Role Summary
We are looking for a Presales Solutions Architect to support business growth within Singapore local banks, focusing on Enterprise or FSIIT related professional services, System Integration (SI), and enterprise-scale software delivery engagements.
This role is ideal for candidates with a software engineering background, understanding of agile or enterprise delivery models, and 5-8 years (or more) of pre-sales or client-facing solution architecture experience. You will work closely with your mentor, solution architects, delivery leaders, and engineering teams to shape proposals for large, complex, multi-team software initiatives and convert opportunities into signed projects.
You will gain hands-on exposure to enterprise or banking platforms, large delivery teams, multi-vendor environments, and long-running transformation programs.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and deliver presentations, capability decks, and proposal walkthroughs for enterprise banking stakeholders.
- Support RFI/RFP responses for large-scale engagements, including compliance matrices, delivery methodology descriptions, and bid coordination.
- Assist the responsibility in creating solution proposals for enterprise-scale professional services and SI projects, including:
- Delivery approach (Agile, hybrid, scaled Agile)
- Scope and assumptions
- High-level architecture and integration considerations
- Effort estimates, timelines, and staffing models (multi-squad / multi-vendor)
- Coordinate with engineering leads, project managers, architects, and delivery managers to validate solution feasibility, dependencies, risks, and delivery plans.
- Support account coverage and opportunity development for local enterprise/finance sector clients, engaging IT, engineering, architecture, and PMO stakeholders.
Must-Have Requirements
- Singapore Citizen / PR.
- Software engineering background (education and/or hands-on experience) with the ability to understand (must have):
- SDLC for large-scale IT systems
- system architectures
- Integration patterns
- FSI Application experience (Nice to have):
- Mobile banking
- Loan & credit
- Core banking
- Data Platform
- Other banking common business system
- 5-8 years (or above) of pre-sales or client-facing experience in IT services, software, system integration, or technology consulting.
- Comfortable engaging Enterprise stakeholders (IT, engineering leads, architects, PMO, procurement).
- Strong communication skills in English and Chinese (Mandarin) for client discussions and documentation.
Preferred / Advantage
- Exposure to enterprise or large-scale software delivery (multi-team, multi-vendor, long-running programs).
- Experience supporting banking technology environments:
- Digital channels
- Middleware / integration
- Data platforms
- Experience estimating and scoping enterprise software delivery work, including:
- Requirements decomposition
- Integration and testing effort
- Release and rollout planning
Key Competencies
- Structured thinking and clear documentation
- Strong ownership and follow-through
- Comfortable working across sales, pre-sales, and large delivery teams
- Willingness to learn enterprise banking domains and delivery complexity
