Overview
Director, Corporate Systems
Date: 9 Sept 2026
Location:
Singapore, Singapore
Company:
Singtel Group
An empowering career at Singtel begins with a Hello. Our purpose, to Empower Every Generation, connects people to the possibilities they need to excel. Every “hello” at Singtel opens doors to new initiatives, growth, and BIG possibilities that takes your career to new heights. So, when you say hello to us, you are really empowered to say…“Hello BIG Possibilities”.
Singtel is where Technology meets Purpose.
We’re building an AI-first telco for the future—connecting people, businesses and communities through trusted networks, intelligent digital services and next-generation technology.
From transforming everyday experiences in mobile, broadband, entertainment and lifestyle services to enabling enterprises with AI, 5G+, cloud, cybersecurity, data centres and digital platforms, we create the technology that powers how millions live, work and connect.
At Singtel, your work creates real impact. You’ll solve meaningful challenges, shape critical digital infrastructure and help build secure, resilient and AI-enabled solutions that serve businesses, digital ecosystems and communities across the globe.
This is where BIG Possibilities become reality. Whether you’re engineering intelligent networks, advancing sovereign AI cloud platforms, strengthening cybersecurity, designing seamless customer experiences or driving sustainable innovation, you’ll be part of teams shaping the future of technology.
Backed by decades of expertise and driven by a culture of continuous learning and innovation, Singtel offers the scale, opportunities and support to help you grow your career while making a difference where it matters most.
Be a Part of Something BIG!
Reporting to the Head of Corporate Systems, the Director, Corporate Systems is a senior technology leadership role accountable for partnering with Corporate Functions and leading the strategy, transformation, delivery and operations of enterprise corporate platforms across Singtel Group.
The role combines two integrated accountabilities:
IT Business Partner for Corporate Functions. Serve as the trusted technology adviser to the People and Culture and Sustainability leadership teams. Translate business strategy into a prioritised technology roadmap and investment portfolio, with end-to-end accountability for demand, delivery, service performance, cost, risk and value realisation.
Platform Lead for Corporate Systems – People and Culture and Sustainability across Singtel, Optus and NCS. Own the platform strategy, architecture, product roadmap and lifecycle. Drive a secure, resilient and scalable common core while enabling justified local requirements; simplify and modernise the application landscape; strengthen data and integration foundations; and improve speed, employee experience and unit cost.
The Director, Corporate Systems will:
- Shape and execute multi-year platform and technology strategies aligned with business priorities, enterprise architecture, cyber security, data and cloud principles.
- Sponsor major transformation programmes and ensure disciplined delivery, adoption, operational readiness, benefits realisation and sustainable support.
- Establish clear governance and decision rights for demand, investment, architecture, change, service performance, risk, privacy, resilience and vendor management.
- Lead, develop and inspire a high-performing regional team and partner ecosystem, supported by a strategic workforce and capability plan.
- Advise and influence senior stakeholders, resolve competing priorities and make balanced decisions across business value, employee experience, cost, risk and delivery speed.
The successful candidate will combine strategic business insight, enterprise technology depth, commercial acumen and strong people leadership. They will be comfortable operating across a federated Group, influencing at executive level and translating complex technology choices into clear business outcomes.
Make an impact by
Shape Corporate Systems strategy, business partnership and portfolio value
- Partner with People and Culture, Sustainability and Group/OpCo leadership to understand business outcomes and translate them into an integrated, multi-year technology strategy and roadmap.
- Lead demand management and portfolio prioritisation across run, grow and transform initiatives, balancing value, risk, regulatory needs, dependencies and capacity.
- Develop robust business cases, investment proposals and outcome measures; own value and benefits realisation.
- Provide clear executive advice on technology options, trade-offs and emerging trends.
- Success measures: stakeholder confidence, roadmap alignment, benefits delivered, demand transparency and portfolio health.
Own platform/product strategy, architecture and lifecycle management
- Define platform/product vision, roadmap, target architecture and lifecycle for People and Culture and Sustainability platforms across Singtel, Optus and NCS.
- Establish common-core standards, design principles and decision rights while enabling justified local requirements and regulatory obligations.
- Drive application rationalisation, technical-debt reduction, cloud/SaaS optimisation, integration and API reuse, and data quality.
- Lead responsible adoption of automation, analytics and AI-enabled capabilities where they improve employee experien
About Singtel
Headquartered in Singapore, Singtel has 140 years of operating experience and played a pivotal role in the country’s development as a major communications hub. Optus, our subsidiary in Australia, is a leader in integrated telecommunications, constantly raising the bar in innovative products and services.
We are also strategically invested in leading companies in Asia and Africa, including Bharti Airtel (India, South Asia and Africa), Telkomsel (Indonesia), Globe Telecom (the Philippines) and Advanced Info Service (Thailand). We work closely with our associates, leveraging our scale in networks, customer reach and extensive operational experience to lead and shape the communications industry.
Together, the Group serves over 700 million mobile customers around world. Singtel is one of the largest listed Singapore companies on the Singapore Exchange by market capitalisation.
The Group has a vast network of offices throughout Asia Pacific, Europe and the USA, and employs more than 23,000 staff worldwide.
