Chief Technology Officer

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the technology strategy, architecture roadmap and technology investment priorities.
• Lead software engineering across architecture, development, QA, DevOps, cloud infrastructure and release management.
• Drive modern engineering practices including cloud-native architecture, microservices, Kubernetes, CI/CD, automation and observability.
• Provide technology leadership for client projects, solution architecture, pre-sales, RFP/RFQ responses and technical proposals.
• Lead the company’s AI, data and automation strategy, taking use cases from POC through to production.
• Build and scale a high-performing engineering, architecture and data organisation.
• Manage technology budgets, vendors, cloud spend, engineering KPIs and overall delivery efficiency.
• Own technology security, cyber resilience, business continuity, disaster recovery and compliance.
• Ensure alignment with PDPA, ISO/IEC 27001 and relevant industry or regulatory requirements.
• Act as a trusted technology advisor to C-level clients, partners and the Board.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT or a related field.
• 20–25 years of technology experience, with at least 7–10 years in senior technology leadership.
• Proven experience building and scaling engineering teams of 40+ professionals.
• Strong technical background in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP), APIs, microservices, containers/Kubernetes and modern software engineering.
• Experience delivering enterprise technology projects and/or commercial software products, including solution architecture and pre-sales.
• Proven experience delivering AI/ML, generative AI or data platforms into production.
• Strong commercial, budgeting, vendor management and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication skills in English and Bahasa Malaysia, with the ability to engage C-level stakeholders and Board members.