Raffles Medical Group (RMG) is the largest home-grown private healthcare provider in the region, started in 1976 in Singapore as a two-man clinic operation but today, serves patients in five countries, 14 cities. We are a Multidisciplinary Medical Group listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange and the only private medical provider in Singapore that owns and operates a fully integrated healthcare organization comprising a tertiary hospital, a network of family medicine and dental clinics, insurance services, Japanese and Traditional Chinese Medicine clinics, Raffles Wellness and a consumer healthcare division. Raffles Hospital is the flagship of Raffles Medical Group. Our China footprint has expanded with the opening of our Chongqing, Beijing and Shanghai Hospitals.
The Deputy Director / Director, IT Portfolio and Standards is responsible for establishing and governing enterprise IT portfolio management, technology standards, cybersecurity governance oversight, and structured innovation processes across RMG IT.
The role works alongside Technology Operations and Digital Solutions Delivery (all reporting to the CTO) to ensure OBJECTIVE OF ROLE
disciplined prioritization, technical alignment, regulatory compliance, and sustainable adoption of emerging technologies across all business locations.
The role will build and mature capabilities in Portfolio Management, Technology Standards, Cybersecurity Governance, and Emerging Technology evaluation.
The role proactively engages business leaders to align IT demand with execution capacity to achieve optimal enterprise outcome.
The role supports the CTO in strategic planning, governance oversight, and executive reporting.
Portfolio and Standards
- Establish and govern enterprise IT governance frameworks, including structured demand intake, prioritization, funding discipline, performance reporting, and escalation protocols.
- Implement and oversee stage-gate governance processes to ensure all IT initiatives adhere to approved business cases, architecture standards, budgets, and defined ROI metrics.
- Define governance mechanisms to monitor that Technology Operations and Digital Solutions Delivery operate within agreed SLAs, enterprise standards, and compliance requirements.
- Provide enterprise level visibility of portfolio risks, resource capacity, and cross-country dependencies to support executive decision-making.
- Define and maintain enterprise IT policies and governance framework covering domains such as AI, Digital Platforms, Cloud, Data, and Infrastructure.
- Define and enforce enterprise technology standards, integration principles, and architecture guardrails to ensure consistency, scalability, and compliance across all IT initiatives. Establish and chair an Architecture Review Board to ensure alignment and controlled technology evolution.
- Establish and oversee cybersecurity governance framework, policies, and risk management processes. Partner with Technology Operations to ensure operational security controls are implemented and monitored effectively. Operational cybersecurity implementation remains within Technology Operations, while governance and risk oversight resides within this role.
- Lead IT governance and cybersecurity compliance engagements with internal and external auditors to ensure timely remediation of identified risks.
- Establish structured innovation intake and evaluation framework to assess emerging technologies (e.g., AI, digital health, cloud). Collaborate with business and external partners to evaluate innovation opportunities. Ensure innovation initiatives are aligned with enterprise standards, cybersecurity requirements, and portfolio priorities prior to scaling.
- Lead, develop, and build a high-performing governance and standards team. Establish clear accountability, performance expectations, and succession development within the function.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Degree in Computer Science or relevant degree.
- 12-15 years of progressive IT leadership experience with strong exposure to portfolio governance, enterprise standards and policy oversight across multiple regions (ASEAN, Greater China, others).
- Demonstrated experience in establishing portfolio governance and technology standards in a multi-entity or regional environment.
- Demonstrated experience governing innovation initiatives from pilot evaluation to controlled enterprise roll-out.
- Excellent organizational and leadership skills with strong capabilities in stakeholder management, mentoring high-performing team, and fostering a culture of accountability.
- Experience in analysis, evaluation and implementation of IT systems and their specifications.
- Proven experience establishing vendor governance framework and performance evaluation mechanisms.
- Outstanding cultural awareness, change management and communication abilities to champion a culture of technology excellence and security-first thinking across regional teams.
- Excellent English and Chinese written and oral communications skills
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Thank you for your interest in Raffles Medical Group.
