Deputy/Assistant Director, Transactions Platform & Capital Markets Tech Product.

What the role is

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is Singapore’s central bank and integrated financial regulator.

As central bank, MAS promotes sustained, non-inflationary economic growth through the conduct of monetary policy and close macroeconomic surveillance and analysis. It manages Singapore’s exchange rate, official foreign reserves, and liquidity in the banking sector.

As an integrated financial supervisor, MAS fosters a sound financial services sector through its prudential oversight of all financial institutions in Singapore – banks, insurers, capital market intermediaries, financial advisors, and stock exchanges. It is also responsible for well-functioning financial markets, sound conduct, and investor education.

MAS also works with the financial industry to promote Singapore as a dynamic international financial centre. It facilitates the development of infrastructure, adoption of technology, and upgrading of skills in the financial industry.

Join us now, if you have a genuine interest in making an impact to help shape Singapore’s economic and financial landscape.

What you will be working on

About TPT

The Tech Products Team is a team within the Capital Markets Group responsible for managing and developing digital services used by MAS officers and regulated Financial Institutions. At TPT, we foster a culture of continuous improvement, offering our team robust learning and development opportunities to hone their skills. Embracing digital technology and agile practices, TPT delivers innovative, people-centric solutions with efficiency and empathy at its core.

Role summary

We are looking for a passionate product owner that is enthusiastic in driving strategic product initiatives, building and managing high performing cross-functional teams and ensuring that our digital solutions meet the needs of both officers and FIs.

Your key role and responsibilities include overseeing the entire product lifecycle of a digital product, including designing, building, deploying and improving the product in support of the organisation’s strategy and business objectives. This includes:

1. Developing and articulating clear product vision, strategy and roadmap;
2. Managing product backlog, defining acceptance criteria, prioritising the delivery of features that maximise value to the organisation;
3. Collaborating with stakeholders to gather requirements, understand current business processes, create and maintain feedback loops with users and ensure alignment with business objectives;
4. Defining and tracking relevant metrics/key performance indicators to measure product adoption, success and satisfaction;
5. Engaging departments and other stakeholders to reimagine business processes where necessary such that the product meets the organisational priorities;
6. Overseeing product design and development including setting time frame and clear deliverables;
7. Overseeing change management to facilitate the users in adopting the product and new ways of working;
8. Providing user support of the product over its product life cycle;
9. Conducting risk assessment and mitigation to ensure compliance with GovTech and MAS policies, with the support of officers from MAS’ Technology Group;
10. Establishing standards and procedures for reporting and documentation.

What are we looking for

1. Self-driven, motivated person with good interpersonal and communication skills.
2. Great business acumen and strategic thinking for product implementation and growth.
3. Some knowledge of product management methodology e.g. AGILE, Scrum.
4. Good understanding of procurement processes and guidelines.
5. Experience in cross-department project and stakeholder management.
6. Ability to work effectively with a team to understand and interpret requirements leading to technical implementation.
7. Ability to work effectively and independently under pressure, meet deadlines, multi-task and to prioritise tasks effectively.
8. Experience with focus group and workshop facilitation.

As part of the shortlisting process for this role, you may be required to complete a medical declaration and/or undergo further assessment.

All applicants will be notified on whether they are shortlisted or not within 4 weeks of the closing date of this job posting.