Director - Technology Strategy & Transformation - Banking - Singapore

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Work you will do

Deloitte’s Financial Services industry group strives to support clients in addressing the challenges that impact today’s industry. Our member firm’s global network engages with clients to refine their business models through innovative practices, improved processes and enabling information technologies.

This role will see you engage directly with high profile banking clients on their most important and challenging issues including defining the technology strategy, architecture and operating model for incumbent banks looking to transform themselves or neo banks, running the technology work stream for a large M&A program or developing a cloud transformation roadmap and more. We do not stop at defining the strategy and continue to work with our clients as trusted advisors throughout their journey. This also helps us to ensure that our strategy work is grounded and backed by learnings from actual implementation. You will also get a chance to collaborate with our global network where we have delivered truly cutting-edge technology projects for clients in this domain.

This role sits within the Technology, Strategy & Transformation team of Deloitte Southeast Asia, which aims to design, implement, and deliver technology strategy and transformation engagements for banks in the region, covering Retail Banking, SME banking, Corporate/Commercial Banking.

You will work alongside our clients to help them to build and transform their IT function, with reference to the following areas:

• IT Strategy Development: Assist clients in developing a technology strategy and roadmap that aligns with and supports their key business priorities, unlocking business value.

• IT Operating Model: Support senior IT leadership or business sponsor in developing an IT Operating Model, outlining the strategic aims of the organization, defining the various components of the IT function (e.g. roles, governance, processes, controls, and tools).

• Application Rationalization and Architecture: work with clients to assess the application landscape and define the target state architecture and platform roadmaps to deliver business objectives. Identify how the next gen technologies can be deployed to deliver their value proposition

• IT Transformation: Shaping client’s major IT Transformation program and running the Transformation Office to deliver business and technology initiatives.

• IT M&A: Working on large international M&A deals (mergers, acquisitions, carve outs etc.) covering due diligence, day 1 strategy, planning, operating model, architecture, and post day 1 optimization and value delivery

• IT Sourcing: working with clients to optimize their service delivery models, identifying and executing sourcing options for them.

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte, we believe in the importance of empowering our people to be leaders at all levels. We connect our purpose and shared values to identify issues as well as to make an impact that matters to our clients, people and the communities. Additionally, Directors across our Firm are expected to:

• Lead from the front, acting as an exemplary role model of integrity for leaders at all levels; promote a strong sense of loyalty and followership as well as to energise others to perform at the highest level

• Build a high-performance culture by cultivating individual and team strengths; drive outstanding service, quality and stakeholder value, often through a mix of large cross-business and/or cross-border teams.

• Anticipate market and competitor trends to develop and deliver bold and innovative solutions that differentiates Deloitte from others.

• Build and maintain trust-based relationships with senior stakeholders and influencers, using highly developed influencing skills to drive positive impact in complex situations.

• Set and communicate strategic direction, excite people around the vision and align diverse, cross-business as well as cross-border teams to achieve success.

• Manage the development of a strong pipeline of diverse talent for current/ future success; own and drive a talent experience that differentiates Deloitte from others.

• Actively manages the business to deliver maximum value to Deloitte and to external stakeholders.

• Anticipate market and competitor trends to develop and deliver bold and innovative solutions that differentiates Deloitte.

Enough about us, let's talk about you

If you are someone with:

• Tertiary qualification in a technology or business discipline with a well ranked institution.

• Minimum 15 years of working experience in technology strategy and transformation at consulting firms, in house consulting role or in an enterprise architecture role working for a leading bank.

• Demonstrated experience in technology strategy for within the Banking Institutions, with exposure to one or more of the following areas:

• • IT Strategy, Architecture and Operating Model Design

  • Cloud strategy and transformation

  • Business case development

  • Delivery of large technology transformation programs.

• Deep understanding of banking technology landscape particularly in digital banking capabilities and underlying technology solutions and how they are delivering their value proposition.

• Demonstrated thought leadership and eminence building in the marketplace.

• Understanding of the new age solution provider landscape and their capabilities across banking.

• Experience with budgetary responsibilities related to projects or resources.

• Experience in collaborating with cross functional teams to shape up and deliver new opportunities.

• Exceptional interpersonal, team building, and communication skills, showcasing executive presence with demonstrated ability to manage senior client stakeholders i.e. CXOs.

• Ability to build consensus and foster change in ambiguous settings.

• Commitment to professional excellence, as well as personal and professional growth.

• Drive, tenacity, client focused and results oriented.

• An appreciation of the consulting lifestyle and ability to travel (both locally and abroad) is a prerequisite to fit to our short-term and long-term project assignment.

Next Steps

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