AVP, Solutioning Lead (Business Analyst), Workflow & Automation

SMBC Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

SMBC Group in Singapore seeks a Solution Lead and platform owner for Traystream and related digital trade platforms. You will drive platform strategy, roadmap, and delivery, coordinating across architecture, security, and operations to deliver scalable, secure solutions.

You will partner with Product Owners and stakeholders to define capabilities and governance, lead requirements, and manage end-to-end delivery of enhancements, integrations, and workflow automation in a dynamic banking

Qualifications

• 10+ years in IT Solution Delivery or Business Analysis within Banking or Financial Services.
• Proven experience leading enterprise platform delivery, application modernization, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Hands-on experience with Traystream, trade workflow platforms, or digital trade solutions.
• Strong understanding of platform architecture, system integration, API-based connectivity, workflow orchestration, document digitization, and enterprise application design.
• Experience managing end-to-end solution delivery, including requirements gathering, solution design, project planning, testing, implementation, and post-production support.
• Experience managing third-party vendors and coordinating offshore development and support teams.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills with the ability to influence business and technology stakeholders at all levels.
• Good understanding of trade processing and transaction banking workflows would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Solution Lead and platform owner for Traystream and related digital trade platforms, driving platform strategy, roadmap, solution architecture, and delivery execution.
• Partner with Product Owners, business stakeholders, and transformation teams to define platform capabilities, target operating models, and digitalization opportunities.
• Lead requirements discovery, solution design, and implementation activities for enhancements, integrations, workflow automation, and platform modernization initiatives.
• Work closely with business stakeholders, Engineering, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and vendor teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and secure platform solutions.
• Drive end-to-end delivery of Traystream initiatives, including platform upgrades, new capability enablement, process automation, workflow optimization, and ecosystem integration with EPIX Trade & future Trade Finance platform
• Lead integration initiatives involving internal banking systems, document management platforms, workflow engines, API services, SWIFT connectivity, and external trade ecosystem partners.
• Establish platform governance, release management, change management, and delivery best practices to ensure platform stability and continuous improvement.
• Manage project planning, resource estimation, budget planning, roadmap management, and delivery governance across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Proactively manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and vendor deliverables to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Support preparation of business cases, funding requests, project charters, and management reports for governance and executive review.
• Engage and communicate regularly with senior stakeholders, ensuring transparency of delivery progress, platform performance, risks, and strategic priorities.
• Act as the central point of coordination between business users, operations teams, technology teams, and external vendors throughout the solution lifecycle.

Skills

Platform ownership

Solution delivery

Stakeholder management

Digital trade domain knowledge

Communication skills

Vendor management

Tools

Traystream

API services

SWIFT connectivity

Job description

Job Responsibilities

• Serve as the Solution Lead and platform owner for Traystream and related digital trade platforms, driving platform strategy, roadmap, solution architecture, and delivery execution.
• Partner with Product Owners, business stakeholders, and transformation teams to define platform capabilities, target operating models, and digitalization opportunities.
• Lead requirements discovery, solution design, and implementation activities for enhancements, integrations, workflow automation, and platform modernization initiatives.
• Work closely with business stakeholders, Engineering, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and vendor teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and secure platform solutions.
• Drive end-to-end delivery of Traystream initiatives, including platform upgrades, new capability enablement, process automation, workflow optimization, and ecosystem integration with EPIX Trade & future Trade Finance platform
• Lead integration initiatives involving internal banking systems, document management platforms, workflow engines, API services, SWIFT connectivity, and external trade ecosystem partners.
• Establish platform governance, release management, change management, and delivery best practices to ensure platform stability and continuous improvement.
• Manage project planning, resource estimation, budget planning, roadmap management, and delivery governance across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Proactively manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and vendor deliverables to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Support preparation of business cases, funding requests, project charters, and management reports for governance and executive review.
• Engage and communicate regularly with senior stakeholders, ensuring transparency of delivery progress, platform performance, risks, and strategic priorities.
• Act as the central point of coordination between business users, operations teams, technology teams, and external vendors throughout the solution lifecycle.

Job Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of experience in IT Solution Delivery or Business Analysis within Banking or Financial Services.
• Proven experience leading enterprise platform delivery, application modernization, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Hands-on experience with Traystream, trade workflow platforms, or digital trade solutions
• Strong understanding of platform architecture, system integration, API-based connectivity, workflow orchestration, document digitization, and enterprise application design.
• Experience managing end-to-end solution delivery, including requirements gathering, solution design, project planning, testing, implementation, and post-production support.
• Experience managing third-party vendors and coordinating offshore development and support teams.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills with the ability to influence business and technology stakeholders at all levels.
• Good understanding of trade processing and transaction banking workflows would be advantageous.