Global Head of Digital Wholesale Banking Delivery

United Overseas Bank Limited; Singapore; On-site; SGD 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) seeks a senior technology leader to own delivery outcomes for Group Wholesale Banking digital platforms across ASEAN and China. You will drive multi-year strategy, platform migrations, and an API-first, cloud-ready architecture while ensuring reliability and regulatory compliance.

Lead a geographcally diverse team of 300+ engineers, embed SRE/observability, and partner with risk, product, and country tech leads to accelerate growth and customer experience for

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering or equivalent.
• 10+ years leading large delivery orgs (>300 engineers).
• Experience delivering at scale across multiple geographies (ASEAN/China).
• Knowledge of wholesale/business banking platforms (payments, cash, trade).
• Proven production support leadership with strong MTTR metrics.
• Strong command of Agile, Disciplined Agile, SAFe; adaptable governance.
• Ability to manage complex stakeholder demands and priorities.
• Regulatory technology risk experience across ASEAN/China.
• Strategic storytelling with data-driven decision making.
• Proven ability to scale leaders of leaders; vendor ecosystem oversight.

Responsibilities

• Define multi-year digital banking strategy and roadmaps for GWB channels.
• Lead delivery across geographies with scaled Agile operating models.
• Own production reliability, SRE practices, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure regulatory compliance, risk controls, and audit readiness.
• Manage demand intake and prioritisation across stakeholders.
• Develop talent, coaches, and vendor partnerships to raise engineering standards.

Skills

Tech leadership

Delivery at scale

Wholesale banking

Production support

Agile / SAFe

Regulatory risk

Stakeholder mgmt

API platforms

SRE / observability

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering

Job description

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) seeks a senior technology leader to own delivery outcomes for Group Wholesale Banking digital platforms across ASEAN and China. You will drive multi-year strategy, platform migrations, and an API-first, cloud-ready architecture while ensuring reliability and regulatory compliance.

Lead a geographcally diverse team of 300+ engineers, embed SRE/observability, and partner with risk, product, and country tech leads to accelerate growth and customer experience for