A leading listed enterprise in Hong Kong is seeking an experienced IT Manager specialising in Cloud Infrastructure and Digital Transformation. You will spearhead group-wide modernisation, migrating legacy systems to AWS/Azure environments. This permanent role offers an exciting opportunity to lead agile multi-disciplinary teams and drive robust technical governance across global operations.
about the company.
Our client is a highly respected, listed enterprise in Hong Kong. Renowned for their market stability and forward-thinking corporate vision, they are currently undergoing an aggressive, group-wide digital evolution. This is an exciting opportunity to modernise legacy operations, champion cutting-edge technologies, and establish an agile, data-driven platform for the group's future growth.
about the team.
Reporting directly to the Head of Digital Transformation, you will lead a high-performing, multi-disciplinary team spanning IT Operations, Infrastructure, and Application Support. This role sits at the intersection of stable core IT delivery and forward-looking digital innovation.
about the job.
As an all-rounded IT Manager, you will balance robust operational governance with a proactive drive to adopt new technologies. Your key responsibilities will include:
- Leading a specialised team to accelerate modern agile delivery models and foster a culture of continuous tech learning and adoption across the group.
- Designing and executing enterprise-wide data centre-to-cloud migration strategies utilising Azure and AWS platforms.
- Provisioning and governing secure, high-performance data infrastructure (compute, storage, and connectivity) required to support enterprise analytics, data pipelines, and emerging AI workloads.
- Serving as the operational lead for major enterprise application upgrades, ensuring core ERP migrations seamlessly integrate with modern cloud environments.
- Eliminating legacy bottlenecks by aggressively championing Automation-as-a-Service, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), containerisation, and self-service environment provisioning.
- Overseeing strict IT service standards, incident response protocols, and tight patch-management discipline across all corporate offices, branches, and remote sites.
- Partnering with the Procurement team to negotiate and govern high-value Enterprise Agreements (EA), hardware lifecycles, and Managed Service Provider (MSP) contracts to maximise ROI.
- Managing the group’s IT OPEX and CAPEX budgets while proactively identifying cost-consolidation and automated efficiency opportunities.
skills & experience required.
We are looking for a tech-curious, proactive leader who loves exploring new solutions and challenging the status quo.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in IT operations, infrastructure, applications, or IT service management within a mid-to-large enterprise.
- Minimum 4 years of experience leading multi-disciplinary teams across traditional support, application management, and agile/transformation engineering.
- A proven track record of taking independent initiative to learn new technologies, re-engineer workflows, and champion digital transformation.
- Demonstrated ability to execute complex, high-risk operational projects (e.g., large-scale site consolidations or zero-downtime migrations) with flawless execution.
- Hands-on experience leading and executing actual data centre-to-cloud migrations within Azure or AWS environments.
- Strong technical grip on Microsoft 365 governance, enterprise networking (e.g., SD-WAN), and modern cybersecurity architectures (e.g., SASE, EDR, Zscaler, SentinelOne).
- Deep familiarity with ITIL frameworks coupled with a strong operational grasp of Agile, DevOps, and automated IT service delivery models.
- Excellent stakeholder communication skills, with fluency in written and spoken English and Cantonese.
- Experience operating within complex multi-branch, multi-site, heavy industry, or engineering environments is highly advantageous.
If you are interested in this role, please click 'Apply Now' or send your CV directly to allison.lin@randstad.com.hk.
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