Deputy Program Manager - ASIA Data Center
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About This Role
About the job
Join a strategic international transformation program and help drive the relocation of a regional data center in Singapore.
You ensure seamless migration delivery, coordinate stakeholders across Europe and Asia, and contribute to business continuity through strong governance and execution.
Main missions
These responsibilities are jointly shared with ASIADC Program Manager
1. Global Program Strategy & Alignment
Execute the overall data center relocation strategy, leveraging proven experience from European DC programs
Define scope, migration approach, and governance aligned with organizational objectives
Develop and maintain an integrated program roadmap, including migration waves, milestones, and dependencies
Ensure alignment of relocation activities with business continuity and operational requirements
2. Data Center Infrastructure Set-Up
Define and manage the infrastructure deployment roadmap in collaboration with Product and engineering teams
Structure deployment waves, including detailed runbooks, installation sequencing, and cutover planning
Lead the execution of asset deployment, testing, and validation activities, ensuring adherence to schedule and quality standards
Drive and successfully pass stage-gate validations to secure approval for production readiness
3. Migration Planning & Execution
Oversee the inventory, assessment, and dependency mapping of applications, technical services and infrastructure components
Define structured migration waves, including detailed runbooks and cutover strategies
Lead end-to-end migration execution, ensuring compliance with timelines, quality standards, and operational constraints
Establish and validate rollback, fallback, and contingency plans to ensure minimal risk and business disruption
4. Governance & Reporting
Establish global governance with regional execution frameworks
Define KPIs aligned across regions while allowing local adaptation
Deliver executive reporting across different time zones (asynchronous + live sessions)
5. Budget & Resource Management
Monitor and control program expenditures against the approved budget, providing clear analysis and justification for any variances
Anticipate, plan, and coordinate resource contributions from Product teams and Asian entities, ensuring strong alignment with program priorities and timelines, with particular attention to maintaining an effective balance of contributors across Europe and Asia
Expected skills & experience
We are looking for someone with the following experience and skills:
Experience
Degree in IT, Engineering, or a related field, with 8–12+ years of program management experience, including international programs.
Proven track record delivering data center relocations or global infrastructure transformation programs, including experience across EMEA and APAC environments.
Technical skills
Expertise in IT Infrastructure Transformation.
Strong experience in Global Program Delivery across multi-region and multi-time-zone environments.
Experience defining and managing Migration Roadmaps, Migration Waves, and Governance Frameworks.
Knowledge of Regulatory Compliance, Data Protection Requirements, and business continuity considerations within migration programs.
Soft skills / transversal skills
Strong leadership and virtual team management capabilities.
Excellent remote coordination skills across international stakeholders and time zones.
Ability to manage complex dependencies across distributed systems.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across culturally diverse environments.
Strong planning, governance, and organizational skills with a focus on execution excellence.
What we offer
We bring together the expertise, cultural diversity and creativity of over 8,000 employees worldwide and we’re committed to equal opportunities in all aspects of employment (gender, LGBT+, disabled persons, or people of different origins) and to promoting Diversity & Inclusion by creating a work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect, and where individual differences are valued.
About the entity
AXA is becoming a sustainable tech-led company and at AXA Group Operations we are one of the major catalysts for this transformation.
We set the tone by triggering and empowering the evolution of our insurance business model through technology and innovation, driving its concrete implementation globally at speed, with a high quality of advisory and execution.
We are present across 17 countries with committed, highly qualified teams. We leverage technology, data, sourcing, security and investment allocation in a global way, but also achieve economies of scale and synergies when necessary.
At AXA Group Operations, we want to be recognized in three fields of action:
State-of-the-art Data Technology to drive customer experience
State-of-the-art Procurement & Sourcing to drive efficiency and better manage risks
High-Performing Global Team for stronger partnerships with AXA entities
About AXA
As a world-leading insurance company, we act for human progress by protecting what matters. With 153,000 employees in 54 countries working for 105 million customers, we’ve created a truly dynamic and vibrant community. Inclusion and diversity link closely with our values, and together we’re nurturing a culture of respect, for each other, for our customers and the communities around us. Join AXA and you’ll feel like you belong, are included and can thrive. You’ll be able to shape the way you work and truly grow your potential as you seek out new opportunities, push boundaries and benefit people in critical moments of their lives. This is your chance to build the tomorrow you want. Know you can.
