Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Location: Singapore (preferred) / APAC
Reporting To: Chief Executive Officer

About Tookitaki

Tookitaki is a global financial crime prevention platform helping banks, FinTech's, payment providers and regulated institutions detect and prevent financial crime through AI-powered Anti-Money Laundering and Fraud Prevention solutions.

As we enter our next stage of growth, we are seeking a Chief Technology Officer to lead technology execution, engineering excellence, platform scalability and AI innovation.

The CTO will be responsible for transforming technology into a predictable, efficient and scalablegrowth engine. This role will focus on improving delivery predictability, optimizing cloud economics, strengthening platform reliability and accelerating AI-driven product innovation.

Role Overview

The CTO will lead the technology organization including Engineering, Architecture, Infrastructure and Research.

The successful candidate will build operational rigor across the technology function while ensuring that technology investments directly contribute to customer success, revenue growth and sustainable profitability.

This is a business-facing executive leadership role requiring strong collaboration with Product, Customer Success, Sales, Operations and Executive Leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Execution

-Establish a high-performance engineering operating model.
-Improve roadmap predictability and delivery accountability.
-Drive release excellence and software quality.
-Build strong engineering leadership and succession capability.
-Introduce metrics-driven management across engineering teams.

Technology Strategy

-Define and execute the company's technology strategy.
-Balance innovation, technical debt management and customer commitments.
-Drive platform modernization and architecture evolution.
-Evaluate emerging technologies relevant to financial crime prevention.

AI & Data Innovation

-Lead the technology strategy for AI, Agentic AI and machine learning capabilities.
-Drive practical AI adoption that delivers measurable customer value.
-Ensure AI solutions are scalable, explainable and enterprise-ready.
-Support future innovation across AML and Fraud Management.

Cloud & Platform Operations

-Own platform reliability, scalability and operational efficiency.
-Optimize cloud infrastructure spending and platform economics.
-Improve engineering productivity through automation and platform tooling.
-Drive SRE and DevOps maturity.

Product Partnership

-Partner closely with Product leadership to ensure alignment between market priorities and engineering execution.
-Balance speed, quality and scalability.
-Support customer engagements and strategic account discussions.

Security Partnership

-Partner with Information Security leadership to maintain enterprise-grade security and compliance standards.
-Support customer audits and regulatory requirements.
-Ensure secure software development practices across the engineering organization.

First-Year Success Outcomes

By the end of Year 1, the CTO is expected to:

Delivery Excellence

-Deliver at least 90% of committed roadmap initiatives on schedule.
-Improve release predictability and reduce delivery slippage.
-Improve engineering throughput and release velocity.

Infrastructure Efficiency

-Achieve cloud spend targets established by the company.
-Improve platform unit economics.
-Reduce infrastructure waste and improve resource utilization.

Reliability & Operations

-Maintain platform availability of 99.97% or higher.
-Achieve 98% or greater SLA adherence.
-Reduce production incidents and customer escalations.

Leadership

-Establish a high-performing engineering leadership team.
-Build a culture of ownership, accountability and execution excellence.
-Reduce organizational dependency on individual contributors.

Qualifications Required

-15+ years of technology leadership experience.
-5+ years leading engineering organizations at Director, VP Engineering, SVP Engineering or CTO level.
-Experience scaling B2B SaaS products. Strong understanding of cloud-native platforms and modern engineering practices.
-Experience leading multi-functional engineering organizations.
-Proven track record improving engineering execution and operational performance.

Preferred

-Financial Services, FinTech, RegTech, AML or Fraud domain experience.
-Experience with AI and machine learning product development.
-AWS platform experience.
-Experience operating globally distributed engineering teams.

Leadership Attributes

-Strong operator and executor.
-Commercially aware and customer-centric.
-Data-driven decision maker.
-Builder of leaders and high-performance teams.
-Comfortable in founder-led growth environments.
-Balances innovation with operational discipline

Senior Manager / Associate Director, Business Development (Asset Management Advisory)

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager / Associate Director, Business Development (Asset Management Advisory) to drive business growth and strategic partnerships within the asset management and financial services sector.

