National payments infrastructure with real economic and systemic impact
Organisation entering a phase of greater scale, scrutiny, and performance expectations
Leadership demanding clearer differentiation, stronger governance, and better data
Technology function expected to shape outcomes, and sustainable transition without any operational risk.
TL;DR
Service Availability – No service disruption due to contract renewal and payment.
Cost Efficiency – Drive contract negotiation and shape commercial and delivery outcomes.
Why This Role Matter
Risk: Failure to execute well results in system delivery delays, service disruptions, and regulatory exposure
Opportunity: Strong commercial and vendor decisions directly influence resilience, scalability, and national payment stability
Consequence: Role requires judgment, balancing cost, risk, vendor capability, and long-term strategic fit. The critical control point balance between technology ambition and commercial reality.
What You Will Actually Do
Own and drive end-to-end sourcing strategies for technology procurement across infrastructure, network, and security domains
Lead high-stakes contract negotiations, shaping commercial terms, risk allocation, and long-term vendor commitments
Build and manage strategic vendor relationships, influencing performance, innovation, and accountability
Make trade-offs between cost, speed, and risk, enabling informed decision-making at management level
Embed procurement discipline across projects, ensuring delivery teams operate within robust commercial frameworks
Examples of This Role in Practice
Liaise, renew and negotiate 8 different Telco contract arrangements with Maxis, TtDOtcom, TM, SINGTEL and Union Pay. Repeat that for IT Security related vendors Cloudfare, Ensign infosecurity, Yeswehack, etc
Annual and MidYear Opex Budgeting Exercise – Monthly actual vs forecast utilization for each assigned budget line.
Payment arrangement – validating invoice against contract. Obtain approval and submit request with support documents to Finance according to policies and procedures.
Required Strengths
What Will Help You Succeed
Strong judgment in commercial negotiations, contract structuring, and vendor strategy
Ability to operate in high-stakes, high-pressure environments with competing priorities
Confidence engaging senior stakeholders and influencing decisions involving risk and cost trade-offs
Helpful advantages
Exposure to technology procurement (network, security, infrastructure) in regulated environments
Experience working with large-scale vendors and enterprise contracts
Familiarity with risk, compliance, and governance requirements in financial or critical infrastructure sectors
