Technology Risk Manager, Risk & Prevention (Group Operations & Technology) VP/ED

WHO WE ARE: 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. Group Operations and Technology (O&T) provide IT and backroom support across the bank's business lines such as Group Consumer Financial Services, Group Corporate Banking, Global Treasury, Group Risk Management, Group Finance, and Group Human Resources. In addition, Group O&T runs the bank’s regional processing centres and technology operations, drive for productivity gains and lower unit costs by instilling a quality culture, and leverage on the synergy from cross border processing hubs in Singapore, Malaysia and across the region.

The objective of Group O&T Risk & Prevention (R&P) is to establish a risk awareness and compliance culture that helps Group O&T to manage risks. In supporting O&T departments, Group Risk and Regulatory Compliance Unit as the Division Compliance Officer, Business Continuity Management Coordinator and Ops Risk management Coordinator, R&P undertakes the following responsibilities: Coordinate and facilitate the implementation of Operational Risk & Compliance policies, methodologies, and initiatives for proactive risk management by Group O&T.

Monitor and uplift the Division's risk and compliance management performance through tracking of audit issues, compliance breaches and loss events. Provide independent review of risk assessments performed by O&T for new/changed processes to ensure integration of risk management to internal processes. Manage the audit engagement process, track, and ensure timely closure of issues. Promote awareness of risk among O&T staff and educate them on methodologies and processes for risk management and compliance.

Role Description: The candidate is expected to take a leadership role in ensuring that technology-related risks are proactively identified, assessed, and effectively mitigated. This includes leading collaboration efforts with technology teams and regional Risk & Prevention (R&P) functions across the OCBC Group to address technology risk challenges and to drive a strong risk culture within Group Operations & Technology (O&T).

The candidate will lead a small team responsible for end-to-end management of all technology-related audits across the bank. The role ensures strong audit-preparedness and high-quality coordination. The candidate is expected to provide expert advisory on technology controls, MAS and regulators expectations, and bank’s risk framework. Duties & Responsibilities: 1. Support the Head, Technology Risk and Head, R&P in the overall effective and proactive management of technology risk and controls in Group O&T.

2. Act as a liaison party for technology audits (internal, external and reviews) to support stakeholders in, as well as tracking, reporting and root causes are addressed. 3. Work closely with stakeholders to: a. perform infrastructure (operating systems, middleware, databases, network), applications, operations risk, and control assessments to ensure that systems’ configurations, processes, and operations, with the obj