Payments Technology Strategy Manager (Payments Applications, Banking)

SMART INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Smart IMS Inc provides Digital technology and Cloud transformation services with a focus on payments technology strategy for a leading global investment bank in Singapore. You will work within the APAC Strategy and Innovation function, coordinating with IT and COOs to shape the payments technology roadmap.

The role involves analyzing current payments tech across 12 APAC markets, crafting 3/5/10-year strategies, and driving risk management and regulatory alignment across multiple stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience communicating with senior stakeholders and reporting.
• Banking/Payments domain experience.
• Knowledge of APAC regulations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage senior stakeholders communication and reporting.
• Analyse current state of technology across payment products for 12 APAC markets.
• Develop and socialize 3, 5 and 10 year technology strategy outlining change drivers and opportunities.
• Drive risk engagement and management and issue identification.
• Foster the Identify, Escalate, Debate risk culture.
• Assess regulatory changes impacting technology and operations and drive related risk mitigation programs with stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to enhance or streamline execution of technology management processes across divisions.
• Assist business and process owners with identifying significant risks including audit and regulatory issues.
• Promote good risk culture within ITGPST and participate in technology strategy activities.

Skills

Stakeholder communication

Payments domain experience

Regulatory risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT

Job description

Executive Summary

Smart IMS Inc provides Digital technology & Cloud transformation services, Application & Infrastructure Management Services, Unified Communications and Insurance implementation services to customers across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific regions. As the trusted technology and business partner of leading MNCs, including Global Investment Banks, Smart IMS is also a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Oracle Platinum Partner and AWS MSP Partner.
We are looking to hire a Payments Technology Strategy Managerwithexperiencein paymentsrelatedtechnology/ applications / initiatives for our client in Singapore which is a leadingglobal investment bank.

What you can expect:

The role will sit within ITGPST (International Technology and Global Payments Solutions Technology) APAC Strategy and Innovation function, which works with Application Managers, Enterprise Control functions and COOs across the line of businesses to establish Payments Technology Strategy.

You will oversee the analysis of internal and external change drivers and curating forward looking technology strategy for Payments flows across the region.

What you will do:

• Manage senior stakeholders communication and reporting.
• Analyse current state of technology across payment products for 12 APAC Markets.
• Develop and socialize 3, 5 and 10 year technology strategy articulating change drivers and innovation opportunities.
• Drive risk engagement & management and issue identification;
• Foster the Identify, Escalate, Debate risk culture.
• Assess regulatory (eg MAS, HKMA, CBRC, OJK, RBI, etc) changes impacting technology and operations and drive related risk mitigation program with required stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities for enhancing or streamlining execution of technology management processes; partner across multiple divisions to execute.
• Assist business and process owners with identifying the most significant risks including Audit Issues, Self-Identified Audit Issues, Compliance Identified Audit Issues, Regulatory Issues
• Practice and promote good risk culture and risk management within ITGPST, leading participation in technology strategy activities.

Your background:

• Individual with Banking/Payments domain experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT with minimum 5-7 plus years of experience.
• Relevant experience in executing Product Owner or Business Analysis functions within Banking IT/Finance IT domain.
• Knowledge of APAC regulations, payment products & understanding of regulatory risk management preferred.
• Ability to ask right questions, conduct deep dives and communicate with relevant stakeholders are the most important, desired skills.