Platform lead

OCBC Bank; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Flexible benefits

Community initiatives

Learning and professional development

Equal opportunity

Wellbeing and growth

Job summary

OCBC Bank in Singapore is seeking a Platform Lead to drive change and deliver high‑impact projects transforming how we provide financial services to customers. You will work with stakeholders to understand needs and develop plans that align with business and technology objectives.

As steward of a suite of applications, you’ll ensure a consistent, secure customer experience across interfaces, drive architecture alignment, and take accountability for the Run and Change phases as the bank

Responsibilities

• Change – Deliver business and technology capabilities; partner with Business to shape platform work and align with strategy.
• Run – Ensure platform stability, resilience and operational excellence in production; manage incidents and capacity.
• Plan and manage roadmaps, resources, budgets, schedules, and milestones; govern architecture and design patterns for scalability.

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 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 As a Platform Lead at OCBC

As a Platform Lead at OCBC, you'll be at the forefront of driving change and innovation in the banking industry. You'll have the opportunity to work on high‑impact projects that transform the way we deliver financial services to our customers. If you're passionate about project management and want to make a real difference, this role is for you.

How you succeed

To succeed in this role, you'll need to be a strategic thinker with a keen eye for detail. You'll work closely with stakeholders to understand their needs and develop project plans that meet their objectives. You'll need to be proactive, adaptable, and able to navigate complex project landscapes. By leveraging your project management expertise, you'll drive projects forward, mitigate risks, and deliver results that exceed expectations.

Role Overview

As the steward of a suite of application systems, the Platform Lead is responsible for ensuring a consistent, seamless, and secure customer experience across all user interfaces and services. This includes driving alignment in technology stack, architecture, and design patterns to maximise reuse, scalability, and speed of delivery. In this capacity, the Platform Lead is fully accountable for: Run: the stability, resilience, performance, and operational excellence of the suite of applications under the platform in production. Change: the delivery of new digital capabilities that fuel revenue growth, strengthen customer engagement, and provide cost‑efficient, innovative ways for the bank to serve its customers. This role is pivotal in shaping the bank’s technology roadmap and ensuring our platforms remain best‑in‑class in a fast‑evolving digital landscape.

Key Responsibilities

Change – Delivery of Business & Technology Capabilities Lead business partnership and prioritisation, working closely with Business to shape and maintain the platform’s book of work in line with the business strategy and technology roadmap. Own end‑to‑end delivery of business and technology outcomes, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and maximising value from investment. Influence and align stakeholders across Business, Technology, and regional teams to ensure consistent, scalable, and channel‑aligned solutions. Partner with Architecture and Engineering to define, govern, and enforce architecture and design patterns that drive reusability, scalability, and maintainability across the region. Champion customer and employee experience, collaborating with Product Owners and partners to ensure frictionless journeys and high‑quality internal processes. Establish the right team structure, governance, and operating model, including: Defining roadmaps, resources, budgets, schedules, and delivery milestones Ensuring deliverables comply with bank policies and regulatory requirements Providing timely and transparent updates to project sponsors and senior stakeholders Proactively address delivery obstacles and ensure timely resolution of issues to keep execution on track. Drive continuous improvement to uplift delivery quality, engineering standards, and productivity. Manage stakeholders and communication across multiple functions and geographies. Run – Platform Stability, Resilience & Operational Excellence Accountable for the overall health and performance of the platform in production, ensuring stability and availability against committed service levels. Lead incident management, ensuring robust processes for rapid triage, escalation, and timely service restoration. Coordinate cross‑team recovery efforts involving downstream systems, infrastructure, network, and other shared services. Implement proactive monitoring and preventive controls to detect issues early and reduce recurrence whether arising from technology, processes, or operations. Own platform risk management, including vulnerabilities, capacity planning, obsolescence, and operational risks. Bridge Change and Run, leading root‑cause analysis and ensuring learnings feed back into both delivery and operations teams. Plan and manage the platform’s operating budget, ensuring accurate forecasting within the annual Operating Plan. Risk Management – Governance, Compliance & Controls Own comprehensive risk management across both project delivery and BAU operations, ensuring timely remediation of vulnerabilities, audit findings, and risk issues. Ensure compliance with Technology Architecture standards, Information Security policies, and all regulatory requirements applicable to the platform. Ensure full adherence to bank policies in day‑to‑day platform management and change execution. Financial Management – Investment, Cost Efficiency & Resource Optimisation Manage the platform’s annual technology investment budget, ensuring effective allocation of vendor and internal resources to priority initiatives. Drive cost optimisation across both Change and Run activities by improving efficiency, reducing duplication, and managing vendor spend. Continuously optimise resource utilisation across regional teams and technology domains. People Leadership – Capability Building & Engagement Lead and develop the scrum masters supporting the platform, including capacity planning, upskilling and hiring. Collaborate across job families and regional teams to plan, hire, and develop capabilities required to meet current and future business demand. Provide leadership and coaching to both direct and matrixed team members, ensuring clear direction, performance support, and growth opportunities. Own the platform’s employee engagement outcomes, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

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.

What we offer (duplicate)

• Competitive base salary.
• A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle.
• Community initiatives.
• Industry‑leading learning and professional development opportunities.
• Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.

Who we are (again)

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 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.

We are the second largest financial services group

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.