Job Summary
The Portfolio & Governance Lead will establish and manage enterprise-level governance for the Bank's strategic initiatives under the CEO's three pillars: Revenue Growth, Operational Excellence, and Innovation. This role ensures disciplined execution, transparency, and alignment across the strategic portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
Portfolio Governance & Oversight
- Establish and manage a centralised portfolio of strategic initiatives.
- Define and enforce stage-gate governance framework.
- Ensure alignment of all initiatives to strategic pillars
Executive Reporting
- Develop and maintain CEO-level dashboards and reporting decks.
- Consolidate updates across business units into a single source of truth.
- Highlight risks, dependencies, and execution gaps.
Risk & Issue Management
- Identify cross-functional risks and bottlenecks.
- Drive escalation and resolution of critical issues.
- Conduct independent health checks on key initiatives
Process & Standards
- Define governance standards, templates, and reporting cadence
- Ensure consistency in status reporting (budget, timeline, quality, risks, milestones, KPIs)
- Continuously improve portfolio management processes
Vendor Management Coordination
- To serve as the central coordinating body to ensure that all vendor-related activities are executed in compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., BNM's RMiT and BCM Guidelines) and internal Bank policies
- Act as the primary coordinator to engage appropriate Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), such as Legal, Compliance, Technology, Risk, Operations, Finance, etc. during the contract review and onboarding process ensuring that all vendor contracts are vetted through with inclusion of mandatory regulatory clauses
- Act as a gatekeeper to ensure that the External Risk Assessment (ERA) and all required due diligence activities are fully completed before contract renewals or renegotiations are submitted for Board approval.
- Act as a gatekeeper to ensure vendor performance reviews are carried out objectively against the agreed SLAs
- Oversee the establishment and periodic review of Vendor Exit Strategies for all material arrangements and ensure exit plans include realistic migration timelines, identified alternative providers and clearly defined roles and responsibilities for smooth transition
Job Requirements
- At least 3-5 years in PMO, transformation, or consulting roles
- Experience in procurement, supply chain, or strategic vendor management projects is an added advantage
- Proficiency in project management methodologies, tools, and practices
- Capable of adapting to a fast-paced start-up environment
- Experience in banking or financial services preferred
- Exposure to enterprise-wide programmes or transformation initiatives
- Strong structuring and governance design capability
- Executive-level communication and reporting skills
- Proficiency in project management software and tools
- Ability to synthesise complex information quickly
- High attention to detail with strategic perspective
- Comfortable challenging senior stakeholders
- Calm under pressure, highly organised