The successful candidate will be responsible for identifying business opportunities, developing relationships with asset management firms, financial institutions, and industry stakeholders, and supporting clients in their business expansion, market entry, strategic partnership, and operational development initiatives.

This role requires strong industry knowledge, commercial acumen, and an established network within Singapore's asset management and financial services ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

Business Development & Client Acquisition

• Develop and maintain relationships with asset management companies, fund managers, family offices, wealth management firms, and other financial institutions.
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities to support the firm's growth objectives.
• Lead client acquisition efforts, including prospecting, proposal development, commercial negotiations, and contract discussions.
• Build and manage a pipeline of prospective clients and strategic partners.

Industry Advisory & Strategic Consulting

• Advise clients on market expansion opportunities, business development strategies, partnership initiatives, and industry best practices.
• Support clients in evaluating market trends, competitive positioning, and business growth opportunities within Singapore and the region.
• Conduct industry research and market analysis to identify emerging opportunities and potential business risks.
• Prepare business proposals, market assessments, and strategic recommendations for clients and management.

Stakeholder & Partnership Management

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with senior executives, business leaders, and industry stakeholders.
• Coordinate with clients and internal teams to ensure the successful execution of consulting engagements and business initiatives.
• Represent the company at industry conferences, networking events, and business forums.
• Facilitate collaboration opportunities between clients, strategic partners, and industry participants.

Market Intelligence & Industry Research

• Monitor developments within the asset management, wealth management, fintech, and broader financial services sectors.
• Analyse regulatory, commercial, and competitive developments impacting clients and industry participants.
• Provide regular insights and recommendations to support business planning and decision-making.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Management, Marketing, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5–8 years of experience in business development, consulting, relationship management, corporate advisory, financial services, asset management, or related sectors.
• Strong understanding of the asset management, wealth management, fintech, or financial services landscape.
• Proven experience in client acquisition, stakeholder engagement, and partnership development.
• Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a commercial mindset.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders in a dynamic environment.
• Self-motivated, results-oriented, and capable of working independently.

Preferred Qualifications

• Existing network within the asset management, financial services, fintech, or investment ecosystem in Singapore and the region.
• Experience working with consulting firms, advisory businesses, financial institutions, or corporate strategy teams.
• Familiarity with regional business development and cross-border partnership initiatives.
• Experience engaging C-suite executives, business owners, and institutional stakeholders.

What you’ll do

• Lead the APAC Business Development relationship, named strategic partners. Assess joint opportunity market trends, translate strategic opportunity and lead cross-functional teams within Digital Realty and across the partners.

• Define the objectives, strategy, and value proposition to create the right GTM model that maximizes assets and expertise together with our partners.

• Create a programmatic and customer led business development plan for each partner

• Engage and deliver on this strategy creating market leading partnerships and initiating joint sales motion in our global markets, and managing a planned handover for Sales to execute.

• Become an integral part of our Market & Business Development team and bring your unique and diverse perspective to shape our global strategy for the segment

What you’ll need

• Demonstrable understanding of business strategy, products, applications in context of GSIs and OEMs and B2B Cloud Service Providers.

• Existing network of contacts of industry experts, customers, suppliers, partners at influencing and decision making level.

• Track record of delivering results in business development, product marketing or a strategic selling role in IT / Telecoms industry.

• Proven ability to articulate value propositions and negotiate complex partnership agreements in multinational setting with senior decision makers.

• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

• University Degree in applicable discipline preferred, MBA an advantage.

• Flexibility to travel internationally

KPMG in Singapore is part of a global organization of independent professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 138 countries and territories with more than 276,000 partners and employees working in member firms around the world. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such. KPMG International Limited is a private English company limited by guarantee. KPMG International Limited and its related entities do not provide services to clients.

KPMG has a strong SAP Digital Transformation team in this region, and we are assisting several clients with End-to-End business transformation initiatives enabled by SAP solutions. Our practice is further expanding, and we are currently seeking a Senior SAP Solution Architect, Associate Director to join our team. You are responsible to be leading the design and implementation of SAP solutions to meet the client’s business needs. You will be expected to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions using SAP technologies. This position is based in Singapore. 

