Client Executive - Banking Group (Global)

NTT; Kuala Selangor; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA in Malaysia seeks a Client Executive for the Banking Group (Global) to grow the strategic relationship with Banking, engaging senior leadership, translating priorities into high‑value transformation opportunities and driving AI, cloud and modernization programs.

The CE will work with cross‑functional teams to shape opportunities, position NTT DATA as a strategic transformation partner, and lead executive workshops and strategic discussions with Banking leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience engaging senior Banking executives across business and technology.
• Ability to translate priorities into high-value transformation opportunities for the bank and for NTT DATA.
• Familiarity with data, AI, cloud, security and modernization in financial services.

Responsibilities

• Own the Banking Group relationship globally with senior commercial leadership.
• Create strategic demand and shape transformation agendas early.
• Drive data & AI opportunities across enterprise AI strategy and governance.
• Develop cloud & modernization opportunities including hybrid/multi-cloud strategies.
• Lead advisory-led engagements and open strategic conversations with Banking leadership.
• Coordinate with solution teams to build business cases and revenue.

Skills

Strategic client leadership

Generative AI & Agentic AI

Cloud & cloud-native transformation

Data & AI capabilities

Job description

Client Executive - Banking Group (Global)

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Role Purpose

The Client Executive (CE) will have overall responsibility for developing and growing NTT DATA’s strategic relationship with Banking Group globally.

This is not primarily an infrastructure sales role. The CE is expected to engage Banking ’s senior business and technology leadership, understand the bank’s strategic priorities, and translate those priorities into high-value transformation opportunities for NTT DATA.

The role will place particular emphasis on:

Strategic and technology advisory

Generative AI and Agentic AI

Cloud and cloud-native transformation

Application and digital modernization

Automation and intelligent operations

Cybersecurity and resilience where relevant to transformation

Business and technology transformation

A separate Client Manager will support the account for core infrastructure solutions and services, allowing the CE to concentrate on executive engagement, strategic opportunities and higher-value solutions.

The CE should ultimately position NTT DATA not simply as an IT service provider to Banking , but as a strategic transformation partner.

Key Responsibilities

Role Purpose

The Client Executive (CE) will have overall responsibility for developing and growing NTT DATA’s strategic relationship with Banking Group globally.

This is not primarily an infrastructure sales role. The CE is expected to engage Banking ’s senior business and technology leadership, understand the bank’s strategic priorities, and translate those priorities into high-value transformation opportunities for NTT DATA.

The role will place particular emphasis on:

• Strategic and technology advisory

• Data, Analytics & Artificial Intelligence

• Generative AI and Agentic AI

• Cloud and cloud-native transformation

• Application and digital modernization

• Automation and intelligent operations

• Cybersecurity and resilience where relevant to transformation

• Business and technology transformation

A separate Client Manager will support the account for core infrastructure solutions and services, allowing the CE to concentrate on executive engagement, strategic opportunities and higher-value solutions.

The CE should ultimately position NTT DATA not simply as an IT service provider to Banking , but as a strategic transformation partner.

Key Responsibilities

1. Own the Banking Group Relationship Globally

• Act as the senior commercial leader for the Banking relationship across the Group and its major markets.

• Develop trusted relationships with senior Banking executives across business and technology.

• Build relationships beyond traditional IT procurement and infrastructure stakeholders.

• Establish access to C-level and C-1 executives, including technology, digital, data, operations and relevant business leadership.

• Understand Banking ’s strategic agenda, investment priorities and transformation roadmap.

• Coordinate NTT DATA’s engagement with Banking across countries and business entities.

• Maintain an integrated global account strategy and stakeholder map.

2. Create Strategic Demand

A critical measure of success is the CE’s ability to create opportunities before they become formal RFPs.

• Identify business and technology challenges that NTT DATA can help solve.

• Develop transformation propositions jointly with NTT DATA consulting and technology specialists.

• Bring relevant global banking perspectives, benchmarks and innovation to Banking .

• Facilitate executive workshops and strategic discussions.

• Shape transformation programs at an early stage.

• Build business cases and value propositions together with solution teams.

• Convert strategic conversations into qualified opportunities and ultimately revenue.

• The CE should actively move the relationship from responding to RFPs, to shaping opportunities, to co-creating transformation agendas.

3. Drive Data & AI Opportunities

Data and AI should be one of the CE’s principal growth areas. The CE should work with NTT DATA’s global Data & AI capabilities to identify opportunities such as:

• Enterprise AI strategy and operating models

• Generative AI and Agentic AI

• Enterprise data platforms

• Data modernization

• AI-enabled customer experience

• AI-enabled banking operations

• Intelligent automation

• Fraud and financial crime analytics

• Risk and credit analytics

• AI-enabled software engineering

• AI governance, responsible AI and model governance

• Enterprise knowledge and productivity solutions

• The CE does not need to be the technical architect but must have sufficient understanding to engage credibly with senior banking executives and connect their business priorities to NTT DATA capabilities.

4. Develop Cloud & Modernization Opportunities

Identify and develop strategic opportunities around:

• Cloud strategy and transformation

• Hybrid and multi-cloud architecture

• Cloud migration and modernization

• Application modernization

• Cloud-native development

• Platform engineering

• DevSecOps

• FinOps

• Cloud operating models

• Resilience and regulatory requirements for financial services

• The CE should be capable of positioning cloud as part of a broader business and technology transformation agenda, rather than simply infrastructure migration.

5. Lead Advisory-Led Engagement

Use NTT DATA’s consulting and advisory capabilities to open strategic conversations. Potential engagements may include:

• Technology strategy