As Vice President, Digital Distribution Platforms, you will lead the advisor-facing digital platform portfolio that supports Great Eastern's distribution ecosystem across advisory, sales and servicing journeys.

The role sits at the intersection of business, product and technology, requiring strong ownership across platform direction, delivery and operational execution. You will work closely with business, technology and operational stakeholders to ensure distribution platforms continue to support business growth, advisor productivity and evolving distribution needs.

Key Responsibilities

Own the strategic direction, roadmap and operating priorities of advisor-facing digital platforms supporting sales, servicing, and advisory journeys.
Lead platform teams across product ownership, delivery, and operations to ensure stable platform performance and disciplined execution across enhancement and transformation initiatives.
Drive prioritisation decisions across competing business demands, balancing user impact, scalability, operational risk, and delivery timelines.
Partner closely with business, operations, compliance, and technology stakeholders to translate distribution needs into integrated digital capabilities.
Oversee end-to-end execution of complex digital initiatives, including requirements shaping, governance, testing, release readiness, and implementation oversight.
Strengthen platform usability, adoption and operational effectiveness across advisor and distribution-facing journeys.
Champion service quality, operational resilience, and continuous improvement across business-critical and high-visibility platforms.
Contribute to the longer-term evolution of digital distribution capabilities through platform modernisation and integration initiatives.
Demonstrate strong platform ownership experience across customer-facing or distribution-led environments, with the ability to operate across both strategic and operational contexts.
Understand frontline distribution operations, including advisor workflows, servicing journeys, adoption challenges, and operational dependencies.
Are confident leading cross-functional teams and engaging senior stakeholders across complex, fast-moving, and high-demand environments.
Possess sound judgement in balancing business growth, user experience, operational resilience, and regulatory considerations across interconnected digital ecosystems.
Have 12–18 years of relevant experience across digital platforms, product leadership, technology delivery, or large-scale digital transformation roles, ideally within financial services or similar regulated industries.
Hold a degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or related disciplines. Experience leading platform transformation, modernisation or digital operating model initiatives at scale will be advantageous.

How You Succeed

Champion and embody our Core Values in everyday tasks and interactions.
Demonstrate high level of integrity and accountability.
Take initiative to drive improvements and embrace change.
Take accountability of business and regulatory compliance risks, implementing measures to mitigate them effectively.
Keep abreast with industry trends, regulatory compliance, and emerging threats and technologies to understand and highlight potential concerns/ risks to safeguard our company proactively.

Who We Are

Founded in 1908, Great Eastern is a well-established market leader and trusted brand in Singapore and Malaysia. With over S$100 billion in assets and more than 16 million policyholders, including 12.5 million from government schemes, it provides insurance solutions to customers through three successful distribution channels – a tied agency force, bancassurance, and financial advisory firm Great Eastern Financial Advisers. The Group also operates in Indonesia and Brunei. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited and Great Eastern General Insurance Limited have been assigned the financial strength and counterparty credit ratings of AA- by S&P Global Ratings since 2010, one of the highest among Asian life insurance companies. Great Eastern's asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors Limited, is one of the leading asset management companies in Southeast Asia. Great Eastern is a subsidiary of OCBC, the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932. It is the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world's most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody's and AA- by both Fitch and S&P. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World's Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.

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Work Locations

SG-GE Centre

Vice President - Digital Distribution Platforms