Responsibilities 

• Lead the design and architecture of SAP solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives.  

• Develop technical specifications and design documents for SAP projects, including customizations and integrations. 

• Lead and mentor SAP development teams, providing technical leadership and support throughout the project lifecycle. 

• Contribute to SAP solutioning in pre-sales and project phases. 

• Engage with customers for scoping and requirements. 

• Support proposal preparation, analyse customer needs, and independently manage client relationships. 

• Take charge of proposals, ensuring alignment with sales strategy 

• Communicates effectively with stakeholders and team members.  

• Builds a close working relationship with clients to enhance the image of the KPMG. 
  
  

The ideal candidate should possess: 

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred.  

• Minimum of 15+ years of SAP solution architect experience.  

• Experience in ECC to SAP S4 Hana migration  

• Experience in leading BPR or Blueprint design – not just team lead role 

• Deep functional domains knowledge across SAP logistics modules (MM, SD, PP, WM, EWM, QM, PM, etc)  

• Proven track record of successfully leading SAP implementation or migration projects  

• Ability to understand business processes from a customer perspective.  

• Self-motivated and have the ability to deliver results and meet timelines with minimal direct supervision. 

• Ability to effectively develop presentations and present ideas and proposals to all levels of management.  

• Excellent verbal/written communication, collaboration, analytical and presentation skills. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by KPMG Talent Acquisition team, personal data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only.

At KPMG in Singapore we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe that diversity of thought, background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, our clients and communities. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of age, race, gender identity or expression, colour, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or other non-merit factors. We celebrate the different talents that our people bring and support every staff member in their journey to achieve personal and professional growth. One of the ways we do this is through Take Charge: Flexi-work, our flexible working framework which enables agile and innovative teams to help deliver our business goals.

SingX is building the next generation of cross-border payment and treasury infrastructure for the global healthcare industry. This is a senior, entrepreneurial role for a commercially-driven healthcare leader who can translate deep industry knowledge into scaled payment solutions — and carry commercial accountability for the result.
You bring the healthcare. SingX brings the platform, the licences and an established payments team — multi-currency virtual accounts, international collections, FX and payout rails reaching 180+ countries. Your job is to point that capability at the sector: to find where money moves across healthcare and turn what SingX already does into propositions healthcare organisations will buy.
This is a build role: you will define the vertical, develop the products, originate the relationships, and grow the revenue.

Industry focus
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech, Clinical Research Organisations, Hospitals, HealthTech, Insurance

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and build the vertical: Set the commercial strategy and translate sector pain points into payment and treasury propositions on SingX's existing infrastructure.
• Develop and launch new products: Take healthcare payment and treasury propositions from early concept to market - defining the product with SingX's product, payments and compliance teams, shaping the go-to-market, and driving adoption - building on the existing platform rather than starting from scratch.
• Originate and close: Build and own the enterprise pipeline across pharma, biotech, clinical research, hospital networks, insurance, health tourism and digital health -mapping accounts, influencing decision-makers, and closing partnerships through consultative, problem-solving selling.
• Carry the commercial case and the numbers: Build the sizing, pricing, business case and P&L for each proposition, and deliver against agreed targets for client flows, revenue and profitability.
• Be the sector's credible voice: Bridge clinical and industry reality with fintech execution across customers, partners and internal teams alike.

Job Requirements:

• Healthcare expertise (essential): Clinical or medical background with strong understanding of healthcare systems, workflows, and financial flows across the ecosystem.
• Commercial experience: 10+ years in healthcare, with proven experience in business development, commercial strategy, and/or P&L ownership.
• New product development : Demonstrated success in developing, launching, and commercialising new healthcare products or propositions.
• Industry network: Established relationships across pharma, biotech, hospitals and health IT; familiarity with clinical research and insurance ecosystems is an advantage.
• Commercial track record: A record of originating and closing business, building business cases and P&Ls, and delivering through cross-functional, global teams; data-driven and analytical.
• Consultative, entrepreneurial temperament: A problem-solver who tailors solutions to each customer, with the drive to build a category from scratch and a bias for action.
• Commercial training: An MBA or equivalent is a strong advantage.
• Payments experience welcome (not essential): You will work alongside SingX's established payments team and platform, so fintech fluency can be built on the job.

