Job Description

Location: Singapore, Singapore

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Thales established its presence in Singapore in 1973 to support the expansion of aerospace-related activities in the Asia-Pacific region. Throughout the last four decades, the company grew from strength to strength and is today involved in the primary businesses of Aerospace (including Air Traffic Management), Defence & Security, Ground Transportation and Digital Identity & Security. Thales today employs over 2,100 people in Singapore across all its business areas.

Job Responsibilities:

He/she will lead and manage Asia IT Back Office team, ensuring that Infrastructure services work reliably and securely with the following responsibilities:

• Define, plan and organize the human resources and materials needed to deliver Build and Run activities relative to core IT Infrastructure Services
• Ensure that the day-to-day activities are delivered by the team following ITIL best practices & processes (Incident management, problem management, Change management, etc)
• Responsible for his/her domain budget, forecast and actuals. Monitor budget and review actual expenses under his/her domain in line with the corporate Financial
• Manage communications and working relationships between IT and other departments within the organization as well as external IT service providers
• Acting as a focal point for escalation and ensuring that business activities are not disrupted in the event of an Infrastructure incident
• Evaluate new technologies trends and discover ways the company can gain competitive advantage from the new technologies
• Daily management of the department including staff\xe2\x80\x99s development, training guidance, and appraising performance

Job Requirements:

• University Degree in Computer Science or related subject
• Minimum 10 years\xe2\x80\x99 IS/IT experience in an enterprise environment
• Operational experiences in the related functional area is a strong plus
• Effective and confident written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong Leadership skills & Team Management skills
• Flexible & Adaptable
• Strong synthesis and analysis capabilities
• Good IT technical knowledge (IP network, Virtualized infrastructure, Hyperconverged infrastructure, storage technologies, Windows, Unix, Oracle\xe2\x80\xa6)

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!

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