Vice President, IT Planning

Role Overview

• Develop department’s goals, objectives and strategy to meet the bank’s business priorities and missions.
• Establish business plan and strategy and drive plans toward set goals and objectives.
• Develop and drive KPI targets & Balance Scorecard and assess performance against set targets.
• Prepare, gather and analyze data (external and internal) to develop financial, operation and project reports for senior management’s review and decision making
• Develop and drive Enterprise PMO structure to optimize portfolio management, report process and risk monitoring criteria etc. for major IT projects and initiatives.
• Organize, coordinate and support IT projects and initiatives and operations and management reporting.
• Develop and drive Administration Centre of Excellence to optimize administration work in business, IT planning and development of life cycle such as staff management, invoice management etc.
• Develop and drive Procurement Centralization.
• Develop and drive IT Training and Development Program.
• Develop and maintain structured management reporting framework.
• Manage the department’s financial, budget and tax management (CAPEX and OPEX) in Singapore and APAC countries.
• Gatekeeper in ensuring adhering to prevailing Financial, Taxation, head office policies, guidelines and operating processes.
• Develop and drive structured resource management framework for HR and budgetary sustainability and adequacy.
• Develop and drive financial management processes or workflow innovation or automation to optimize efficiency.
• Formulate, improve PPM framework regularly based on industry best practices.
• Support and guide project member to follow, onboard PPM framework.
• Portfolio Monitoring & Reporting by performing periodic spot-checks on selected projects to assess health status across scope, schedule, cost, risks, issues, dependencies, PM best practices.
• Strengthen collaboration with group companies to align IT strategy, governance, and operational initiatives across entities.
• Coordinate cross-entity initiatives, ensuring consistency in IT planning, delivery standards, and reporting.
• Facilitate communication and joint planning between Bank IT and group companies including project alignment, resource coordination, and governance discussions.
• Act as a dual-hat role supporting both SMBC and group company in Singapore (SNG).
• Provide management reporting within SMBC and contribute to Tokyo stakeholder reporting in Japanese, including regular cross-location governance forums.
• Lead and drive group company collaboration, including task management, progress tracking, and issue resolution.
• Ensuring alignment, execution discipline, and timely delivery as for Oversee cross-entity and cross-location projects.
• Collaborate with planning teams to formulate mid-term strategy and long-term IT roadmap across entities.
• Provide governance oversight across local heads, ensuring effective reporting, alignment, and execution across IT domains.
• Oversee operational management including project tracking, budget monitoring, and incident / issue management, with appropriate delegation to local IT heads where applicable.

Requirements

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Manage Information Science, Commerce, Business Administration, Banking and Finance or equivalent
• Min. 10 years of work experience with the FI or banking industry, preferably with the Technology department.
• Experience in establishing and driving Business Management support for Technology department in the Asia Pacific region.
• Proven track record in planning and coordinating with businesses and IT teams in establishing IT strategy and providing regular tracking and reporting.
• Good knowledge and experience in managing IT financial, budget and resources covering CAPEX and OPEX, cost management and optimization.
• Ability to control CAPEX spending and lower OPEX expense progressively.
• Good understanding of Banking Technology function and experience working with virtual teams in the Asia Pacific region.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced technical and business environment, and multitask whilst delivering high quality solutions
• Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; and is detailed oriented.
• Strong innovative mentality and mindset.
• Experience in Corporate, Institution and/or Transaction Banking is a plus.
• Good understanding of MAS guidelines and Banking Act is an added advantage.
• Familiar with Project Life Cycle and System Development Life Cycle framework.
• Prior experience in establishing training and development framework for IT preferred.
• Japanese language proficiency will be advantageous due to requirements to liaise with Tokyo Head Office.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Flexible working hours
• Paid time off
• Professional development opportunities