We are seeking a visionary and execution-focused Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to spearhead our technological roadmap, lead our engineering organization, and align our technology strategy with our overarching business objectives. As a key member of the executive leadership team, you will scale our infrastructure, cultivate a high-performing engineering culture, and drive technical innovation.Key Responsibilities:

- Formulate and execute the long-term technology strategy, architecture, and roadmap aligned with the company’s business growth.

- Lead, mentor, and scale a team of engineering managers, software engineers, devops professionals and designers

- Oversee the end-to-end design, development, and deployment of scalable, secure, and highly resilient software systems and platforms.

- Establish best practices for software development, code quality, testing, CI/CD pipelines, and agile methodologies.

- Define and enforce rigorous cybersecurity frameworks, data privacy compliance, and IT governance policies across all systems.

- Manage the overall technology budget, including infrastructure costs (AWS/GCP), third-party vendor management, and talent acquisition.

- Evaluate emerging technologies (e.g., AI/ML, distributed systems) to identify opportunities for competitive differentiation.

- Collaborate closely with leaderhsip, Product Management, and business stakeholders to translate market needs into technical solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategic territory plans to achieve revenue targets in Asia
• Identify key decision-makers, influencers and detractors within client organizations and develop strong relationships at multiple levels who will act for purchase
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients, providing insights and recommendations to help them achieve their business goals
• Regularly update forecasted deals in our customer relationship management system (CRM)
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (marketing, product development, value engineering, implementation, customer success and partner alliances) to ensure alignment to drive client success
• Represent Direct Travel x ATPI at industry events, conferences, and client meetings, showcasing our capabilities and thought leadership
• Monitor market trends, competitor activity, and industry developments to identify opportunities for growth and differentiation
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize sales processes and enhance over all efficiency and effectiveness

Qualifications

• Hunter mentality with proven ability to win and exceed revenue targets
• Strong strategic thinking and ability to navigate complex sales cycles and high-value deals
• Exceptional negotiation and influencing skills at senior stakeholder and C-suite level
• A curious mindset coupled with creative problem-solving skills
• Resilient, adaptable, and able to work in a fast-paced environment
• 10+ years of experience in B2B sales
• Deep understanding of the Travel Tech Industry and its competitive landscape

KPMG has a strong SAP Digital Transformation team in this region, and we are assisting several clients with End-to-End business transformation initiatives enabled by SAP solutions. Our practice is further expanding, and we are currently seeking a Senior SAP FICO Consultant + Solution Architect to join our team. You are responsible to be leading the design and implementation of SAP solutions to meet the client’s business needs. You will be expected to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions using SAP technologies. This position is based in Singapore.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and architecture of SAP solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives
• Develop technical specifications and design documents for SAP projects, including customizations and integrations
• Lead and mentor SAP development teams, providing technical leadership and support throughout the project lifecycle
• Contribute to SAP solutioning in pre-sales and project phases
• Engage with customers for scoping and requirements
• Support proposal preparation, analyse customer needs, and independently manage client relationships
• Take charge of proposals, ensuring alignment with sales strategy
• Communicates effectively with stakeholders and team members
• Builds a close working relationship with clients to enhance the image of the KPMG

The ideal candidate should possess:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred
• Minimum of 12-15 years of SAP solution architect experience
• Experience in ECC to SAP S4 Hana migration
• Experience in leading BPR or Blueprint design – not just team lead role
• Deep functional domains knowledge in SAP FICO
• Functional experience in SAP FICO
• Proven track record of successfully leading SAP implementation or migration projects
• Ability to understand business processes from a customer perspective
• Self-motivated and have the ability to deliver results and meet timelines with minimal direct supervision
• Ability to effectively develop presentations and present ideas and proposals to all levels of management
• Excellent verbal/written communication, collaboration, analytical and presentation skills

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by KPMG Talent Acquisition team, personal data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only.

