Assoc. Director - AZAY Business Solution

Job Level:  Professional
Location: 

Bangkok, TH, 10330

Area of Expertise:  Operations
Unit:  Allianz Thailand
Employing Entity:  Allianz Ayudhya Assurance Pcl.
Job Type:  Full-Time
Remote Job:  Hybrid working
Employment Type:  Permanent
ID:  44452
Position Cluster:  Non-Executive

Nice to know

Is mainly responsible for development of requirements for the implementation or change of software in coordination with the IT department and the user side to meet business requirement.  Also, plan, manage and lead the projects/ change requests under responsibilities with large or complex project involved internal and/or external parties. This includes gathering business requirements, managing projects, handling user acceptance test activities and providing consultancy services with quality and in timely manner, and within the budgets.

Your Day at Allianz Ayudhya

1) Project Management

  • Act as project manager in planning, managing and leading the projects/ change requests under responsibilities with medium/high complexity and scopes of projects
  • Plan and define project management activities and budgets
  • Estimate project timelines and resources/ owners of each activity
  • Provides supports to project team as appropriated
  • Track project status and progress; control and monitor to ensure that all project activities are achieved with quality, within the budget and timeframe
  • Define project risks including problems and issues concerned
  • Ensure the project readiness and prepare for production go-live/ implementation
  • Provide post-production supports to business users
  • Provide the status update reports to management and the other relevant parties with accuracy and in timely manner
  • Update Projects/ change request database in JIRA and internal shared drive

2) Requirement Management

  • Understand and assess the current situations of business process, procedure, method and system functionality to advise the recommended solution and possible alternatives
  • Partner with business units to initiate enhancement requirements for all areas (e.g. IT enhancement, Process Improvement)
  • Facilitate /Prepare cost & benefit justification (Business case) 
  • Gather users’ requirements for system development which consists of process flow, functions, screen and system outputs
  • Provide users’ requirement reports, documents and correspondence, then walkthrough requirements and seek for the sign off
  • Walkthrough requirements with designers/ developers to ensure the understanding and provide the proper solution to users
  • Coordinate with the relevant parties for design and development
  • Monitor to ensure the achievement of requirements according to project timeframe and quality

3) User Acceptance Test (UAT)

  • Define and plan for UAT criteria and activities
  • Assist business users to develop test scenarios and cases for UAT activities
  • Act as a middle person to communicate between users and designers / developers
  • Work together with users to perform UAT activities
  • Record the test results, define the improvement areas and ensure the readiness for implementation
  • Track and ensure that all UAT activities are completed within project timeframe
  • Plan and prepare use manual and training materials
  • Conduct training sessions and knowledge transfers to the relevant parties

4) Consultancy Services

  • Provide information and consultancy services to users regarding to identification of enhancement requirements
  • Provide consultancy services and training to business users in order to drive continuous improvement

5) Complex of work and Dependency

  • Responsible to large or complex project
  • Involve internal and/or external parties
  • Provide mentor to others
  • Take additional role over BA task upon assignment (optional)

Must Have

  • Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Information Technology, Statistics or related field
  • At least 8 years in Project Management, Business Analysis, Business Development and Improvement, or other related fields
  • Project management and business English skills are required
  • Understanding of the software development lifecycle, the business processes and organizational structures
  • Knowledge of change management process

Nice to Have

  • Knowledge of data modelling and storage, data analytics incl. data reporting, data interpretation
  • Knowledge of collaborative project management tools (e.g. Trello, JIRA, Asana)
  • Knowledge of digital communication channels to engage with colleagues remotely (e.g. Skype, WebEx)
  • Knowledge of multiple functional areas like product management, computer science, UX/UI, end user support
  • Agile methods (e.g. Scrum, Kanban) and experience with creating epics, user stories and use cases

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