Wellington Management offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets. Our investment solutions tailored to the unique return and risk objectives of institutional clients in more than 60 countries draw on a robust body of proprietary research and a collaborative culture that encourages independent thought and healthy debate. As a private partnership we believe our ownership structure fosters a long-term view that aligns our perspectives with those of our clients.
Role Summary
The Manager Global Data & Application Support APAC serves as both a functional leader and the regional Head of Technology for APAC. This role is a player-coach responsible for the day-to-day management and operational support of Global Data & Application services overseeing a team of seven analysts across the addition to leading application and data support the role represents all of Technology within APAC ensuring the global technology strategy is well understood effectively executed and tailored to regional needs. The manager will participate in the Global Technology Leadership Team and act as a bridge between APAC leadership and global technology domains bringing a broad understanding of areas such as security user experience infrastructure workplace technology and application strategy.
The ideal candidate combines deep operational experience with strong regional leadership presence capable of articulating global priorities to APAC executives while elevating regional requirements and perspectives for global consideration.
Key Responsibilities
1) APAC Technology Leadership & Governance
Represent APAC business needs to the Technology Leadership team and in partnership with senior stakeholders champion regional priorities and execution.
Serve as technologys voice in Management Committee APAC Leadership Team and APAC Risk Committee; provide updates to APAC boards regional townhalls and MIC reporting for HK/SG.
Share highlevel updates on global technology strategy (InfoSec Infrastructure Applications Workplace Tech AI); translate strategy into holistic APAC plans with measurable outcomes.
Identify and mitigate gaps where global coverage does not meet regional needs (e.g. Copilot/workplace tech resourcing); drive adoption through newsletters enablement and regional training.
Benchmark against regional peers; provide insights on market/client needs and APACs competitive stance.
2) Stakeholder Management
Build collaborative partnerships with leaders across the Investment Platform and Client Platform; deeply understand business requirements to influence strategy and technology use.
3) People Leadership
Oversee the APAC technology team (20 professionals and growing); coach senior direct/matrix reports across IT Services in APAC.
Motivate and retain talent; advocate for career development stretch assignments and visibility; cultivate knowledge sharing and collaboration.
Maintain strong risk and control discipline; act as the centralized escalation point for APAC technology issues and strengthen connections with business stakeholders across 5 offices.
4) Global Data & Application Support (GDAS) Leadership & Service Excellence
Lead and mentor the APAC team of Application & Data support specialists; align regional teams to global standards and best practices.
Establish and enforce incident problem and change management (ITIL) processes; define and monitor global SLAs; drive automation and efficiency.
Oversee daytoday support for critical frontoffice data and applications spanning Enterprise Batch ABOR IBOR Reference Data & Pricing Trading PostTrade Ops Guideline Monitoring Investor Applications.
Act as primary liaison between IT and business units; deliver clear timely communications to senior leadership on system performance operational risk and remediation.
Coordinate with vendors/third parties for escalations; manage budgets consultant staffing and vendor relationships; supervise and direct employees and consultants.
5) Resilience Incident & Crisis Management
Strengthen crisis/majorincident response and crossregional communications; partner with Enterprise Resilience Risk Legal and Compliance as needed.
Ensure APAC regulatory expectations are understood within technology teams (e.g. Singapore MAS 1hour notification requirements for critical technology disruptions); uphold disciplined reporting across committees/boards.
Qualifications
Required
Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science or related field.
8 years in application support data management or IT operations; 3 years in a leadership role managing regional teams.
Strong knowledge of enterprise applications (ERP CRM BI) and data governance; familiarity with the ITIL framework and service management tooling.
Excellent communication problemsolving and organizational skills.
Resultsoriented leader with a proven record of leading regional and global technology initiatives in complex regulated environments.
Industry understanding of asset managementideally via investment banking or similarcovering markets securities and associated operational functions.
Familiarity with practices around multiasset strategies privates/alternatives distribution and sustainability.
Strong technical acumen (e.g. prime services or frontoffice platform experience); proven oversight of application and support teams aligned to business lines.
Exceptional stakeholder managementable to collaborate negotiate and influence across senior forums and committees.
Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications Thats ok. If you believe that you could excel in this role we encourage you to apply and welcome a chance to review your background. We are dedicated to building and maintaining a diversified workforce and considering a broad array of candidates with a variety of skill workplace experiences and backgrounds.
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