At KPMG in Singapore we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe that diversity of thought, background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, our clients and communities. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of age, race, gender identity or expression, colour, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or other non-merit factors. We celebrate the different talents that our people bring and support every staff member in their journey to achieve personal and professional growth. One of the ways we do this is through Take Charge: Flexi-work, our flexible working framework which enables agile and innovative teams to help deliver our business goals.

About the Role

We are seeking a visionary and execution-oriented Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead the company's global technology strategy, architecture, engineering delivery, infrastructure, security, and innovation agenda. The CTO will play a critical role in shaping the future of our fintech platform, driving scalable technology development across payments, digital assets, card issuance, lending, treasury, compliance, and financial services infrastructure.

As a member of the executive leadership team, the CTO will work closely with Product, Operations, Compliance, Risk, and Business leaders to build world-class technology capabilities that support rapid business growth, regulatory requirements, and global expansion.

Key Responsibilities

Technology Leadership & Strategy

• Define and execute the company's long-term technology vision, roadmap, and architecture strategy.
• Lead technology decisions across platform engineering, product engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, AI, and data.
• Ensure technology investments align with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and growth plans.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, and competitive advantage.

Engineering Management

• Build, lead, and scale high-performing engineering teams across multiple locations.
• Establish engineering best practices, coding standards, SDLC processes, and quality assurance frameworks.
• Drive agile delivery methodologies and improve engineering productivity and execution excellence.
• Develop succession plans and leadership capabilities within engineering teams.

Platform Architecture & Scalability

• Design and oversee highly available, secure, and scalable financial technology infrastructure.
• Lead architecture decisions for:Payments and acquiring systemsCross-border remittance platformsCard issuing and processingDigital asset infrastructureTreasury and liquidity managementLending platformsAPI and embedded finance solutions
• Ensure systems are built with scalability, resilience, and regulatory compliance in mind.

Information Security & Risk Management

• Establish enterprise-wide cybersecurity strategies and governance frameworks.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, security, and audit requirements across all jurisdictions.
• Oversee business continuity planning, disaster recovery, and incident response programs.
• Partner with Compliance and Risk teams to maintain robust operational controls.

Product & Business Partnership

• Collaborate with Product Management to deliver customer-centric solutions.
• Support business expansion initiatives by enabling technology capabilities required for new products, licenses, and markets.
• Act as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on technology-related opportunities and risks.

Data, AI & Innovation

• Drive adoption of AI, machine learning, automation, and data-driven decision-making.
• Build scalable data platforms and analytics capabilities.
• Explore emerging technologies to enhance operational efficiency and customer experience.

Vendor & Stakeholder Management

• Manage relationships with strategic technology vendors, cloud providers, system integrators, and partners.
• Participate in board, investor, regulator, and client discussions related to technology strategy and capabilities.
• Oversee technology budgeting, resource allocation, and cost optimization initiatives.

Requirements

Experience

• 15+ years of technology leadership experience, including 5+ years in a CTO, VP Engineering, Head of Engineering, or equivalent executive role.
• Proven experience scaling technology organizations in fintech, payments, banking, digital assets, financial infrastructure, or high-growth technology companies.
• Strong understanding of regulated financial services environments.
• Experience building and operating mission-critical, high-volume transaction systems.
• Demonstrated success leading geographically distributed engineering teams.

Technical Expertise

• Deep understanding of modern software architecture, cloud-native infrastructure, and distributed systems.
• Experience with:Public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)Microservices architectureAPI ecosystemsDevOps and CI/CD frameworksData platforms and analyticsCybersecurity and infrastructure resilience
• Knowledge of payments, card schemes, digital assets, treasury, or banking systems is highly preferred.

