AVP, Technical Delivery Manager, Group Technology

United Overseas Bank; Singapore; On-site; SGD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

United Overseas Bank is seeking a Technical Manager to lead the successful execution and delivery of large-scale projects within bank policies and regulatory requirements.

The role involves driving data and design discussions with vendors and technology teams, coordinating multi-vendor delivery, and ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and security standards. Strong communication and stakeholder management are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in banking or financial services.
• Experience in delivering projects in full Software Development Life Cycle / Agile methodologies.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure successful execution and technical delivery of projects within scope, timeline and budget.
• Drive data, design and solution discussions with vendor, technology team and user groups.
• Lead multi-vendor teams to deliver solutions and manage relationships across stakeholders and external parties.
• Provide status updates related to technical delivery to Project Manager.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Self-starter

Independent worker

Ambiguity tolerance

Delivery focus

End-to-end delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

PMP certification

Job description

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the successful execution and technical delivery of projects that meet scope, timeline and budget, in compliance with bank policies and regulatory requirements.
• Drive the data, design and solution discussions with vendor, technology team and user groups.
• Lead multi-vendor teams to successfully deliver solutions, manage multi-vendor teams to work amicably to support the bank’s commitments
• Provide status update related to technical delivery to Project Manager
• Partner with Solution and Enterprise Architects to deliver technical innovations in support of emerging business needs and to progress these ideas from concepts to working solutions
• Partner with Architects and Development Lead to ensure solution design complies with enterprise design principles, security and control standards
• Work with Test manager to formulate comprehensive system test plan aligned with project scope/Change request, quality requirements and targets
• Identify and raise risks and issues affecting the project, including financial or operation and proactively managing them, with timely escalation to relevant parties where necessary.
• Manage relationships across all business lines and with external parties, including escalation, expectation, conflict and scope changes to ensure timely delivery of assigned activities.
• Organise and chair governance meetings, including preparation of meeting materials and minutes.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science / Engineering or other relevant disciplines; PMP certified preferred
• Technical Manager with more than 8 years of relevant experience in banking or financial services industry
• Good and proven fundamental knowledge of regional project implementation for large-scale, multi-interfaces applications
• Experience in delivering projects in full Software Development Life Cycle / Agile methodologies
• A strong and assertive communicator in speaking and writing
• Have good organizational skills and stakeholder management skills, with experience at coordinating multiple stakeholders in a diverse organization
• Be a self-starter, and able to work independently
• Able to work within ambiguity
• Have strong execution ability and able to see end-to-end closure of issues
• Demonstrate good initiative in issue resolution
• Result-oriented person with focus on delivery