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.

Description

• Formulate Technology Strategy: Develop and oversee the cybersecurity strategy, guiding principles, and roadmap aligned with business strategy.
• Recommend Future Capabilities: Suggest advanced cybersecurity capabilities and architecture designs considering strategic objectives, organizational constraints, technology trends, and regulatory requirements.
• Gap Analysis: Identify and address gaps between current and target cybersecurity architecture, proposing solutions to stakeholders.
• Regulatory Impact Analysis: Analyze the impact of major regulations (e.g., TRM) on the overall bank, providing gap analysis, roadmaps, and high-level cost estimates.
• Holistic Mapping: Collaborate with stakeholders to create a comprehensive view of the organization’s strategy, processes, and IT assets.
• Develop Standards: Establish and maintain cybersecurity standards, guidelines, and policies to guide solution and project teams.
• Lead Design Reviews: Oversee and lead cybersecurity architectural design reviews and projects, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards.
• Collaboration: Work closely with solutioning and project teams to implement best cybersecurity practices.
• Benchmarking: Perform benchmarking on selected cybersecurity areas to ensure competitive advantage.
• Governance: Govern and maintain bank-wide cybersecurity standards.
• Strategic Initiatives: Define and drive strategies to achieve cost synergy, enhanced risk management, customer service excellence, and competitive advantage.
• Implementation Approach: Lead the implementation approach, aligning with Group Operations & Technology target architecture and cascading the endorsed direction across functions and regions.
• Key Initiatives: Identify and propose key initiatives with material impact, engaging and obtaining endorsements from key stakeholders.
• Large-Scale Cybersecurity Projects: Lead the implementation of large-scale cybersecurity projects, ensuring robust and scalable solutions.
• Cybersecurity Design for Banking: Produce comprehensive cybersecurity designs tailored to banking requirements, ensuring security, compliance, and efficiency.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of cybersecurity architects, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with senior leadership and stakeholders to align cybersecurity initiatives with business goals.
• Strategic Vision: Provide strategic vision and direction for the cybersecurity team, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
• Resource Management: Manage resources effectively to ensure successful project delivery and optimal team performance.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related IT discipline. An additional business degree is advantageous.
• Certifications: Industry certifications such as CISSP, TOGAF, CISA, ITIL, PMP, and other relevant certifications are highly desirable.
• Experience: At least 10 years of experience in cybersecurity architecture, including leading multiple major implementations and creating technology strategies.
• Leadership: Proven experience in managing and mentoring teams of cybersecurity architects and technical professionals.
• Security Solutions: Extensive experience in designing, implementing, and improving cybersecurity solutions.
• Emerging Technologies: Up-to-date knowledge of emerging technologies and trends in cybersecurity.
• Industry Knowledge: Familiarity with industry best practices, technology trends, and business trends in the financial industry.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, highly organized, and able to interact professionally at all levels of the organization.
• Large-Scale Projects: Experience in implementing large-scale cybersecurity projects and producing cybersecurity designs specifically for banking.
• AI Solutions: Experience working with AI solutions, including designing and implementing AI-driven cybersecurity solutions, and integrating AI technologies into enterprise architecture.
• Cybersecurity Expertise: In-depth knowledge of cybersecurity principles, including data breaches, hacking, account hijacking, malicious insiders, third parties, authentication, APTs, data loss, and DoS attacks. Experience in identity and access management, and creating/enforcing policies that govern access to sensitive technology resources and information assets.

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.