The Role
The incumbent will lead and establish development strategy and requisite operational and capabilities building plan. He/she will be responsible for embedding robust technical development, project management, people capabilities, policies and procedures, key controls, and governance to support delivery of System Integration & Network (SI&NW) department’s agenda. The incumbent will provide consultation and solution to SMBC IT as Head of System Development teams, discussing with PIC in SMBC IT Dept, he/she will craft a high-level IT strategy and relevant IT project plan as an IT business partner.
Job Responsibilities
- Define mid to long-term strategy and implement roadmap of development capabilities for JRI Singapore (JRIS) in supporting SMBC’s digitalization agenda.
- Translate strategy into actionable goals for performance and growth to achieve JRIS set goals, performance management and meet annual operating plan.
- Optimize and develop internal and external resources to maximize outcome.
- Oversee department-wide initiatives, identify challenges and root cause of issues, propose solutions to resolve issues.
- Oversee the transformation agenda; continuously improve its efficiency and alignment to SMBC Group’s values.
- Provide strategic leadership and manage the development teams, establish and drive execution with strong operational plans; ensure BAU deliverables, financial management, people capabilities, policies and procedures, key controls and governance are in place.
- Provide support to management in setting strategic direction, leadership and management of operational activities and ensuring development requirements of SMBC are met.
- Lead negotiations with external vendors and suppliers to ensure expected service deliverables are met at optimal cost.
- Align and forge collaboration across SI&NW teams through established performance management routines, measures and operating rhythm.
- Accountable for driving cost savings and digitalization strategy.
- Build a high-performance values-driven culture amongst the development teams to support SI&NW department’s agenda.
- Lead the leadership team towards development and delivery of strategic priorities for SI&NW department.
- Provide leadership to Team Heads, ensuring team heads/leads are motivated and equipped with skills and resources to manage their teams respectively.
- Oversee hiring, training and coaching of mid-junior level managers.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, with good command of English both verbal and written.
- Min. 10 years’ experience in managing IT departments in financial institutions.
- Experience in managing large scale IT projects, experience in implementing IT strategies a plus.
- Possess knowledge and experience in managing software development life cycle, change management, service delivery management and vendor management.
- Experience in development/supporting remittance and/or payment system is a plus.
- Proven track record of successful deliveries and record of career growing through the ranks.
- Familiar with industry best practices, experience in managing and supervising a sizable workforce (multiple teams with total staff strength of 50 and above)
- Technical background with a good understanding of SDLC cycle.
- PMP/Agile Certified preferred
- Strong leadership, planning and organizational skills.
- Effective communication with strong negotiation and presentation skills.
- Strong problem and conflict management skills.
- Strong stakeholders’ management skills across diverse workforce segments and Asia markets.
- Ability to work in a fast-moving work environment.
- A detailed oriented manager who can think out of the box.
