Job Responsibilities
- Data Platform & Enterprise Architecture Leadership
Define and execute the APAC data platform architecture strategy, aligned with global priorities and regulatory/local market requirements. Architect scalable, secure, future-ready data platforms that support business change and modernization outcomes. Integrate and modernize legacy systems and disparate data sources into unified, trusted data ecosystems enabling analytics, AI/ML, and GenAI.
Drive adoption of open systems and standard architectures to improve agility, interoperability, and resilience.
- Delivery Management & Execution (Architecture-through-Delivery)
Be accountable for successful delivery of a regional data platform, including day-to-day coordination and delivery oversight. Partner with sponsors/stakeholders to define goals, deliverables, and acceptance criteria. Support requirements/backlog prioritization, user stories, and alignment ceremonies (stand-ups, showcases/POCs, SteerCo, working groups).
Create and deliver against detailed project plans; track dependencies, manage delivery risks, and ensure timely execution. Manage budgets/forecasts and oversee external vendors/data providers.
- Governance & Stakeholder Engagement
Establish and embed architecture principles, standards, and governance, ensuring enterprise-wide alignment. Chair/lead architecture forums as needed and provide strategic oversight for significant technology programs. Build strong relationships across regional/country technology leadership, product, delivery teams, external vendors, and Head Office (Japan).
Drive architecture advocacy via workshops and knowledge sharing across business and technology communities.
- Engineering Excellence (Quality, Simplicity, Performance)
Apply strong software engineering practices: code profiling/optimization, debugging complex issues, and choosing appropriate languages/paradigms. Drive pragmatic design: SOLID/cohesion, idempotence, domain modelling, performance-by-design; familiarity with CQRS and eventual consistency.
Promote modern delivery practices: automation by default, CI/CD, automated security scanning and performance testing.
- Reliability, Observability, Security & Compliance
Design for reliability, performance, and availability and ensure platforms meet both user needs and business goals. Facilitate adoption of platforms with embedded observability, risk, and compliance controls. Ensure secure-by-default engineering, including server hardening fundamentals and use of SSL/encryption principles.
- People & Talent Leadership
Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to engineering/delivery teams and the architecture community. Lead design discussions, gain buy-in, and develop others through coaching and knowledge sharing.