Delivery Team
- Monitor and manage budget for IT, as well as performance on projects
- Prepare monthly IT reports to senior of stakeholders (including country leadership, the boards and risk committees) and also as input to other reports. Track performance through a variety of matrices
- Support IT roadmap development effort through effective partnership with a broad business and IT stakeholder groups, local and abroad. Seek buy in and exercise influence to achieve the desired outcomes
- Provide advisory to IT leadership team on resource planning, demand management and effective utilization
- Create and review business cases and investment proposals for IT initiatives; quantify Return on Investment (ROI), Net Present Value (NPV), and payback period. Monitor performance on IT investment based on pre-agreed Objective & Key Results (OKRs)
- Lead ad hoc initiatives as directed through effective co-ordination within IT and with business leadership teams
- Effective vendor management through on-boarding, monitoring and liaising with Legal and Compliance team on outsourcing management
- Ensure strong IT governance, adapt best practice, and drive changes across Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore.
- Perform related duties as assigned by your manager
- Demonstrate behaviour at all times in line with the Liberty core values
- Ensure compliance with all LM, LSM & Liberty legal, statutory, and corporate affairs
Role Competencies:
- Advance powerpoint succinctly convey key points to audience
- Advance excel skills to track financials and to report to different groups of stakeholders
- Advanced verbal and written communication skills
- Advanced relationship management skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to do quantitative analysis and financial metrics
- Able to influence a diverse group of stakeholders including IT leadership, Head of Department or Functions, regional teams as well as Home office Finance team
- High adaptability, initiative, and ability to operate in high pressure and ambiguous environments
- Solid team player with strong business ethics
- Strong ability to think strategically
Job Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Economics, Finance, Data Analytics or related disciplines
- At least 5 years experience in a similar role including 2 years experience in managing Tech Finance
- Demonstrated Project management experience
- Advance level proficiency in Excel/PowerPoint/PowerBI tools for modelling and scenario testing
- People management experience preferred
