About UOB
United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices. Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values – Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.
Job Description
About The Department UOB Innovation Hub 2 (InnoHub2) is a UOB-wholly owned subsidiary and a Centre of Excellence based in Malaysia, providing Group Business Services (GBS) to support the UOB Group. Started in 2021 with technology application design, development and support, InnoHub2 is expanding beyond technology services to deliver other business services to support the Bank's growth ambition. We are looking for talented and motivated individuals to be part of the pioneer team spearheading the development and delivery of the new services.
As part of the InnoHub2 team, you will have the opportunity to work on Group initiatives and gain regional business exposure. We are dynamic, passionate and purposeful about delivering trusted financial solutions that enables business growth. An exciting career progression with varied opportunities awaits you at IH2. Come grow your career with us.
Job Responsibilities
As the Technical Delivery Manager, you will be responsible to collaborate, engage and work with stakeholders from project inception, analysis, design, development, testing to pre- and post-deployment phases. Key objective is to ensure good quality and smooth delivery of cards technology system enhancements that are fully in compliance with mandated framework and guidelines.
The role involves technical delivery across requirements management, design and development, testing, integration, and planning for deployment and support. Leverage AI tools and technologies to improve efficiency, decision-making, and innovation in daily workflows.
Application Development & Delivery
- Lead development and implementation Cards related applications with overall accountability ensuring product deliveries are timely and with good quality.
- Partner with System Analyst & subject matter experts to understand and implement functional and technical requirements
- Provide systems input to specification phase (e.g., effort estimates, high-level delivery plan) based on impact assessment (e.g., function points)
- Partner with Architects, Security and System Analysts to ensure solution design complies with enterprise design principles, security and control standards. Have a hands-on approach to ensure that the application teams build the enhancements according to the solution plan
- Drive platform modernization initiatives in collaboration with Architecture, Risk, and Infrastructure teams.
- Partner with Test Manager to ensure completion of SIT, UAT, performance / load testing and application security testing with quality results
- Work with Security to facilitate completion of penetration testing and remediation of findings in accordance with Mitigation Plan
- Prepare and manage technical implementation plan across application teams
- Coordinate technical implementation activities across application teams to ensure non-event production cutover and adequate post implementation support
- Escalate issues that impact project schedule on timely basis and propose workarounds/resolutions
- Work with vendor to ensure product deliveries are timely and of good quality.
- Manage budgets coming from different projects.
- Ensure project documentation is done up in accordance with bank standards
DevOps & Technical Governance
- Champion CI/CD, automated testing, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
- Ensure compliance with patching, vulnerability remediation, and security standards.
- Manage deployments and change control processes.
Incident & Problem Management
- Provide technical leadership during major incidents.
- Conduct root cause analysis and implement preventive actions.
- Collaborate with support teams for smooth production transitions.
Team & Stakeholder Management
- Lead high-performing teams across onshore and offshore locations.
- Mentor team members and foster technical excellence.
- Collaborate with business units, vendors, and compliance teams to align delivery with strategic goals.
Operational Excellence
- Drive continuous improvement across development and delivery processes.
- Maintain technical documentation, design artifacts, and runbooks.
- Participate in capacity planning, disaster recovery, and performance tuning
Job Requirements
- Delivery, Project, Stakeholder & Vendor Management experience, & Technical Delivery Leadership
- Experience in actual systems development work, with prior coding, functional specifications and technical specifications and systems development and testing experience
- Hands on Experience should include
- Operating Systems: Proficiency in UNIX/Linux environments, including shell scripting and system administration.
- Programming & Frameworks: Strong development skills in Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, and Spring Batch, with experience in writing efficient, maintainable code
- Web Server Management: Practical experience in configuring and managing Apache HTTP Server, including SSL/TLS setup, virtual hosts for secure web applications.
- API Development & Integration: Expertise in designing, consuming, and exposing RESTful APIs, handling JSON/XML data formats, and ensuring compliance with security standards; experience with microservices architecture is a strong advantage.
- Middleware & Interfaces: Ability to implement and manage batch jobs, data exchanges, and system interfaces using technologies such as IBM MQ, JSON, and XML.
- Database Management: Strong experience with Oracle, Postgre orMicrosoft SQL Server, including PL/SQL development and database integration.
- Batch Processing & Scheduling: Hands-on experience with Control-M or similar tools for job scheduling and workflow automation.
- DevOps & CI/CD Tools: Familiarity with modern DevOps practices and tools such as Bitbucket, Maven, Jenkins, and others for secure and automated deployments.
- Responsible for building and maintaining automated, secure, and scalable containerized application environments that streamline CI/CD workflows and ensure reliable deployment across development and production
- Containerized Applications Management: Hands-on experience in managing containerized application ecosystems, including container provisioning, monitoring, and integration within CI/CD pipelines.
- Financial domain knowledge is mandatory especially on Banking, Credit Cards Application Domains. At least 12 years of experience in building scalable banking specific platforms.
- Bachelor's degree in computing, computer science, software engineering or relevant domain.
Additional Requirements
Be a Part of the UOB Family
UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.
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