Executive Director, Integration Architecture & Engineering (Payments)

The Japan Research Institute, Limited (Singapore Branch); Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

The Japan Research Institute, Limited (Singapore Branch) seeks an Executive Director to lead Integration Architecture & Engineering for payments. You will shape strategy, own target-state architecture, and drive a high-performing, globally distributed team across design, development, and delivery.

You will translate complex business needs into scalable technical solutions, establish standards and governance, and partner with IT, Operations, and Head Office to ensure secure, compliant, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 12-18+ years of experience in integration architecture and leadership.
• Experience leading distributed teams and large delivery programs.
• Strong payments platform knowledge, especially OBPM/OBPay.
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and mentor a globally distributed team of integration specialists.
• Establish engineering culture, accountability, and ownership across design, development, and delivery.
• Drive capability uplift, reducing reliance on vendors and strengthening in-house expertise.
• Provide thought leadership and strategic direction for integration architecture across the payments landscape.
• Define and own the target-state integration architecture for OBPM within the enterprise payments ecosystem.
• Establish standards, patterns, and governance frameworks across API, event-driven, file-based, and hybrid integrations.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, regulatory requirements, and security standards.
• Drive modernization of legacy integrations, reducing complexity and enabling scalable, future-proof designs.
• Translate complex business requirements into scalable and robust technical solutions.
• Act as a senior bridge across business, architecture, engineering, and vendors, ensuring alignment and execution integrity.
• Provide design authority and governance through architecture reviews, solution sign-offs, and risk assessments.
• Oversee end-to-end integration delivery, ensuring quality across design, build, testing, and deployment.
• Drive adoption of best practices in engineering, testing, and DevOps, including automation and production-equivalent testing.
• Lead code merge, release strategy, and phased/staggered rollout approaches.
• Ensure robust error handling, resiliency, and observability across all integration flows.
• Enforce high standards in data modeling, integration documentation, and interface specifications.

Skills

Leadership & People Management

Integration Strategy

Architecture & Governance

Techno-Functional Leadership

Engineering Oversight

Data & Design Standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Oracle Banking Payments (OBPM/OBPay)

Job description

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Executive Director, Integration Architecture & Engineering (Payments)

Date: Sep 4, 2026

Location: Singapore

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & People Management

• Build, lead, coach, and mentor a globally distributed team of integration specialists and system analysts.
• Establish strong engineering culture, accountability, and ownership across design, development, and delivery.
• Drive capability uplift, reducing reliance on vendors and strengthening in-house expertise.
• Provide thought leadership and strategic direction for integration architecture across the payments landscape.

Integration Strategy, Architecture & Governance

• Define and own the target-state integration architecture for OBPM within the enterprise payments ecosystem.
• Establish standards, patterns, and governance frameworks across API, event-driven, file-based, and hybrid integrations.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, regulatory requirements, and security standards.
• Drive modernization of legacy integrations, reducing complexity and enabling scalable, future-proof designs.

Techno-Functional Leadership

• Translate complex business requirements into scalable and robust technical solutions.
• Act as a senior bridge across business, architecture, engineering, and vendors, ensuring alignment and execution integrity.
• Provide design authority and governance through architecture reviews, solution sign-offs, and risk assessments.

Engineering Oversight & Delivery Excellence

• Oversee end-to-end integration delivery, ensuring quality across design, build, testing, and deployment.
• Drive adoption of best practices in engineering, testing, and DevOps, including automation and production-equivalent testing.
• Lead code merge, release strategy, and phased/staggered rollout approaches to reduce delivery risk.
• Ensure robust error handling, resiliency, and observability across all integration flows.

Data, Documentation & Design Standards

• Enforce high standards in data modeling, integration documentation, and interface specifications.
• Ensure clarity, consistency, and reusability across artifacts (ISDs, sequence diagrams, data mappings).
• Establish end-to-end traceability and governance across systems and integrations.
• Engage senior stakeholders across IT, Operations, Business, and Head Office to drive alignment and decisions.
• Influence vendors and internal teams to adopt target-state architecture and best practices.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to executive audiences, including risk, trade-offs, and impact analysis.

Requirements

Experience & Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 12-18+ years of experience in integration architecture, solution design, and engineering leadership within enterprise environments.
• Proven experience in leading distributed teams and managing large-scale, complex delivery programs.

Payments & Platform Expertise

• Strong experience with payments platforms, preferably Oracle Banking Payments (OBPM/OBPay).
• Deep understanding of payments processing, clearing, settlement, exception handling, and regulatory landscapes.