Application Operations Manager (Core Insurance Systems)

Application Operations Manager (Core Insurance Systems)

Bangkok | THB 100,000 - THB 130,000 | Permanent

Published: 05.11.26 Ref:

About the Role & Opportunity Cathcart Technology is partnering with a well-established insurance company in Bangkok. They are looking for an Application Operations Manager to lead the stability and continuous improvement of their core insurance applications. The role is hands-on and covers application operations, incident leadership, vendor and budget management, and team development. It also supports the function’s growth in cloud and data capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

  • Running day-to-day application operations and production support for core insurance systems, keeping them stable, performant and continuously improving
  • Leading incident management end to end, from technical escalations to root cause analysis and long-term resolution
  • Overseeing application releases, configuration changes and deployment practices to minimise downtime and business impact
  • Monitoring application and database performance and driving improvements with internal teams and vendors
  • Partnering with development teams and external vendors on integrations, upgrades and handovers into production
  • Supporting Azure-hosted workloads and the move towards modern data services
  • Managing vendor relationships, SLAs, contracts and the department budget
  • Leading and developing an application operations team of 4–5, building capability across the team
  • Contributing to the application architecture direction and roadmap with senior IT leadership

What they’re looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
  • 10+ years of experience in application operations, application support or IT operations, including team leadership
  • Proven experience leading incident management for business-critical production systems
  • Strong hands-on knowledge of Azure, production support and databases
  • Experience managing vendors, budgets and technical teams
  • Strong stakeholder communication skills, including working with regional counterparts
  • Insurance experience is highly preferred; candidates from financial services or related industries are welcome
  • Cloud, Security or ITIL certifications are an advantage
  • Good communication skills in Thai and English

If you are an experienced application operations leader looking to take ownership of core insurance systems, we would be glad to hear from you. Please contact Cathcart Technology at 02-038-5878 for further information.

Skills
Production Support Enterprise App Incident Management
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