AVP/VP/ED - Strategy, Commercial Banking

OCBC Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Flexible benefits

Professional development

Community initiatives

Job summary

OCBC Bank in Singapore seeks a strategic planning and business transformation professional to translate priorities into actionable roadmaps and business cases across markets. You will drive market analysis, evaluate growth opportunities, develop value propositions and coordinate governance to deliver measurable outcomes, ensuring timely delivery.

Collaborate with senior leaders and country teams to align priorities, manage risks, and communicate progress to stakeholders in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in strategic planning, business development or transformation, preferably in finance/banking.
• Strong analytical abilities with data-driven decision-making.
• Proven ability to drive initiatives across multiple markets and functions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and articulate strategic plans, market analyses, and business cases.
• Coordinate governance, roadmaps and milestones to deliver outcomes.
• Lead transformation programs to improve customer propositions and efficiency.
• Monitor performance metrics and communicate progress to leadership.
• Engage with senior stakeholders to align priorities across regions.

Skills

Strategic planning

Business transformation

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Job description

WHO WE ARE

As Singapore's longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires. Today, we're on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia's leading financial services partner for a sustainable future. We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here.

Why Join

We are seeking a driven and commercially astute strategy professional to join Commercial Banking in a strategic planning and business transformation role. The role will support the development and execution of strategic initiatives across key markets, working closely with business units, country teams, product partners, support functions and external partners to identify growth opportunities, strengthen customer propositions and deliver measurable business outcomes.

How you succeed

The individual will play a key role in market landscaping, business performance analysis and transformation delivery. This includes translating strategic priorities into implementation roadmaps, developing business cases and value propositions, dimensioning financial and non-financial targets, as well as investments required in human capital and other capability build to deliver the ambition.

What you do

Strategy Development

Support the formulation and execution of Commercial Banking strategic plans, ensuring alignment with overall business priorities and market opportunities. Perform/ manage market analysis, competitive benchmarking, customer segment assessments and industry trend reviews to identify growth opportunities, strategic risks and emerging business models. Develop clear business cases, strategic recommendations and value propositions for new market opportunities, customer segments, products, channels and capabilities. Support annual business planning and strategic review processes. Manage execution of strategic priorities and establish governance mechanisms to ensure delivery of targeted outcomes.

Business Transformation & Programme Delivery

Drive and coordinate transformation initiatives aimed at improving customer propositions, operational efficiency and revenue growth across Commercial Banking. Translate strategic priorities into practical implementation roadmaps with clear milestones, owners, resourcing requirements, risks and timelines. Monitor progress of strategic projects, track delivery against agreed outcomes and proactively elevate risks or dependencies with proposed mitigating actions.

Performance Monitoring & Communications

Monitor key management processes, business performance and progress of strategic initiatives through agreed metrics and governance routines. Develop strategic narratives and management presentation materials to effectively communicate the business strategy to management, employees and partners, ensuring that all stakeholders are aligned with, understand and able to collectively work towards the same goals. Support communication and alignment across business teams, country stakeholders, employees and partners to ensure shared understanding of priorities and execution plans.

Stakeholder Management

Work closely with senior management, business heads and functional partners to align priorities, facilitate decision-making and drive execution of strategic initiatives. Build strong partnerships across business, support, and control functions. Influence stakeholders through fact-based analysis, structured problem-solving and clear communication of strategic options and implications. Act as a reliable execution partner to senior leaders by coordinating inputs, resolving issues and ensuring accountability across workstreams.

Who you are

Relevant experience in strategic planning, business development, transformation, innovation, preferably in commercial banking. Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret customer and financial data for strategic recommendations and decision-making. Experience in driving business transformation involving new business models, customer segments, products, and/or channels preferably in commercial or business banking. Ability to craft high-impact messaging, management papers and presentation materials for senior audiences. Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, collaborate and build alignment across businesses, functions and countries. Self-starter who is comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities and working through ambiguity with sound judgement.

Who We Are

As Singapore's longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires. Today, we're on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia's leading financial services partner for a sustainable future. We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here.

Let’s build the bank we need for the future we want.

Find the best version of yourself in a friendly, supportive team. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here.

What we offer

• Competitive base salary.
• A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle.
• Community initiatives.
• Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities.

Equal opportunity.

Fair employment.

Selection based on ability and fit with our culture and values.

Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.

Recruiter & Employer details

As the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, we have grown from strength to strength to become a regional financial services group. With a deep history in Asia, we offer the most comprehensive coverage across ASEAN and Greater China, complemented with a presence in the leading economies of New York, London and Sydney. We are the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets with one of the world's highest credit rating (Aa1 by Moody's and AA- by both Fitch and S&P). We offer private banking services through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals. Our insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia.