AVP, Technical Delivery Manager, Group Technology

UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED is seeking a Technical Manager to lead the successful execution and delivery of complex banking projects, ensuring scope, schedule and budget adherence while meeting regulatory requirements.

You will drive data, design and solution discussions with vendors, technology teams and user groups, coordinating multi-vendor efforts to deliver working solutions and maintain governance. The role requires strong leadership, communication and delivery focus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent.
• PMP certification preferred for senior delivery roles.

Responsibilities

• Ensure successful execution and delivery of projects within scope, timeline and budget.
• Lead multi-vendor teams and coordinate stakeholders to meet commitments.
• Provide status updates to the Project Manager and steering/governance meetings.
• Partner with Solution/Enterprise Architects to deliver innovative solutions and align with enterprise standards.
• Collaborate with Architects and Development Lead to ensure design complies with security and control standards.
• Identify and manage risks and issues, with timely escalation when needed.
• Maintain stakeholder relationships across business lines and external parties to ensure timely delivery.

Skills

Strong communication

Stakeholder management

Delivery focus

Self-starter

Ambiguity tolerance

Education

Bachelor degree in Computer Science / Engineering

PMP certification preferred

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