AVP, Product Specialist, WRB Tech

About the position

The position involves developing the strategic direction and roadmap for SCPAY, aligning with Business Strategy, ITO Strategy, and investment priorities. The role requires tapping into the latest industry trends and innovative products to deliver effective and faster product capabilities. It also includes supporting CASH Management Operations by leveraging technology to streamline processes, enhance productivity, reduce risk, and improve controls. The responsibilities extend to working closely with the Payments Business to take product programs from investment decisions into design, specifications, solutioning, development, implementation, and hand-over to operations, ensuring collaboration with other SCB teams. The role demands ensuring delivery to business within time, cost, and high-quality constraints while supporting respective businesses in growing Return on Investment and enhancing client experience. Additionally, the position is responsible for the end-to-end deliveries of the technology portfolio, ensuring compliance with regulatory mandates, and supporting operational improvements. The role also emphasizes employee engagement, talent retention, and risk management, ensuring that the Payments ITO Team performs to acceptable risk levels and control standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop the strategic direction and roadmap for SCPAY, aligning with Business Strategy, ITO Strategy and investment priorities.
• Tap into latest industry trends, innovative products & solutions to deliver effective and faster product capabilities.
• Support CASH Management Operations leveraging technology to streamline processes, enhance productivity, reduce risk and improve controls.
• Work hand in hand with Payments Business, taking product programs from investment decisions into design, specifications, solutioning, development, implementation and hand-over to operations.
• Ensure delivery to business meeting time, cost and high quality constraints.
• Support respective businesses in growing Return on investment, commercialisation of capabilities, bid teams, monitoring of usage, improving client experience, enhancing operations and addressing defects & continuous improvement of systems.
• Thrive an ecosystem of innovation and enabling business through technology.
• Responsible for the end-to-end deliveries of the technology portfolio comprising key business product areas such as Payments & Clearing.
• Own technology delivery of projects and programs across global SCB markets.
• Interface with business & technology leaders of other SCB systems for collaborative delivery.
• Employee, engage and retain high quality talent to ensure Payments Technology team is adequately staffed and skilled.
• Lead through example and build appropriate culture and values.
• Bridge skill / capability gaps through learning and development.
• Ensure role, job descriptions and expectations are clearly set and periodic feedback provided to the entire team.
• Be proactive in ensuring regular assurance that the Payments ITO Team is performing to acceptable risk levels and control standards.
• Act quickly and decisively when any risk and control weakness becomes apparent.
• Promote an environment where compliance with internal control functions and the external regulatory framework is maintained.
• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group's Values and Code of Conduct.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of experience in a Development role, with a couple of years of experience as a Development lead.
• Good knowledge in Java, Microservices, and Spring Boot.
• Technical Knowledge: Java / Spring Boot, Kafka Streams, REST, JSON, Netflix Micro Services suite (Zuul / Eureka / Hystrix etc.), 12 Factor Apps, Oracle, PostgresSQL, Cassandra & ELK.
• Ability to work with geographically dispersed and highly varied stakeholders.
• Very good communication and interpersonal skills to manage senior stakeholders and top management.
• Knowledge of JIRA and Confluence tools is desired.

Benefits

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform.
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation that embraces and celebrates unique diversity.