Director, GT-Tech Shared Services, Core & Middleware Platforms MY (Programm at CIMB Group Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

07 May, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

06 Feb, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Strategic Program Leadership, Core Banking Modernization, Middleware Integration, Stakeholder Management, Technical Governance, Regulatory Compliance, Agile Transformation, Financial Engineering, Microservices Architecture, Cloud-Native Deployments, API-First Design, Event-Driven Architecture, Change Management, Crisis Management, Vendor Management, Team Leadership

Industry

Banking

Description

Key Responsibilities * 1. Strategic Program Leadership & Execution • End-to-End Delivery: Accountable for the overall success of the Core Banking Modernization (SOUL Refactoring), ensuring quality, scope, and timeline are met across Technology, Business, and Operations. • Hollowing out the Core: Lead the strategic execution of the "Modernization Roadmap," ensuring a seamless transition from legacy monolithic structures to a modern, modular architecture. • Coexistence & Migration Strategy: Direct the complex dual-run phase, ensuring that the legacy core and new platform coexist via the Middleware layer without compromising data integrity or system performance. • Business Value Alignment: Ensure the program delivers beyond technical milestones, achieving key business outcomes such as reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and improved Time-to-Market for product launches. 2. Stakeholder & Relationship Management • C-Suite Advisory: Serve as the primary technical-to-business translator for senior management, articulating complex risks (e.g., middleware bottlenecks, technical debt) in terms of business impact. • Cross-Functional Orchestration: Partner with Business Program Managers, Scrum Masters, and Technical Delivery Managers to resolve conflicts, manage expectations, and navigate internal "political" roadblocks. • Strategic Vendor Stewardship: Drive high-level relationships with global IT vendors and Professional Services. Ensure contractual obligations are met through rigorous performance management and SLA enforcement. 3. Technical Governance & Integration • Middleware & API Alignment: Collaborate closely with the Head of Core Banking & Middleware to ensure the new core’s API contracts are compatible with CIMB’s integration bus (e.g., ESB/ Next Gen Middleware/mulesoft) and event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka). • Governance Framework: Lead the Program Steering Committee (PSC) and Chair the Project Working Group (PWG). Manage investment approvals and ensure the program adheres to CIMB’s Group Process Life Cycle (GPLC). • Non-Functional Requirement (NFR) Oversight: Guard the system’s integrity by ensuring performance, scalability, security, and high availability (HA) standards are never compromised for the sake of timeline expediency. 4. Risk, Compliance & Regulatory Management • Regulatory Liaison (BNM RMIT): Ensure all modernization activities comply with Bank Negara Malaysia’s Risk Management in Technology guidelines. Lead the preparation for regulatory audits and "Deep Dive" sessions. • Systemic Risk Mitigation: Identify and manage interdependencies across the bank's ecosystem. Develop robust contingency and "roll-back" plans for all major migration phases. • Change Control: Maintain a "tight but flexible" scope management process, ensuring all changes are assessed for downstream impact on the middleware and peripheral systems before PSC approval. 5. Resource & People Management • Hybrid Workforce Leadership: Determine resourcing requirements and manage a diverse mix of internal staff, contractors, and vendor resources in a cost-effective, high-performance environment. • Agile Transformation: Champion the shift toward Agile/DevOps delivery methodologies within the core banking space, fostering a culture of collaborative delivery and continuous integration. Job Specification * Qualifications (Basic Degree/Diploma etc) • Bachelors/Masters Degree in relevant discipline (Information Technology, Information Management, Computer Science). Professional Qualification and/or Regulatory, Licensing requirements • Relevant professional qualifications (PMP, Agile PMP, Prince2, Scrum). Relevant Work Experience • 10 – 15 years of technology and/or digital experience. • 5 – 10 years of prior leadership experience managing portfolios and teams of substantial size. Required Competencies and Skills * Competencies/Skills (Essential to succeed in this job) 1. Technical & Functional Competencies • Modern Architectural Fluency: Understanding of Microservices Architecture (MSA), Cloud-Native deployments (OpenShift), and API-First design. Must be able to discuss service mesh, circuit breakers, and container orchestration with your engineering leads. • Middleware & Integration knowledge: Knowledge in Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) and Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) logic (e.g., Next Gen Middleware/mulesoft, Kafka). Ability to work with the middleware team to manage "Coexistence Layers" where legacy and modern systems must share data in real-time. • Regulatory & Compliance (BNM RMIT): Expert-level familiarity with Bank Negara Malaysia’s RMIT and other regional regulatory frameworks. Ability to embed "Compliance by Design" into the project lifecycle to ensure seamless audits. • Financial Engineering: Advanced skill in managing multi-year, multi-million MYR CAPEX/OPEX budgets, including TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) modeling and Value Realization tracking. 2. Soft Competencies (Leadership & Personal Skills) • Techno-Business Translation: The rare ability to explain "technical debt" or "middleware latency" to a Business Head in terms of Customer Experience (CX) and Revenue Loss. • Strategic Vendor Orchestration: Experience managing global system integrators and software vendors. Must be able to distinguish between a "consultant's slide deck" and actual engineering progress. • Resilience & Crisis Command: High emotional intelligence (EQ) and "grace under fire," specifically for leading Command Centers during high-risk cutover weekends. • Change Catalyst: Ability to foster an Agile & DevOps culture within a traditionally Waterfall core banking environment. Skill in upskilling internal teams to ensure they can support the new platform post-go-live. With operations that span 15 different markets across the region, the opportunity to expand your experience, test your capabilities, and exhibit your resilience is ample. #teamCIMB is always keen to welcome the ones who are ready to make that very special difference – for themselves and the bank.

Responsibilities

The Director will lead the Core Banking Modernization program, ensuring successful delivery across technology, business, and operations. They will also manage stakeholder relationships and oversee technical governance and compliance.