Director/SVP – Technology, Operations and recruitment

Our client, a top tier global bank, our looking for a strong new Director to join their Technology, Infrastructure and Ops space. You will be reporting into a Snr Director based in Singapore and very much be his right hand man. The role is to manage a team of 6 in HK and the key deliverables of the team are around the technology, infrastructure, cost and expenses across banking business lines – infrastructure, IB, assets, wealth.

This bank is known for their ‘best in class’ systems and processes and this role is very much a champion of that outlook. The Snr Director is based here, and are most of the IT staff who you will be working in partnership with, devising change strategy, conceptualising planning and so on. However, the Chief Information Officer, most of the Snr Management for the region, a lot of the ‘physical’ change and so on is in HK. Thus, they need someone strong to stakeholder manage the CIO, face off against senior management in HK, manage the team underneath them and drive the change in HK.

My client needs someone with:

- Very strong costing and expense management experience

- Wide banking exposure

- Exposure to ‘tech and ops’/IT/infrastructure/GTO/Global tech spaces

- Excellent stakeholder management skills

- Ability to drive, direct and manage projects

- Strong finance background

- First rate negotiation and influencing skills

- Good management skills (team of 6)

This is a full director level role and the package is to match. They would also consider very strong Snr VP’s moving up. Please come back to me ASAP with interest, an up-to-date CV, and full salary and notice period details.