Senior VP, AML Workflow Platform Leader

UOB

Singapore

On-site

SGD 260,000 - 380,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) in Singapore seeks a Senior Vice President to lead the AML Workflow Case Management platform. You will set the strategic roadmap, drive multiple initiatives, and deliver secure, scalable solutions for regulatory and operational needs.

You will manage a distributed team across Singapore, Malaysia, and India, champion engineering excellence, and partner with Enterprise Architecture, Security, and Compliance to ensure policy adherence and robust risk controls.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
Minimum 12 years of hands‑on experience in the design, development, delivery, and support of enterprise workflow and case management platforms, with significant leadership responsibilities.
Proven experience leading large‑scale technology teams and managing complex application portfolios within banking, financial services, or highly regulated industries.
Strong experience in platform architecture, solution evaluation, technology strategy, and enterprise application design.
Demonstrated experience delivering mission‑critical, highly available, and scalable workflow‑based applications supporting regulatory and operational processes.
Preferably with extensive hands‑on experience with OpenText AppWorks, OpenText OTDS, OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the strategic roadmap for the AML Workflow Case Management platform in alignment with the Bank’s Financial Crime Compliance and AML programme objectives.
Lead multiple concurrent initiatives, projects, and enhancement releases to meet evolving business, compliance, regulatory, and operational requirements.
Deliver technology solutions and enhancements on time, within budget, and in accordance with agreed business requirements and quality standards.
Ensure the platform remains highly available, scalable, secure, and resilient to support increasing transaction volumes, regulatory obligations, and business growth.
Managing all risk, security, audit, and compliance aspects of the AML application portfolio.
Provide end-to-end accountability for application lifecycle management, covering project initiation, requirements analysis, solution design, development, testing, implementation, production rollout, and post‑production support.
Lead and develop a distributed team consisting of approximately 10 permanent staff across Singapore and Malaysia, together with approximately 20 contract resources across Singapore, Malaysia, and India.
Drive engineering excellence and establishing delivery best practices across development, testing, DevOps, release management, and operational support functions.
Define and govern technical solution architecture in close partnership with Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, Data, and Software Engineering teams.
Managing fixed‑cost vendor engagements, third‑party product providers, and system integration partners to ensure timely, cost‑effective, and high‑quality project delivery.
Provide technical leadership and hands‑on guidance on OpenText AppWorks, workflow architecture, integration patterns, application security, and platform optimization.
Partnering closely with AML Operations, Compliance, Financial Crime teams, and other business stakeholders to understand requirements and develop innovative, sustainable technology solutions.
Representing technology delivery in interactions with internal audit, regulators, and external financial institutions, including support for COSMIC and other financial crime initiatives.
Driving continuous improvement initiatives across agile delivery practices, CI/CD pipelines, automation, governance frameworks, operational controls, and the Bank’s SDM.
Ensuring the successful integration of AML workflow capabilities with upstream and downstream systems, including customer onboarding, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and enterprise data platforms.