Digital Hub Kuala Lumpur attracts, inspire and develop diverse talents who will elevate BASF's digital journey.As one of the world's largest chemical companies, BASF is on a mission to create chemistry with a sustainable future.The Digital Hub Kuala Lumpur, alongside four other Digital Hubs across the globe are part of the technology powerhouse driving our vision.Join our organization and make an impact in an inclusive and diverse work environment.We value individual differences and provide opportunities for you to contribute your unique perspective towards our collective goals.Objectives of the Position We are looking for an experienced digital manager with a strong project and portfolio management skills, technical enterprise architecture and vendor management background, to continuously optimize IT landscape of BASF Agricultural Solutions Asia team The role will ensure IT demand management & project approval process in the region is aligned globally and running smoothly.The role will map out consolidated business needs and capabilities into global IT portfolio (also referred to as digital product family) and define region-specific portfolio roadmap, to constantly optimize IT total cost of ownership The role will partner with and steer IT delivery unit, to ensure a smooth ongoing operation and execution according to roadmap priorities in the region The role will be an integral part of regional digital excellence unit in Agricultural Solutions Asia, and at the same time reporting functionally to the Head of Global Agricultural Solutions IT Portfolio Group Main Tasks Manage existing vendors to ensure a smooth and optimized service level delivery, working closely with procurement and contract management team Accountable for all Agricultural Solutions Asia IT & Digital solutions (also referred to as digital product family), with respect to strategic development, business outcomes & budgeting, in full alignment with regional business needs Prepare, define & position business-driven, forward-thinking and compliant regional Digital solution roadmap (also referred to as digital product family roadmap) as an integral part of global roadmap, collaborating closely with Enterprise Architect team Responsible for business partnership, demand management & prioritization prior to Digital investment portfolio board prioritization, manage & steer project approval process in the region, with full global alignment Responsible for steering and leading a community practice of digital product owners in Asia, disseminating best practices, use digital as enabler to drive efficiencies and synergies across countries Provide an overview of existing digital solutions within the team and maintain the life cycle of the solutions with quantifiable KPIs of progress and business impact (in collaboration with defined digital product owners) Requirements Education Bachelor Degree in Computer Science / or Business Technology related discipline Working Experience Min.10 years professional experience in IT lifecycle management / enterprise architecture / data management, implemented enterprise-grade IT projects & initiatives and business partnering e.g.experienced in managing enterprise IT data / landscape complexity and continuously optimizing them with the latest relevant technology trends.Certified in TOGAF is preferred.Technical & Professional Knowledge Highly proficient in modular IT enterprise & data architecture design spanning multiple platforms Highly proficient to scale platform implementation, and enterprise-grade data management practices (technical security, data governance and compliance practices) Highly proficient in agile methodology & scrum & devops approach in MNC setup, has done either a 'Scrum Master', 'product owner' or 'developer' role before Proficient in data processing technologies, provisioning data services using Microsoft data management-related products, Azure cloud infrastructure (Excel, Power Query, Power BI, Synapse, DataBricks, Purview, SQL, etc) and Azure Data Factory (2nd gen onwards) Preferred experience in strong working experience in MNCs setup, with cross-collaboration between multi-disciplinary teams virtually across multiple time zones Preferred experience in the agriculture / agronomics industry (i.e.sales operations, digital farming with drones, precision farming, agronomics data platform) or, other B2C business Familiar in full stack development (e.g.HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python), use of serverless technologies, containers, automated deployment tools, code repository / testing tools like GitHub or Microsoft DevOps Toolset Additionally preferred: Cloud certification e.g.Azure cloud components, Agile / Scrum certifications Soft-skill Required Digitally-savvy, innovative, highly passionate on new technology offerings, highly perceptive of what's new in the technology space and its relevance to bring business value Proven communication, change management skill in matrixed and virtual teams Demonstrate a continuous learning, continuous improvement mindset Strong communicator to bring team together, ability to synthesize complexity, translate strategy into actionable measures Demonstrate a high discipline to complete tasks within project team timelines At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future.We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility.Around 112,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world.Our portfolio comprises six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions.BASF generated sales of €68.9 billion in 2023.BASF is committed to empowering its employees to pursue their interests and explore emerging technologies.By investing in top-quality tools and promoting cross-functional collaboration, we encourage our team members to drive positive change within our organization.Come join us and be a part of our digitalization journey.Further Information at
