Svp/md, Engineering Head

Location: Singapore, SG- Job Function: Technology Group- Job Type: Permanent- Req ID: 15718GIC is one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. With over 2,000 employees across 11 locations around the world, we invest in more than 40 countries globally across asset classes and businesses. Working at GIC gives you exposure to an extraordinary network of the world’s industry leaders. As a leading global long-term investor, we Work at the Point of Impact for Singapore’s financial future, and the communities we invest in worldwide.

**Technology Group**
We experiment, design, and lead a 24×7 global business where we support core capabilities in asset management, trading, investment operations, and risk management. We deliver secure, reliable, and integrated solutions, and provide insights on new, and emerging technologies.

**Business Partner & Solutions**
You will help to explore new, and existing technology to support our strategic, and operational business needs across our Public Markets, Private Markets, Total Portfolio Risk, Corporate Services, and Enterprise Solutions.

**What impact can you make in this role?**
You will be empowered to be at the top of your game by providing strategic partnership, and innovative technology solutions that supports GIC’s vision of being a tech-driven, global, long-term investment firm.

**What will you do as a Investment Services Engineering Head?**

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Engineering Lead to focus on the Investment Services area of our organization - a large sovereign wealth fund. The Investment Services engineering group deliver solutions focused on providing high-quality systems to support the daily operations required for servicing investments across all portfolios within GIC. This is a senior strategic role responsible for setting the target state architecture across the domain, ensuring a high-quality of engineering delivery across all projects, and working closely with senior management to prioritize resources and trade-offs to deliver business and domain-wide outcomes.
- Lead division consisting of multiple teams of engineers delivering solutions for the Investment Services domain
- Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including project sponsors, business leaders, technical teams, and external partners
- Collaborate with Product Management stakeholders to understand requirements and develop strategies that meet their requirements
- Act as a solution architect across the whole domain, setting the strategy for the architecture evolution towards a strategic target state
- Directly manage the managers of the engineering teams providing leadership, direction, and personal development coaching
- Actively raise the quality bar for engineering talent - attracting, retaining, and improving the best developers in the industry
- Drive the implementation of engineering policies and practices to guide teams to high levels of quality and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards
- Provide input into budget and resource planning
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field
- Ability to connect with software engineers and do hands-on development to demonstrate their connectedness with the everyday needs of developers
- Extensive experience in technology delivery in financial organizations - preferably with some experience of operations processes in middle-office and back-office functions
- Proven track record in sizable engineering roles with broad experience and knowledge in different engineering patterns, demonstrating the ability to deliver impactful outcomes
- Strong domain knowledge of the operational flow of HR and finance systems
- Strong management and leadership skills with the ability to influence department strategy and contribute to the development of the technical architecture strategy
- People leadership experience of manager-of-managers
- Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, effectively translating complex technical concepts into business terms
- Leadership experience in architecting, implementing, and troubleshooting business facing products and services
- Experience in working with cloud-native environment such as AWS (preferred) or Azure cloud platform
- Excellent presentation, communication (oral and written), and relationship-building skills across all levels of management
- Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and ability to handle change in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent problem-solving and analysis skills, with the ability to identify and address complex engineering challenges
- Earns high advocacy and loyalty from teams through strong managerial competence, fostering a culture of collaboration, growth, and high performance
- Provides mentorship and guidance to team members, enabling their professional development and success
- Ability to understand cultural differences and be effective working in a