Associate Director, investment IT Architecture

Roles and Responsibilities
• Apply technical expertise to create end-to-end solutions and own the portfolio technology architecture and landscape, with consideration to the total cost of ownership, data management, security, integration, infrastructure and performance
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and adopt a forward-looking approach to develop future technology roadmap and implementation planning (short to mid-term for 3-5 years
• Partner with the business to gain deep understanding of its strategy, processes and requirements. Translate the business requirements into functional requirements, recommend and select the most optimal solution, and communicate the architecture to the business
• Work with Enterprise Architect to define key principles, governance, compliance and policy to designing technology architecture for the organization
• Work closely with portfolio delivery in solution design and BAU projects; pair up with portfolio leads to conduct strategic planning per portfolio; set up joint committee with other enterprise architects for knowledge and practice sharing for consensus and community support
• Facilitate system implementation particularly during solution design and BAU projects related to the review of future solution roadmap
• Manage and maintain relationships with third party vendors
• Perform other responsibilities and duties assigned by supervisor as required.

Minimum Job Requirements
• Strong business acumen and understanding of a broad range of information solutions and products to design information systems and support business strategy
• Strong communication skills to present complex ideas to both technical (e.g. IT vendor) and non-technical (e.g. user) audiences at various levels and understandings
• Bachelor / master's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field, or equivalent work experience required
• 7 years working experience in Investment IT, in which 3 years as a systems architect role
• Certifications/licenses – PRINCE2, ITIL, CISA, or equivalent
• Able to work under pressure, positive working attitude, willing to learn and work independently
• Knowledge in the below applications / platforms:
• Bloomberg AIM, PORT, MARS, RMS, DataLicense
• Blackrock Aladdin
• Hundsun
• Eagle PACE, EPM, STAR, ACCESS
• SmartStream TLM, FEM
• Omgeo CTM, ALERT
• Moody's Analytics RiskOrigins
• SAP FAM, BI
• Microsoft Azure Data Services, PowerBI, PowerApps