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This role is to oversee and manage the area of IT strategy and Transformation Management including IT strategy planning, IT finance, IT Portfolio Management, IT Domain Owner and IT Demand Management responding to the business strategy and group direction in order to drive the country goals successfully. Closely working with CITO, IT team leads, Business Lead, Regional IT.

Your Day at Allianz Ayudhya

• Responsible for IT strategy roadmap/IT Transformation to support the country business strategy by aligning it with group and regional IT principles. 
• Defining the technology solution and environment road-maps to ensure capacity and scalability, as demand and usage evolve within the business. This will be obtained through having visibility and understanding of the entire technology landscape
• Responsible and tracking the KPI of IT team following the local and regional target setting.
• Manage strategic program where it's related to overall IT as assigned.
• Set up and manage a routine IT steering board meetings with required participants from local, regional and group.
• Lead IT Finance team to manage company's IT budget covering change and run that consist of CAPEX and OPEX
• Create the IT finance workflow and ensure it's proper managed internally i.e. Finance and Accounting and externally with the vendor.
• Set up the budget planning, control and monitor its expense to achieve the budget KPI
• Work closely with CxOs and other executives to represent overall IT's back office matters.
• Lead Domain Owner and demand teams to manage IT's delivery portfolio including Infrastructure, Security and Group's initiatives.
• Point of contact with group and regional leads when it's related to IT strategy, transformation, and finance area.
• Ensure all required reports submit to regional and group in the timely manner.
• Provide consultancy services / training to build the strong knowledge and skills
• Encourage teamwork and cooperation align with all the people management strategies e.g. HR policy, people development, AES etc. 
• Participate in the area of security and audit where it's required.
• Handling and host Change management process
• Establish and maintain Agile organization

Must Have

• Degree in Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Computer or other related fields
• At least 10 years up of professional experience in IT Strategy and Architecture Management work
• At least 7 years of working experience in Insurance Business is preferred
• Experience in business process improvements, IT strategy, and Project management
• Experience in data collection, integration, and - Experience with SAP or other ERP systems
• Knowledge of statistical concepts and analysis and financial modeling skills

Nice to Have

• Understanding of SaaS and enterprise software (e.g. VMware) for business-critical applications
• Knowledge of collaborative project management tools (e.g. Trello, JIRA, Asana etc.)
• IT strategy and Architecture Management and strategic planning and execution skills
• Understanding of Insurance Business and information technology.
• Solid overall IT expertise covering software and hardware across all dimensions of insurance business.
• Experience in recognition of market trends, benefits, and implementation of business opportunities
• Experience managing people in delivering consulting / advisory services at the corporate level
• Able to understand and interpret business, performance, and operation metrices, indicators and KPIs
• Understanding of strategy, operations, management, leading engagements across business functions

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