Executive Director, Programme Management, Ffg

Job ID: 30484

Location: Singapore, SG

Area of interest: Business Support, Management & Efficiency

Job type: Regular Employee

Work style: Office Working

Opening date: 30 May 2025

**JOB SUMMARY**
The Group’s Fit For Growth (FFG) Programme commenced in Q1 2024, with the aim of simplifying, standardising, and digitising the Bank’s processes, to provide a platform for Business growth and to ‘make it easier to get things done’. The Programme has $1.5bn of investment funding for distribution to generate $1.5bn of annualised saves. As part of the Programme, a central team, the FFG Programme Office, has been established to help structure, co-ordinate, prioritise, support, and monitor the initiatives that will be selected to deliver the efficiencies and growth opportunities.- As external consulting support rolls off FFG, the Programme Office needs seasoned professionals that understand the change delivery landscape in the Bank to cover the following areas:
Drive the overall governance framework of the Programme and the underlying Portfolios, ensuring that governance is practical and supports the strategic direction of the Programme.
Lead the coordination and execution of the AE Steerco and Programme Steering Committee, ensuring robust decision making, alignment with Programme Objectives and help shape the agenda. Continuously enhance the effectiveness of these committees.
Coordinate with second and third line partners, leading efforts on compliance to standards, policies etc. and work towards pragmatic solutions that are fit for purpose.
Partner with Portfolio Leads, Initiative Leads and other key stakeholders to connect the dots, share insights and implement robust effective governance of the underlying portfolios.
Support the overall risk and issue management for Programme, identifying, tracking and mitigating Programme and thematic risks and issues. Complete the overall change risk assessment and drive effective risk management across the Portfolios.
Drive continuous improvement of FFG Programme Office processes, including streamlining and optimisation, and enhance overall Programme efficiency and effectiveness.
Support the overall FFG post investment tools (Clarity and SAGE) and drive the accuracy and quality of data across the portfolio. Provide guidance, training and hands on support to allow the Programme to leverage data to support decision making.**RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Strategy**
Be able to articulate the high-level opportunity for the Bank and the break-down of that by business division and function in order to provide clarity and transparency on the objectives of the programme.
Set clear direction on the long-term productivity and simplification agenda for the Bank.
Drive overall FFG Programme governance and structure, covering all Portfolios, whether Business, Functional or pan-Bank, their teams, programmes, and initiatives.**Business**
Working closely with the Portfolio Leads their delegates and teams for a range of workstreams (e.g. S&T, Legal) to ensure that objectives are clear, delivery is tracked and reviewed on a regular basis.
Understanding key Business and Functional opportunities and influence decision making for simplifying, standardising, and digitising the Bank’s processes and overall capability
Understanding in detail one or more of the portfolios, thereby assisting with the identification, monitoring and driving of efficiency and optimisation initiatives.
Proactive delivery of portfolio analysis, scenarios and identifying the ‘so what’**Processes**
Own the central governance processes and framework to drive effective decision making and continuous improvement.
Supporting the management of the FFG funding clearing house process, ensuring the right opportunities in are reviewed, challenged, and prioritised to receive investment spend.
Identifying additional productivity opportunities.
Understanding the processes and tools for tracking business cases through-out the lifecycle of a Programme to value delivery and realisation.**People & Talent**
Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values.
Set appropriate tone and expectations and work in collaboration with risk and control partners. Leading through example and helping to build an appropriate team culture and values.
Partnering with a diverse team across different locations to achieve common outcomes
Setting an appropriate tone and expectations and working in collaboration with all stakeholders and partners.**Risk Management**
Ensure any recommendations or decisions are made with a full understanding of the risk and control environment in the relevant business or function
Understanding the main risks facing the Group and the potential impact that the Programme could have on the ability of the Bank to manage those risks.
Identifying and communicating FFG Programme risks and issues for monitoring through-out the lifecycle of the Programme.**Governance**
Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which t