Digital Banking Transformation Lead

United Overseas Bank Limited; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 380,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is seeking an experienced technology leader to drive Digital Banking delivery in Malaysia, steering large-scale transformation programs across Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, and onboarding platforms.

You will oversee multi-disciplinary teams, ensure on-time delivery, manage budgets, and align with regulatory standards while advancing modern, cloud-enabled banking capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 15 years in technology delivery, software engineering or digital transformation in banking/financial services.
• Minimum 7 years leading large technology delivery teams.
• Proven experience delivering Digital Banking solutions (Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, Digital Onboarding, Payments, Customer Self-Service).
• Strong understanding of Digital Banking processes, customer journeys and banking ecosystems.
• Experience leading large-scale transformation, migration, modernization, or platform upgrades.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery and support of Digital Banking platforms (Internet & Mobile Banking, Digital Onboarding, Payments, Self-Service).
• Ensure projects, Change Requests, and incidents are delivered on time, within budget, with high quality.
• Partner with Business, Product Owners, Architects and Tech teams to define priorities and outcomes.
• Drive technology strategy, solution design, and modernization initiatives for digital transformation.
• Manage cross-functional teams across development, testing, DevOps, production support, and vendors.
• Ensure compliance with standards, architecture, security, and regulatory guidelines.
• Oversee governance, delivery performance, risk management and stakeholder communications.
• Promote Agile, DevOps, automation, and engineering best practices to improve delivery and customer experience.

Skills

Digital Banking

Program Management

Stakeholder Management

Agile Delivery

DevOps

Cloud Platforms

Open Banking

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Jenkins

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Job description

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is seeking an experienced technology leader to drive Digital Banking delivery in Malaysia, steering large-scale transformation programs across Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, and onboarding platforms.

You will oversee multi-disciplinary teams, ensure on-time delivery, manage budgets, and align with regulatory standards while advancing modern, cloud-enabled banking capabilities.