Solutions Architect - Wealth Management (VP)

OCBC Bank; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Flexible benefits

Community initiatives

Professional development

Job summary

OCBC Bank is seeking a seasoned Solution Architect to lead the Wealth Management architecture, spanning CLM, advisory, trading, and digital channels. You will define target architectures, reference patterns, and modernization efforts across core banking and AI-enabled platforms.

You will collaborate with business, product, and engineering teams to ensure secure, scalable, and compliant solutions, leveraging OpenShift, Kubernetes, Kafka, API management, and cloud-native services.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Solution Architecture and technical engineering roles.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale banking or financial services transformation programmes.
• Strong understanding of Wealth Management processes and technology ecosystems.
• Experience defining target architectures and leading enterprise-scale transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead front-to-back architecture across Wealth Management platform.
• Architect scalable, resilient, secure, and cloud-native systems for onboarding, relationship management, and advisory.
• Deliver target-state architectures and integration patterns for onboarding and servicing.
• Lead modernization using Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, API-First Design, Micro Frontends, and Cloud-Native Platforms.
• Identify and deliver AI use cases to improve client experience and efficiency.

Skills

Microservices

Event-Driven

DDD

OpenShift/Kubernetes

Kafka/MQ

API Management

Azure

PostgreSQL

Oracle

MongoDB

Redis

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Observability

Enterprise Integration Patterns

Generative AI

LLMs

RAG

AI Agents

Vector Databases

Prompt Engineering

Semantic Search

Knowledge Graphs

Azure OpenAI

AI Governance

Enterprise AI

Tools

OpenShift/Kubernetes

Kafka

API Management

Azure

PostgreSQL

Oracle

MongoDB

Redis

CI/CD

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 a 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

Imagine being part of a team that shapes the future of banking technology. As a Technology Architecture professional at OCBC, you'll play a key role in designing and implementing innovative solutions that transform the way we deliver financial services. You'll have the opportunity to work on exciting projects, collaborate with talented individuals, and develop your skills in a dynamic and supportive environment.

How You Succeed

Lead front-to-back architecture across Wealth Management platform covering Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), Digital Channels, Wealth Advisory, Portfolio Management, Trading Platforms, Core Banking integration, Data Platforms, and AI-enabled solutions. Architect scalable, resilient, secure, and cloud-native systems supporting client onboarding, relationship management, investment advisory, trading execution, portfolio servicing, regulatory compliance, and next-generation AI capabilities. Drive enterprise transformation through modern architecture practices, AI adoption, and reusable platform capabilities.

What You Do

Drive Target State Wealth Management Architecture: Define and deliver the bank’s target-state architecture across Wealth Management platform covering Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), Wealth Advisory, Portfolio Management, Digital Channels, Trading Platforms, Core Banking, Compliance, and Regulatory services. Establish reference architectures and integration patterns for client onboarding, servicing, relationship management, investment products, portfolio platforms, trading workflows, and customer engagement channels. Lead modernization initiatives leveraging Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, API-First Design, Micro Frontends, and Cloud-Native Platforms. Identify and deliver AI use cases that improve client experience, operational efficiency, employee productivity, and business decision-making.

Align Solution Design with Enterprise Strategy: Demonstrate strong understanding of enterprise architecture strategy, target-state roadmaps, architecture standards, and engineering principles. Ensure solution designs consistently align with enterprise blueprints, technology standards, security mandates, and strategic transformation objectives.

Deliver Comprehensive Solution Architecture Artefacts: Produce architecture artefacts including Solution Architecture Documents, Logical & Physical Architectures, Security Architecture, Integration Architecture, Deployment Topologies, Sequence Diagrams, API Specifications, Data Models, and NFRs. Define and evolve architecture patterns covering APIs, event streaming, real-time integration, data platforms, and cloud-native services. Lead architecture reviews, technology assessments, and governance forums.

Collaborate and Govern Effectively: Identify architecture deviations, technology risks, and technical debt, and drive remediation through Architecture Review Boards and Governance Forums. Partner closely with business, product, engineering, operations, risk, compliance, data, and platform teams to ensure successful solution delivery and architecture compliance.

Hands-On Engagement with Delivery Teams: Provide architecture leadership and hands-on engagement across delivery teams. Guide engineering teams in adopting cloud-native architectures, OpenShift/Kubernetes, Kafka, API Management, DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, and AI solution patterns. Ensure solutions meet requirements for scalability, security, resiliency, observability, performance, availability, and cost optimization.

Who You Are

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline.

10+ years of experience in Solution Architecture and technical engineering roles.

Proven track record delivering large-scale banking or financial services transformation programmes.

Strong understanding of Wealth Management business processes and technology ecosystems.

Experience defining target architectures and leading enterprise-scale transformation initiatives.

Technical Expertise

Strong hands-on experience with:

• Microservices Architecture
• Event-Driven Architecture
• Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
• OpenShift / Kubernetes
• Kafka / MQ Technologies
• API Management
• Cloud Platforms (Azure preferred)
• PostgreSQL
• Oracle
• MongoDB
• Redis
• CI/CD & DevSecOps
• Observability & Monitoring Platforms
• Enterprise Integration Patterns

Hands-on experience or strong practical understanding of:

• Generative AI
• Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
• AI Agents & Agentic AI
• Vector Databases
• Prompt Engineering
• Semantic Search
• Knowledge Graphs
• Azure OpenAI Services
• AI Governance & Responsible AI
• Enterprise AI Solution Architecture

Preferred Domain Knowledge

Experience in one or more of the following domains is highly desirable:

• Wealth Management
• Client Lifecycle Management (CLM)
• Wealth Advisory & Portfolio Management
• Trading & Investments
• Digital Channels
• Core Banking Platforms (e.g., Temenos T24)
• Treasury & Investment Platforms
• Risk
• Compliance & Regulatory Solutions

Success Profile

• Strategic thinker with strong business and technology acumen.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Hands-on architect who actively engages with engineering teams.
• Passionate about AI innovation and modern technology architecture.
• Ability to influence enterprise-wide technology direction and drive transformational change.
• Experience in Wealth Management, Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), Trading Platforms, Digital Channels, Core Banking, and AI-powered enterprise solutions will be highly advantageous.

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.

Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers. Let’s build the bank we need for the future we want. Find the best version of yourself in a friendly, supportive team. 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.

About the Company

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.