SVP, Technical Delivery Manager, Group Technology

UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED is seeking a capable Technical Manager to drive multi-stakeholder projects from concept to completion in Singapore. You will lead cross-functional teams across vendors, technology and business units, ensuring delivery within scope, time and budget while adhering to bank policies and regulatory requirements.

You will coordinate with architects and delivery leads to align designs with enterprise standards, while managing risk, governance and testing plans for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in banking/financial services projects.
• Experience in regional project implementations for large-scale, multi-interface apps.
• Experience delivering projects through SDLC / Agile methodologies.
• Strong written and spoken communication.
• Strong organizational and stakeholder management skills.
• Self-starter who can work independently and handle ambiguity.
• Demonstrated initiative in issue resolution and delivering results.

Responsibilities

• Oversee successful execution and technical delivery of projects meeting scope, timeline and budget.
• Drive data, design and solution discussions with vendors, tech teams and user groups.
• Lead multi-vendor teams to deliver solutions and manage vendor relationships.
• Provide status updates on technical delivery to the Project Manager.
• Collaborate with Solution and Enterprise Architects to deliver technical innovations.
• Ensure solution designs comply with enterprise standards, security and controls.
• Coordinate testing with Test Manager and align test plans to scope and quality targets.
• Identify risks and issues early and escalate to relevant parties.
• Manage relationships across business lines and external parties, including governance and scope changes.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science / Engineering

PMP certification (preferred)

Job description

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the successful execution and technical delivery of projects that meet scope, timeline and budget, in compliance with bank policies and regulatory requirements.
• Drive the data, design and solution discussions with vendor, technology team and user groups.
• Lead multi-vendor teams to successfully deliver solutions, manage multi-vendor teams to work amicably to support the bank’s commitments
• Provide status update related to technical delivery to Project Manager
• Partner with Solution and Enterprise Architects to deliver technical innovations in support of emerging business needs and to progress these ideas from concepts to working solutions
• Partner with Architects and Development Lead to ensure solution design complies with enterprise design principles, security and control standards
• Work with Test manager to formulate comprehensive system test plan aligned with project scope/Change request, quality requirements and targets
• Identify and raise risks and issues affecting the project, including financial or operation and proactively managing them, with timely escalation to relevant parties where necessary.
• Manage relationships across all business lines and with external parties, including escalation, expectation, conflict and scope changes to ensure timely delivery of assigned activities.
• Organise and chair governance meetings, including preparation of meeting materials and minutes.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science / Engineering or other relevant disciplines; PMP certified preferred
• Technical Manager with more than 8 years of relevant experience in banking or financial services industry
• Good and proven fundamental knowledge of regional project implementation for large-scale, multi-interfaces applications
• Experience in delivering projects in full Software Development Life Cycle / Agile methodologies
• A strong and assertive communicator in speaking and writing
• Have good organizational skills and stakeholder management skills, with experience at coordinating multiple stakeholders in a diverse organization
• Be a self-starter, and able to work independently
• Able to work within ambiguity
• Have strong execution ability and able to see end-to-end closure of issues
• Demonstrate good initiative in issue resolution
• Result-oriented person with focus on delivery