Overview
WHO WE ARE:
As Singapore’s longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires.
Today, we’re on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future.
We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career.
Your Opportunity Starts Here.
Why Join
Be part of OCBC’s technology transformation journey and contribute to projects that shape the future of banking. As an Intern within Group Technology Projects, you’ll gain firsthand exposure to enterprise-scale technology initiatives that drive innovation, digitalisation, and operational excellence across the bank. You’ll have the opportunity to develop your project management, analytical, and stakeholder engagement skills while supporting strategic programmes that create meaningful business impact.
How You Succeed
To excel in this role, you’ll need to be curious, organised, and eager to learn. You’ll work closely with project managers, technology teams, and business stakeholders to support project delivery, governance, and continuous improvement efforts. Your ability to manage multiple priorities, analyse information, communicate effectively, and collaborate with diverse stakeholders will be key to delivering successful outcomes.
What You Do
Your responsibilities will include:
- Project Coordination: assist in tracking and reporting the progress of technology projects and programmes to support effective project delivery
- Project Governance: support the preparation and maintenance of project documentation, including business cases, project charters, status reports, and governance materials
- Risk & Issue Management: assist in maintaining project plans, risk registers, issue logs, and change request documentation
- Data Analysis & Reporting: contribute to the analysis and visualisation of project performance metrics to support decision-making and programme oversight
- Process Improvement: participate in project reviews and support initiatives that enhance project delivery processes and operational efficiency
- Stakeholder Engagement: collaborate with cross-functional teams across Group Operations & Technology and business units to support project activities and deliverables
- Delivery Support: assist in ensuring projects adhere to governance frameworks, compliance requirements, and established delivery methodologies
- Ad-hoc Tasks: provide support on other technology transformation and project management initiatives as assigned
Who You Work With
Group Operations and Technology plays a critical role in enabling OCBC’s digital transformation and business growth. Within the Group Technology Projects team, you’ll work alongside project managers, technology specialists, and business stakeholders who deliver strategic initiatives across the organisation. You’ll gain valuable exposure to enterprise technology platforms, transformation programmes, and the collaborative efforts required to deliver innovative solutions in a complex banking environment.
Who You Are
- Open to learning and feedback
- Strong interest in technology, innovation, and project management
- Analytical, organised, and detail-oriented
- Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- Familiarity with project management or collaboration tools such as JIRA, Confluence, or Power BI would be advantageous
- Able to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment
- Currently pursuing an undergraduate or postgraduate degree
Learning Objectives
This internship will provide you with:
- Hands-on experience supporting and delivering technology projects within a banking environment
- Exposure to Waterfall and Agile project management methodologies
- Understanding of enterprise technology systems, digital platforms, and transformation initiatives
- Opportunities to develop project coordination, governance, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience in project reporting, data analysis, and performance tracking
- Exposure to risk management, compliance, and project delivery frameworks
- Networking opportunities with technology professionals, project managers, and business leaders across the organisation
- Insights into how technology and innovation drive transformation within a leading financial institution
What we offer:
Competitive base salary. A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle. Community initiatives. Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities. Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.
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About
OCBC is the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, the oldest of which was founded in 1912. It is now the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.
OCBC and its subsidiaries offer a broad array of commercial banking, specialist financial and wealth management services, ranging from consumer, corporate, investment, private and transaction banking to treasury, insurance, asset management and stockbroking services.
OCBC’s key markets are Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Greater China. It has more than 570 branches and representative offices in 19 countries and regions. These include about 300 branches and offices in Indonesia under subsidiary Bank OCBC NISP, and over 90 branches and offices in Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR under OCBC Wing Hang.
OCBC’s private banking services are provided by its wholly-owned subsidiary Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals.
OCBC's insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia. Its asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors, is one of the largest private sector asset management companies in Southeast Asia.
