About UOB
United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices. Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.
Job Description
The incumbent will manage and lead the design, development, and delivery of mission-critical applications in the Cards Technology domain. This role involves managing cross-functional teams, technical delivery, deployments and ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, regulatory requirements, and strategic technology goals.
Key Responsibilities
Application Development & Delivery
- Lead development and implementation Cards-related applications with overall accountability ensuring product deliveries are timely and with good quality.
- Partner with SA & subject matter experts to understand and implement functional and technical requirements
- Provide systems input to specification phase (e.g., effort estimates, high-level delivery plan) based on impact assessment (e.g., function points)
- Partner with Architects, Security and System Analysts to ensure solution design complies with enterprise design principles, security and control standards. Have a hands-on approach to ensure that the application teams build the enhancements according to the solution plan
- Drive platform modernization initiatives in collaboration with Architecture, Risk, and Infrastructure teams.
- Partner with Test Manager to ensure completion of SIT, UAT, performance / load testing and application security testing with quality results
- Work with Security to facilitate completion of penetration testing and remediation of findings in accordance with Mitigation Plan
- Prepare and manage technical implementation plan across application teams
- Coordinate technical implementation activities across application teams to ensure non-event production cutover and adequate post implementation support
- Escalate issues that impacts project schedule on timely basis and propose workarounds/resolutions
- Work with vendor to ensure product deliveries are timely and good quality.
- Manage budget coming from different projects.
- Ensure project documentation is done up in accordance with bank standards.
DevOps & Technical Governance
- Champion CI/CD, automated testing, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
- Ensure compliance with patching, vulnerability remediation, and security standards.
- Manage deployments and change control processes.
Incident & Problem Management
- Provide technical leadership during major incidents.
- Conduct root cause analysis and implement preventive actions.
- Collaborate with support teams for smooth production transitions.
Team & Stakeholder Management
- Lead high-performing teams across onshore and offshore locations.
- Mentor team members and foster technical excellence.
- Collaborate with business units, vendors, and compliance teams to align delivery with strategic goals.
Operational Excellence
- Drive continuous improvement across development and delivery processes.
- Maintain technical documentation, design artifacts, and runbooks.
- Participate in capacity planning, disaster recovery, and performance tuning.
Job Requirements
Education & Experience
- Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field.
- 1215 years of experience in software development and technical delivery leadership.
Technical Proficiencies
- Strong knowledge of Credit Card systems (acquisition, authorization, settlement, disputes).
- Proficient in distributed and mainframe technologies
- Hands-on experience using CardLink hosted on a mainframe platform.
- Hands on experience on distribute platform with a good functional knowledge on cards
- Experience with large-scale migration of cards platform will be advantageous.
- Experience with DevOps tools and cloud technologies would be preferred.
Leadership & Delivery Skills
- Proven ability to lead development teams and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Independent, proactive, and delivery-focused with a deep understanding of SDLC, Agile, and DevOps.
Core Competencies
- Strategic planning and execution
- Technical architecture and design thinking
- Team leadership and coaching
- Effective communication and stakeholder management
- Delivery-focused mindset with attention to detail
- Analytical thinking and problem-solving
Additional Requirements
Be a Part of the UOB Family
UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.
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