Assistant Manager, Configuration Management Database

AIA Digital+ is a Technology, Digital and Analytics innovation hub dedicated to powering AIA to be more efficient, connected and innovative as it fulfils its Purpose to help millions of people across Asia-Pacific live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives.

If you are hungry and driven to play an active role in shaping a better tomorrow, we want to hear from you. Because the work we do at AIA Digital+ makes a difference in the lives of millions of people, every day. We will equip you with the critical skills, tools and technology, and endless opportunities to learn, contribute and thrive in a dynamic and exciting environment.

If you want to shape a brighter future at AIA Digital+, please read on.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Managing the day-to-day activities of the process, including establishing priorities and work assignments

• Tracking compliance to policies and procedures and resolving or escalating any compliance issues

• Facilitating CM audits

• Reviewing critical incident outage resolution results and responses and dispositions of failed changes due to issues related to the configuration management system (CMS)

• Facilitating communication and engaging business and IT management to encourage CM efforts and value propositions.

• Engaging with strategic projects to ensure configuration management can deliver the required CMS functionality within project timeframes.

• Reviewing and approving all changes to the CMS infrastructure where applicable

• Reviewing and approving significant IT infrastructure changes to ensure impacts to configuration management data are properly addressed.

• Mentoring the organization of CM services, concepts, policies, and procedures

• Chairing the configuration control board (CCB) and enacting changes as directed

• Providing and approving all requirements, use cases, user stories, etc. to support new or improving CMS functionality.

• Reviewing and approving all requests for the administrator log on credentials and access rights to the CMS infrastructure.

• Reviewing and publishing configuration management reporting

• Manage the process strategy and plan in collaboration with the Operational CMDB and Asset Managers

• Identify, recognize and analyze potential CMDB/Asset management process issues from current and historical data.

• Develop a road map to mature the CMDB/Asset management processes.

• Research and propose process, policy, or technology recommendations to align with road map maturity model and strategy.

• Prepare for and participate in control reviews and internal/external audit engagements.

• Utilize ServiceNow to support all process management, reporting, and governance activities.

• Prepare management reports for insight into process performance, adherence to policy and process, and CMDB/Asset management effectiveness.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Apply data health skills across the platform.

• Work with the closely with Group CISO to ensure security and regulatory compliance for all deployed services and solutions to ensure AIA is fully protected and technology is properly controlled.

• Building the process, execution and managing the process end to end. Liaising with all stakeholders internal and external group wide

• Strong background on the ServiceNow Platform and capabilities

• Knowledgeable of industry practices and trends for CMDB and configuration management

• Knowledgeable of cloud infrastructure environments

• Proficient in data model design for CMDB, including the creation of relationships, data flows and conceptual and logical data models, data dictionaries

• Proficient in Service-Now auto-discovery and knowledgeable of the platform’s capabilities to interface with other complementary tools

• Ability to demonstrate independent leadership, judgment, and decision making.

• Ability to adjust to multiple and changing priorities, remaining flexible, open, and collaborative.

• Ability to create and maintain cooperative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.

• Excellent analytical and communication skills to understand business context; and enquire, counsel, and present solutions in an understandable and simple manner.

• Be a self-starter and possess the confidence and skills to operate with and enjoy a high degree of autonomy.

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