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Strong strategic thinking and business acumen.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to balance innovation, speed, and risk management.
• Proven track record of attracting, retaining, and developing top engineering talent.
• Experience working with regulators, auditors, and enterprise clients is an advantage.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience obtaining and supporting regulated financial licenses (e.g., Payment Institution, EMI, MSO, SFC, TCSP, Digital Asset, Banking).
• Experience leading engineering teams across Asia-Pacific markets.
• Background in fintech infrastructure, embedded finance, digital assets, payments, or banking technology.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
• MBA or equivalent business qualification is a plus.

What Success Looks Like

• Build a world-class technology organization capable of supporting global scale.
• Deliver highly reliable, secure, and compliant financial infrastructure.
• Accelerate product delivery while maintaining engineering excellence.
• Enable successful launch of new products, licenses, and markets.
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.

We are seeking a highly skilled IT Audit Director to lead and develop our IT audit and technology risk practice. The role oversees client engagements while supporting revenue growth, profitability, and business expansion.

Candidates with slightly less experience may be considered for a Manager-level role, focusing on leading IT audits and contributing to technology risk advisory services.

As IT Audit Director, you will provide strategic advisory services to clients on IT governance, cybersecurity, data protection, and regulatory compliance, while building a strong team and enhancing the firm’s market presence.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement a risk-based IT audit plan aligned with client and firm objectives.

• Lead and oversee client engagements across IT general controls (ITGC), application controls, cybersecurity, data privacy, business continuity and disaster recovery, and IT governance including vendor management.

• Provide practical, value-added recommendations to improve clients’ risk management and internal control environments.

• Review engagement deliverables to ensure quality, consistency, and compliance with professional standards and regulatory requirements (e.g., SOX, GDPR, ISO 27001, MAS TRM).

• Build and maintain strong client relationships to support retention and identify new business opportunities.

• Contribute to proposal preparation, presentations, and business development initiatives.

• Monitor engagement budgets, timelines, and team utilization to ensure effective delivery and profitability.

• Lead, mentor, and develop managers and team members to enhance technical and leadership capabilities.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.

• 8–12+ years of experience in IT audit, technology risk, or advisory services, including leadership experience.

• Candidates with 5–7 years of relevant experience may be considered for a Manager-level role.

• Demonstrated experience managing client engagements and contributing to revenue growth.

• Professional certifications such as CISA, CISM, CISSP, CIA, or equivalent.

• Strong knowledge of IT governance and risk frameworks (e.g., COBIT, NIST, ISO 27001).

• Strong analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and project management skills.

If you are ready to join a dynamic team and help businesses succeed while growing your own career, we want to hear from you. Apply now and take the next step in your professional journey with FKT!

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We regret to inform that only short-listed candidates will be notified.

About the Role

We are seeking an exceptional Senior Vice President (SVP), Chief Architect & Head of Core Development to lead the design, evolution, and delivery of the company's core technology platforms. This role will serve as the highest technical authority within the engineering organization, responsible for defining enterprise architecture, driving engineering excellence, and leading the development of mission-critical financial infrastructure that powers our payments, digital assets, treasury, card, lending, and embedded finance businesses.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership capabilities and has successfully built and scaled high-performance financial systems in fintech, banking, payments, or digital asset environments.

Reporting directly to the CTO, this individual will oversee architecture governance, core platform engineering, technical strategy, and engineering execution across multiple product domains.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture Leadership

• Define and maintain the company's enterprise technology architecture and technical standards.
• Establish long-term architecture roadmaps aligned with business growth, regulatory requirements, and scalability objectives.
• Lead architecture reviews and governance processes across all engineering teams.
• Drive modernization initiatives and technology transformation programs.
• Ensure platform interoperability, extensibility, resilience, and maintainability.

Core Platform Development

• Lead the design, development, and optimization of the company's core financial infrastructure, including:Payment processing platformsCross-border remittance systemsCard issuing and acquiring platformsDigital asset infrastructureTreasury and liquidity management systemsCustomer account and ledger platformsSettlement and reconciliation enginesCompliance and risk management systemsAPI and embedded finance platforms
• Ensure platforms meet enterprise-grade requirements for availability, performance, security, and scalability.
• Drive the evolution toward modular, API-first, cloud-native architecture.

