Senior Solution Lead

Role Introduction:

This role is responsible for understanding business needs and driving technology direction and solution delivery within a business domain. In collaboration with key stakeholders, the incumbent should understand how and how well the business is supported by the IT product or applications in their area. You are responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of IT product or application with high deliverables that are aligned with the business vision and goals by managing a very energetic team using different delivery methodologies

Key Responsibilities:

1、Business Engagement
1）Support pre-project consulting for a portfolio pipeline of initiatives
2）Drive to provide pre-project consulting for a portfolio pipeline of initiatives
3）Understand, capture and communicate business direction, challenges and requirements
4）Focus on medium to large scale initiatives
5）Support and participate in the business process change
6）Identify ways to drive growth, productivity and improvement for the Airlines
7）Drive to develop and maintain a cross departmental view of IT and business
8）Interact and work closely with solution provider or internal senior management
9）Co-create the product roadmap with the business
10）Challenge the business on their assumptions and justifications in a constructive manner in order to keep the resources on Cathay Pacific’s best interests

2、Technology Design and Implementation
1）Cross-team collaboration with the developers, analyst and architects to architect and develop the best technical design. Conceptualise and propose solution approaches based on the latest technology (including but not limit to mobile technology, wearable devices, blockchain, chatbot, machine learning) and airline industrial practise (including but not limit to IATA Resolutions, One-World Digital Practice, NDC, One-Order, Travel ID)
2）Planning, designing, developing, implementing, and supporting IT products and applications to meet the customer and IT needs
3）Facilitate design walkthroughs with IT and business people to validate solutions against business requirements and IT architecture
4）Provide an escalation point for solution analysts in order to deliver business solutions that include technology implementations and/or adaptations
5）Generates ideas and develop new approaches to improve overall system design and/or streamline delivery of product/system
6）Keep abreast of latest trends in technology, industry and corresponding business domain
7）Cross-team collaboration with the application manager to contribute to the strategic road map

3、Project Delivery
1）Focus on medium to large scale initiatives
2）Accountable to initiate, define, plan and execute tasks / initiatives
3）Drive to test all solution aspects including but not limited to security, performance, integration
4）Facilitate project progress through relevant gates
5）Manage the day-to-day activities of the software development team and external 3rd parties as required
6）Proactively ensure that the team members are provided with the necessary organizational insight to make effective decision
7）Accountable for making timely risk mitigation decision and mobilising resources for projects by considering operational and financial metrics

4、People Management
1）Accountable for team resource planning
2）Manage external 3rd parties as required
3）Provides direction and mentorship to less experienced people

5、The Senior Solution Lead may also:
1）Be directly involved in implement solutions in an Agile development team
2）Directly manage one or more Solution Analysts
3）Take up the role of surrogate Product Owner / BU SME (generally Senior)
4）Coach Solution Analysts on any aspect of their role
5）Act as an IT practice champion or be an Agile coach if required
6）Promote DevSecOps practice and data strategy defined by Enterprise Architect and provide the necessary feedback to improve relevant practice and strategy

6、E&A
Emergency & Accident and Crisis Response responsibilities as required

Qualifications / Experience:

1）10+ years of related IT experience covering but not limited to:
Software development
System analysis
Business analysis
Solution definition
System Testing
1）Proven extensive client facing experience with successful relationship management
2）Outstanding verbal and written communication skill
3）Experience managing a software development team
4）Professional, passionate, innovative, self-motivated and able to present solutions to diverse groups of stakeholders
5）Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, leveraging both logic and creativity
6）Proven troubleshooting skills; ability to identify patterns and generate ideas
7）Experienced in driving technical innovation
8）Experience with utilization of outsourced and/or globally distributed resources
9）Airline or travel industry knowledge is highly beneficial
10）Solid software development skill is highly beneficial
11）Experience in working with Agile projects
12）Consulting background is highly beneficial
13）Understanding of cloud, DevOps, APIs / Mobility would be added advantage
14）Solid experience in systems analysis and software development, with sound knowledge and experience in some of the below areas:
Front-end framework, responsive web design and scripts such as HTML5, CSS3, jQuery,AngularJS and ReactJS, Websockets and JSON.
Secure, robust and high transaction volume web development with Spring boot, J2EE, Node.JS, Adobe Experience Manager, web accessibility and Search Engine Optimization
API and micro-services development
Open Source Technology and its managed cloud services such as Java, MySQL, Redis and MongoDB.
Implementation and operation of reference architecture, resources and services on Public Clouds.
Docker configuration of Tomcat Application Server, Adobe Experience Manager.
CI/CD and monitoring tools (e.g Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform and AppDynamics).
Knowledge on database design and ETL tools.

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注意：
1、所有中国大陆职位的劳动合同遵循当地条款。
2、一旦确认录用，将安排与当地 FASCO签订劳动合同，及由其负责档案保管。

其他信息
语言要求：英语
行业要求：全部行业