Deputy Executive Manager, Enterprise Architect

Who are we?

We are the IT Division of HKJC, a vibrant community of over 1,500 dedicated professionals working collaboratively across Hong Kong and Shenzhen.

Our team is a diverse mix of individuals from various backgrounds, from all across the world. We embrace our humanity, recognizing that each of us brings unique strengths and perspectives. This diversity not only enriches our work environment but also drives our innovation and creativity as we strive to achieve our collective goals.

What do we do?

We design, build, and operate the technology that powers the Club. Our primary focus is on delivering the service that supports our hospitality, racing and wagering operations, to ensure that our customers and members enjoy exceptional experiences.

We also deliver the changes necessary to drive business growth through new products and services. And, we are committed to safeguarding the Club by protecting it from external threats, providing a secure and resilient technological environment.

The Department

The IT Infrastructure and Platform Operations Department is responsible for the design, implementation, and management of the infrastructure that supports the Club’s IT systems, and leads the Service Management capabilities that ensure the smooth running of these systems.

This department ensures that all technological resources operate efficiently and effectively to support business objectives. Key responsibilities include:

• Design and operate processes and controls that ensure IT service availability, performance, and resilience are aligned with business expectations.
• Manage the 24x7 IT Operations Centre.
• Manage the Club’s exploitation of the public cloud.
• Manage the complete lifecycle of the Club’s IT network and the technology within our data centres.
• Provide the roadmaps, standards, and capabilities that enable our IT infrastructure to remain current (eligible for vendor support) and secure (patched and remediated against CVEs).
• Provide the Club’s colleague collaboration technology suite, including desktop and laptop computers, mobile devices, collaboration tools, carrier contracts, and associated support functions.

The Job

You will:

• Lead brainstorming sessions to develop potential solutions for business needs or problems, incorporating the various views of stakeholders, to be able to form the functional and non-functional boundaries of a solution
• Identify and champion different solutions where technology can support business needs and goals that would not be identified in operationally focused business units
• Develop the blueprints/roadmap/patterns on Technology and Solutions
• Be able to confidently work across Business Units to build, migrate, or consolidate solutions that provide standard business processes across the organisation, to improve efficiency and reduce costs
• Work within the Enterprise Architecture Governance processes, repository and toolset to deliver appropriate documentation such as (but not limited to) schedules, requirements documents, specifications, design documents, and presentations, and also produce regular architectural status reports
• Review new and existing programme/project architecture for compliance with IT standards, policies, and architectural plans.  Also, review IT procurement plans for compliance with IT standards and architectural plans. Document exceptions to architectural standards and mitigate these back to the strategic direction
• Align with assigned Milestone KPIs
• Create and foster a diverse and inclusive culture with trust and respect to attract, develop and retain talents.  Serve as a role model to support cross-team/division/department efforts and model collaborative behaviours.  Inspire the team to bring forward ideas and solutions to empower the people to accelerate business success

About You

You should have:

• University degree in Computer Science or related discipline.  Master's degree preferred
• Certification in TOGAF, Zachman, Gartner EAM, or a related framework is a plus
• Possess more than 8 Years of experience in solution and enterprise architecture development and governance
• Experienced in business planning, budgeting and financial forecasting for IT organisations
• Have demonstrated capability in assessing and implementing new technologies and solutions
• Have demonstrated capability in designing long-term architectural roadmaps, delivering the planned state architecture and the architecture patterns
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of IT industry best practices, technologies, architectures and emerging technologies
• Must be able to influence, advise and present to all levels of the organisation and externally
• Be passionate, enthusiastic and an agent for change
• Fluency in the written and spoken English language
• Has integrity, is trustworthy, dependable, responsible, and accountable
• Is highly driven, self-motivated, with the ability to work independently, and work with other highly talented individuals
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and to thrive in a fast-paced work environment
• Innovative and enthusiastic for new challenges, creative and inventive
• Strong business acumen and analytical skills
• Priority management, problem-solving and decision-making, including providing recommendations on available options
• Leadership, communication, interpersonal and influencing skills with a diverse group of internal and external personnel

Terms of Employment

The level of appointment will be commensurate with qualification and experience.

How to Apply

Please send your resume, complete with expected salary and job reference by clicking the Apply Now button or to:

Fax: 2966-5770

Mail: The Human Resources Department, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, 1 Sports Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong
 

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