Technical Leadership & Engineering Excellence

• Act as the company's principal technology expert and architecture authority.
• Provide technical leadership across engineering, product, infrastructure, security, and data teams.
• Establish engineering standards, coding frameworks, and software development best practices.
• Lead technical design reviews, architecture discussions, and solution evaluations.
• Promote a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Distributed Systems & Platform Scalability

• Design highly scalable distributed systems capable of supporting millions of transactions and customers.
• Optimize system performance, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Drive adoption of:Microservices architectureEvent-driven systemsDomain-driven designCloud-native technologiesDevSecOps practicesHigh-availability and disaster recovery frameworks
• Ensure systems meet stringent SLAs and operational requirements.

Regulatory & Security Architecture

• Partner closely with Compliance, Risk, and Security teams to ensure regulatory readiness.
• Architect solutions that support:AML/CFT controlsTransaction monitoringKYC/KYB infrastructureAudit and reporting requirementsData privacy regulationsCybersecurity standards
• Ensure technology platforms are designed to support current and future licensing requirements across multiple jurisdictions.

Engineering Organization Leadership

• Lead and mentor senior engineering managers, architects, and technical leads.
• Build strong architecture and engineering leadership capabilities across the organization.
• Establish career development frameworks and technical leadership pathways.
• Drive hiring and development of top-tier engineering talent.
• Foster collaboration across product, engineering, operations, and business teams.

Innovation & Technology Strategy

• Evaluate emerging technologies and assess applicability to business objectives.
• Drive adoption of AI, automation, data platforms, and next-generation financial infrastructure.
• Lead proof-of-concept initiatives and strategic technology investments.
• Act as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on technology opportunities and risks.

Requirements

Experience

• 15+ years of software engineering and architecture experience.
• 8+ years leading large-scale engineering organizations and architecture teams.
• Proven experience designing and delivering mission-critical financial systems.
• Strong track record in fintech, banking, payments, capital markets, digital assets, or financial infrastructure organizations.
• Experience managing engineering teams across multiple countries and time zones.
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale platform modernization and transformation initiatives.

Technical Expertise

Architecture & Engineering

• Deep expertise in:Distributed systems architectureEvent-driven architecturesService-oriented and microservices platformsAPI gateway and integration architectureHigh-performance transaction systemsReal-time processing platformsMulti-tenant SaaS architecture

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Extensive experience with:AWS, Azure, or GCPKubernetes and container orchestrationCI/CD pipelinesInfrastructure-as-CodeObservability and monitoring platformsSite Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Data & Security

• Strong understanding of:Enterprise data architectureData governance and analyticsSecurity architectureEncryption and key managementIdentity and access managementRegulatory compliance frameworks

Domain Knowledge (Preferred)

Experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Cross-border payments
• Card issuing and acquiring
• Digital assets and blockchain infrastructure
• Banking core systems
• Treasury and liquidity management
• Lending platforms
• Embedded finance
• RegTech and compliance systems

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic technology vision
• Strong architectural judgment
• Exceptional problem-solving abilities
• Ability to influence executive stakeholders
• Strong communication and leadership skills
• Commercial and business-oriented mindset
• Ability to balance innovation with operational excellence

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Platform availability and reliability
• Engineering delivery velocity
• Architecture governance compliance
• Technical debt reduction
• Infrastructure scalability and performance
• Security and audit outcomes
• System cost optimization
• Engineering talent retention and development
• Successful launch of strategic platform initiatives

Reporting Structure

Reports To

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Direct Reports

• Principal Architects
• Engineering Directors
• Core Platform Engineering Managers
• Architecture Governance Team
• Technical Program Managers

Organization Coverage

• Enterprise Architecture
• Core Platform Engineering
• Payments Infrastructure
• Digital Asset Infrastructure
• API Platform
• Shared Services Engineering
• Engineering Excellence & Standards

Why This Role Matters

This role serves as the technical backbone of the organization, ensuring that the company's financial infrastructure remains scalable, secure, resilient, and capable of supporting future growth across multiple regulated businesses. The SVP, Chief Architect & Head of Core Development will be instrumental in shaping the next generation of our technology platform while building a world-class engineering organization capable of competing on a global stage.

