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.
Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex IT infrastructure and technology transformation projects to support bank modernization initiatives. The role requires strong technical depth, governance discipline, and senior stakeholder management across business, IT, and vendors.
Key Responsibilities
Lead delivery of large-scale infrastructure and platform projects (compute, network, virtualization, middleware, DR, cloud platforms)
Manage project scope, timeline, budget, and resources to ensure successful delivery
Develop and track project plans, milestones, risks, and dependencies
Ensure compliance with governance, security, and audit requirements
Coordinate cross-functional teams across infrastructure, application, security, and operations
Collaborate with Group architecture teams to ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture and modern technology standards
Manage vendors, system integrators, and external partners to deliver agreed outcomes
Drive risk and issue management with timely escalation and resolution
Provide clear status reporting and steering materials for senior management
Requirements
Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline
Minimum 15 years of IT experience, with extensive experience managing complex technical projects/programmes
Strong experience in infrastructure and platform delivery (data center, virtualization, network, DR, platform services)
Hands-on exposure or strong understanding of modern technology platforms, such as:
Cloud (private / hybrid / public) and cloud-native architecture
Container platforms (e.g. Kubernetes / OpenShift)
Middleware and integration (Kafka, API/Microservices)
DevOps and CI/CD practices
Proven experience in banking or highly regulated environments
Strong understanding of project methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, SDLC)
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in core banking, payment systems, or large-scale transformation programmes
Familiarity with regulatory frameworks (HKMA, MAS)
Certifications (PMP, PRINCE2, ITIL, Agile, or Cloud certifications)
Key Competencies
Strong stakeholder and vendor management at senior level
Solid technical grounding with ability to challenge modern solution design
Ability to bridge traditional infrastructure and cloud-native environments
Effective communication with senior management and non-technical stakeholders
Strong risk management, problem-solving, and delivery focus
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.
OCBC is the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, the oldest of which was founded in 1912. It is now the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.
OCBC and its subsidiaries offer a broad array of commercial banking, specialist financial and wealth management services, ranging from consumer, corporate, investment, private and transaction banking to treasury, insurance, asset management and stockbroking services.
OCBC’s key markets are Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Greater China. It has more than 570 branches and representative offices in 19 countries and regions. These include about 300 branches and offices in Indonesia under subsidiary Bank OCBC NISP, and over 90 branches and offices in Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR under OCBC Wing Hang.
OCBC’s private banking services are provided by its wholly-owned subsidiary Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals.
OCBC's insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia. Its asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors, is one of the largest private sector asset management companies in Southeast Asia.
