Senior Vp

**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.

**About the Department**:
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.

**Responsibilities**:
**Overall Project Management**:
- Provide End-to-End oversight of the delivery of blockchain projects or programs from the initial development of the business use case, assessing blockchain-specific implications (e.g. such as on-chain vs. off-chain transaction flows) to delivery of a scaled solution (e.g. digital asset custody of client tokens)
- Responsible to track the quality, scope, timeline, effort (co-related to estimation, CR’s, complexity), resources (includes GTO, business, contractor, Professional Services resources as well as operations)
- Develop and execute the overall blockchain project plan and analyse project proposals which impacts the schedule and budget variance which in turn contribute to meeting the overall objectives of the project.
- Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones and required activities and tasks.

**Blockchain Strategy & Design**
- Support the Business Teams in designing suitable blockchain-based use cases and guide them in understanding any technical limitations
- Bring in Blockchain and Digital Asset experience to drive the functional design of blockchain-based use cases
- Guide technology teams in assessing blockchain-based solutions across themes of architecture, security and infrastructure

**Stakeholder Management**: Work hand in hand with Business Project Managers to manage project stakeholders and relationships spanning across different countries and locations - e.g. escalation, expectation, conflict, scope changes, etc. Ensure teams work in a collaborative environment
- **Scope Management**: Manage all changes to the agreed scope of work. Review and assess all changes and impact to timeline and ensure all changes are approved by project steering committees
- **Project Governance**: Prepare investment approval deck and manage approval of project by Investment board. Organize and facilitate PSC meetings, chair PWC meetings.
- **Risk and Issue Management**: Manage overall project risk, track risk aging, work through escalations, change governance and related issues. Implement the risk mitigation plans.
- **Process Adherence**: Partner with relevant stakeholders in ensuring that the system development methodology is followed and the relevant artefacts are delivered on time with quality, in adherence to the development methodology/approach
- **Project Reporting**: Measure, monitor and report progress to stakeholders at various levels of organization across the enterprise with the right quality, consistency in content. Implement project communication plan and review status reports prepared by project personnel and modify schedules or plans as required**Job Requirements**:
Technical Skills & Experience- Team of IT experience, with sensitivity and commitment to business problem solving
- A minimum of 8-10 years of demonstrated competency project management role involving the execution of multiple projects or a large project involving multiple systems (e2e)
- Three or more years of BU or BU-facing experience, with sensitivity and commitment to business problem solving
- Demonstrated experience in leading a team
- Demonstrated experience and ability in successfully utilizing "soft skills" or "people skills"
- Business Domain knowledge in wholesale banking payments (domestic & international), and familiar in transaction banking experience in managing complex projects in Technology transformation and migration, ISO20022 based payment systems / instant payment schemes and proven delivery experience and knowledge on various ASEAN countries payments & collect