Job Purpose

ICE Data Services delivers high-quality content, connectivity, and execution services through an ultra-secure, highly resilient global network. As a critical backbone for financial and commodity market information flow, it connects the global market community to the broadest range of data sources — including proprietary and third-party content — and trading venues in a safe, efficient manner.

We are looking for an innovative and dynamic subject matter expert to lead business development for our ICE Global Network (IGN) and Consolidated Feeds services across the Asia Pacific region. Partnering closely with internal stakeholders — including Sales, Relationship Management, Product, and Marketing teams — as well as external clients, prospects, and partners, the Business Development Director will drive meaningful commercial growth. The role is central to helping clients access a broad universe of low-latency, aggregated, and normalized multi-asset financial information sourced from hundreds of global venues.

Responsibilities

• Partner with sales and relationship management teams to drive revenue growth and identify cross-selling opportunities across ICE's broader suite of services.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for IGN and Consolidated Feeds, clearly articulating product capabilities, content coverage, and delivery options to clients and prospects.
• Identify and pursue new distribution opportunities for consolidated real-time market data across banks, asset managers, hedge funds, ISVs, and redistributors — including cross-sell opportunities with IGN.
• Lead the development of go-to-market strategies for IGN and ICE Consolidated Feeds across Asia Pacific, including competitive positioning against direct exchange feeds and other consolidated feed providers.
• Contribute to new product development and regional strategy for IGN, bringing a deep understanding of APAC market structure and client needs.
• Gather and synthesise client requirements around content, latency, symbology, normalisation, entitlements, and technical onboarding; channel market intelligence to Product and Development teams to inform the roadmap.
• Monitor and assess the competitive landscape, identifying threats and opportunities that could impact our market position.
• Track regulatory developments and market data policy changes — including evolving exchange licensing models — and evaluate their commercial and operational implications.
• Represent ICE Data Services externally as a thought leader, engaging regularly with clients and prospects, speaking at industry events, and maintaining a visible presence across relevant professional and social media channels.
• Travel across the Asia Pacific region to build and deepen client relationships.

Knowledge and Experience

• 5–10 years of experience with a network or hosting provider, market data or information services firm, data vendor, ISV, redistributor, or financial institution.
• University degree in Finance, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Knowledge of network solutions and an understanding of the trading strategies they support across the Asia Pacific region.
• Strong expertise in real-time market data distribution and consolidated feeds, including delivery considerations such as latency, normalisation, entitlements, and onboarding across multiple asset classes.
• Broad familiarity with the market data ecosystem — including exchanges, data vendors, ISVs, and redistributors — and how buy-side and sell-side firms consume depth-of-market and reference data.
• Ability to engage fluently with clients on global financial concepts, market structure, and data infrastructure.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage sophisticated AI tools to accelerate research, enhance client engagement strategies, and support commercial decision-making.
• Established network of contacts across financial institutions, market data vendors, and technology providers in the Asia Pacific region.
• Excellent listening, verbal, and written communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging across technical and business audiences.
• Strong presentation skills and executive presence, with experience engaging senior stakeholders.
• Ability to operate effectively both independently and as part of a collaborative, cross-functional team.

Commercial Director, APAC (SaaS FinTech)

About the Company

Hiring for a fast-growing global technology company delivering SaaS solutions to financial institutions, fintechs, payment providers, and regulated businesses across APAC. The platform helps organizations accelerate digital transformation, improve operational efficiency, and navigate an increasingly complex regulatory and commercial landscape.

We are seeking an experienced Commercial Director to lead strategic revenue growth initiatives and strengthen relationships with enterprise clients and partners across the region.

The Opportunity

As Commercial Director, you will be responsible for driving new business acquisition, expanding key client relationships, and developing go-to-market strategies across APAC. You will work closely with senior stakeholders across Sales, Product, Marketing, