Digital Director, APAC

About the company

EDP APAC is the main subsidiary of EDP Group, a global leader in the renewable energy sector and one of the world’s largest wind producers. With its headquarters in Singapore, EDP APAC is the leading sustainable development hub for the Asia Pacific region with activities across nine different markets. Our activities are focused on the design, development, management, and operation of renewable energy sources, namely solar, wind, as well as new technologies such as storage.

EDP is a global energy group leading the Energy Transition, Innovation and Sustainability. Using the technology of the future, we create solutions highly focused on the needs of our people and our customers, never neglecting our role and contributions to society. To achieve our goals, we aim to attract diverse people with high potential through the professional opportunities we create.

Join us to be part of a renewable energy leader that reinvests in society through sustainable projects and social as well as cultural causes. You will have the opportunity to actively participate in our global transformation, by changing tomorrow now.

Your tasks

• Set the APAC direction and multi-year roadmapfor Digital IT/IoT solution management, translating business priorities into agoverned portfolio of scalable products, platforms and projects.
• Lead cross-functional programmes and complextechnology projects from business case and architecture through delivery,transition to operations and benefits realisation.
• Provide management oversight for softwaredevelopment and application maintenance, ensuring secure engineering,disciplined release management, service continuity and lifecycle optimisation.
• Act as the senior regional interface forbusiness leaders, global DGU teams, architecture, cybersecurity, data,infrastructure, auditors and strategic vendors.
• Balance innovation, speed, cost, risk andoperational resilience while ensuring alignment with EDP digital strategy,Reference Architecture and control requirements.

Digital Strategy, Portfolio &Demand Management

• Own the regional Digital IT/IoT solutionportfolio and roadmap, prioritising investments against business value,strategic alignment, risk, capacity and total cost of ownership.
• Lead demand intake, discovery, feasibilityassessment, business case development and portfolio governance, providing clearrecommendations and decision papers to senior stakeholders.
• Define portfolio KPIs, delivery healthindicators, service measures and value-realisation tracking; intervene whereoutcomes, timelines, quality or cost are at risk.

Programme & ProjectManagement

• Lead multiple concurrent programmes andprojects across APAC, establishing scope, governance, delivery plans, budgets,resourcing, dependencies, risks, controls and stakeholder communications.
• Apply fit-for-purpose delivery methodsincluding Agile, DevSecOps, hybrid and waterfall, and ensure quality gates fromdesign through deployment and operational handover.
• Chair steering and governance forums, manageescalations and drive decisions across business, technology, vendors and globalteams.
• Ensure structured change management,adoption, training, documentation, benefit tracking and post-implementationreview.

Software Development Oversight& Management

• Provide end-to-end oversight of internal andoutsourced software development, covering solution design, engineeringstandards, backlog management, coding quality, testing, security, release anddeployment.
• Establish and monitor software developmentlifecycle controls, DevSecOps practices, CI/CD, source-code management, testautomation, technical documentation and environment governance.
• Guide product owners, architects, developersand delivery partners to build secure, reusable, supportable and scalablesolutions aligned with Reference Architecture.
• Oversee technical debt, applicationrationalisation, upgrade paths and modernisation plans; ensure developmentcapacity is directed to the highest-value outcomes.

Application Maintenance &Service Management

• Own governance of application support andmaintenance across the assigned portfolio, including incident, request,problem, change, release, availability, continuity and capacity management.
• Define service models, support tiers, SLAs,OLAs and KPIs; monitor performance, recurring issues, vulnerabilityremediation, patching, obsolescence and end-of-life risks.
• Ensure effective transition from project tooperations, with clear ownership, runbooks, knowledge transfer, monitoring,support readiness and disaster recovery arrangements.
• Drive service improvement, automation, costoptimisation and root-cause elimination while protecting business continuityand user experience.

Architecture, Cloud, Data &IoT Enablement

• Promote and govern the application of EDPReference Architectures, engineering standards, integration patterns andapproved technology platforms.
• Lead solution option assessments andarchitecture decisions across Azure, AWS, SaaS, IoT, data platforms, APIs andhybrid environments.
• Oversee identification and integration ofdata and IoT sources that enrich the EDPR Sunseap Corporate Datalake, ensuringdata quality, security, governance and business relevance.
• Provide governance for Datalake performance,lifecycle, access, cost and alignment with strategic data initiatives.

Risk, Cybersecurity, Compliance& Controls

• Embed security, privacy, resilience and auditrequirements throughout the solution and software lifecycle, in partnershipwith relevant control functions.
• Act as the lead point of contact fortechnology audits and control reviews, ensuring timely remediation andsustainable closure of findings.
• Maintain visibility of operational, delivery,supplier, architecture and obsolescence risks and ensure appropriate mitigationand escalation.

Vendor, Commercial &Financial Management

• Lead strategic vendors and delivery partnersacross selection, contracting, mobilisation, performance management, servicereviews, renewals and exit planning.
• Own or influence budgets, forecasts and costcontrols for the portfolio, applying FinOps and capacity-management principlesto improve cloud and application economics.
• Challenge estimates, commercial proposals andresource plans; ensure accountability for quality, delivery, knowledge transferand contractual outcomes.

Leadership & CapabilityDevelopment

• Provide functional leadership tomultidisciplinary internal and external teams, setting priorities, clarifyingaccountability and fostering collaboration across countries and functions.
• Coach project managers, product owners,architects, developers and service leads; build regional capability, successioncoverage and communities of practice.
• Create an inclusive, high-accountabilityculture focused on stewardship, innovation, operational excellence andmeasurable business outcomes.

Requirements

• Typically 8 ormore years of progressive experience in IT, digital, software, cloud, IoT, dataor solution delivery, including significant responsibility for complex projectsand production services.
• Demonstrated experience leading programmes ora portfolio of technology initiatives across multiple functions, countries andstakeholder groups.
• Strong track record overseeing softwaredevelopment and application maintenance, including internal teams andoutsourced delivery partners.
• Experience in vendor, contract, SLA, budget,risk and service management, with accountability for delivery and operationaloutcomes.
• Experience in the Energy & Utilitiessector and in a global or matrix organisation is valued.
• Cloud platformsand services, particularly Microsoft Azure and AWS, including PaaS, IaaS, SaaS,cloud security and hybrid-cloud patterns.
• IoT platforms and integration, includingAzure IoT, event-driven architectures, device/data ingestion and operationaltechnology interfaces.
• Software engineering and SDLC governanceacross Java, JavaScript, .NET and Python; APIs, microservices, CI/CD, automatedtesting, secure coding and DevSecOps.
• Data technologies including Oracle, MS SQL,MySQL, PostgreSQL, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Data Lakes, Azure Functions, Event Huband Stream Analytics.
• IT service management practices coveringincident, problem, change, release, configuration, availability, continuity,capacity and service-level management.
• Infrastructure and security fundamentalsacross VMware, Linux, Windows Server, LAN/WAN/Wireless, firewalls, loadbalancers, VPN, ExpressRoute and SD-WAN.
• Programme and project governance, financialmanagement, resource planning, benefits realisation and organisational changemanagement.

Strategicthinking with the ability to translate business priorities into executabledigital and technology roadmaps.

• Strong programme leadership, decision-makingand delivery discipline across complex and ambiguous environments.
• Executive-level stakeholder management andcommunication, with the ability to translate technical topics into businessimpact, options and risk.
• Commercial acumen and confidence managingvendors, budgets, contracts and performance commitments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving andrisk-management capability, with attention to quality, controls and operationalresilience.
• Ability to lead through influence in a globalmatrix and develop high-performing multidisciplinary teams.
• Alignment with EDP values of stewardship,collaboration, innovation and excellence.

What we offer

When you join EDP APAC, you will have access to:

• Professional experience in a leading global company in the renewables industry with flexible work conditions
• Recognition through remuneration compatible with the role and other additional benefits
• Opportunities for personal and professional development, e.g. cross-cutting projects, mobilities and volunteering

Other

About EDP Group As a socially responsible company, we incorporate our values and practices with the principles of Diversity and Inclusion. To achieve all our objectives, we intend to attract, develop and retain different profiles, assuming diversity as a key factor and differentiator of fundamental innovation in our organisation. We welcome and value all people, and we are committed to the inclusion and sense of belonging of each person who is part of the EDP Group.