Assistant IT Director Senior IT Manager

Applications are invited for appointment as Assistant IT Director / Senior IT Manager in the LKS Faculty of Medicine (Ref.: 536176) (to commence as soon as possible on a three-year fixed-term basis with contract-end gratuity and University contribution to a retirement benefits scheme totalling up to 15% of basic salary with the possibility of renewal subject to funding availability and satisfactory performance)

The Centre for Health AI Research and Translation (CHART) under the LKS Faculty of Medicine is seeking a highly experienced and accomplished IT leader to oversee the Centres technical development and manage its technical team. The appointee will lead the planning development delivery and operation of CHARTs technical platforms and digital solutions ensuring they are robust scalable secure and aligned with the Centres strategic objectives.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the technical team and providing day-to-day supervision guidance and performance management.
• Overseeing the architecture development deployment and maintenance of CHARTs digital platforms applications databases and related infrastructure.
• Ensuring system security reliability performance scalability and compliance with relevant data governance and privacy requirements.
• Driving the technical development of AI digital health and research-support systems from concept to production.
• Translating operational and research needs into practical technical solutions and implementation plans.
• Coordinating technical resources project timelines and deliverables across multiple stakeholders.
• Providing strategic technical input to support the Centres growth and long-term development.
• Managing integration with external systems devices APIs and platforms as required.
• Reviewing and improving development workflows documentation deployment processes and technical standards.
• Presenting progress updates technical proposals and system recommendations to internal and external stakeholders.

Applicants should have:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Information Systems Computer Science Software Engineering or a related discipline. A higher degree would be an advantage.
• At least 10 years of relevant post-qualification experience in technical development system architecture software engineering or related fields.
• Substantial hands-on experience with technical platforms software development system integration databases cloud deployment and production support.
• Proven managerial experience leading a technical team including supervising staff setting priorities allocating work and delivering results.
• Strong record of delivering tangible achievements in technical leadership platform development system implementation or digital transformation.
• Excellent problem-solving communication coordination and project management skills.
• The ability to work independently exercise sound judgment and collaborate effectively with academic clinical and industry partners.

Familiarity with AI digital health research systems and healthcare data environments and experience in ReactJS/ Swift Kotlin PHP MySQL and cloud-based deployment as well as familiarity with AR Unity integration or Web3/NFT platforms would be a strong advantage. Applicants with less experience may be considered for appointment as Senior IT Manager.

A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered in addition to annual leave and medical benefits.

The University only accepts online applications for the above post. Applicants should apply online and upload an up-to-date C.V. Review of applications will start from May 18 2026 and continue until June 3 2026 or until the post is filled whichever is earlier.