Head of Transformation

Job Description

Company: 1011 United Overseas Bank Ltd 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 Group Technology and Operations (GTO) provides software and system development, information technology support services and banking operations. We have centralized and standardized the technology components into Singapore, creating a global footprint which can be utilized for supporting our regional subsidiaries and the branches around the world. We operate and support 19 countries with this architecture to provide a secure and flexible banking infrastructure. Our Operations divisions provide transactional customer services for our businesses while also focusing on cost efficiency through process improvements, automation and straight through processing. Who we're looking for and what you'll do • Reporting to the Managing Director, Head of Group Infrastructure & Platform Services (GIPS). • GIPS has two distinct functions - Plan & Change and Control & Run. This role is responsible for leading Plan & Change. • Within GIPS, Plan & Change, leading teams across ASEAN and north Asia, you'll oversee three teams - Service Automation, Service Build & Engineering and Service Strategy & Planning. In addition, there will be indirect supervision for Network for change management oversight. • You will provide overall leadership and management of data centres, IT infrastructure (hosts, servers, storage), common platforms architecture & engineering, end-user computing, monitoring, and infrastructure projects for the bank. • Responsibilities include: • Planning, delivery, execution and driving operational excellence. • Ensuring our IT infra services are efficient, stable, and reliable. • Improving the Bank's IT capabilities and driving IT innovation for scale, that is centralised, standardised and sustainable. • Ensuring optimised investment choices that are fit for purpose that add real value. • Ensuring regulatory compliance of the IT infra services provided. Show More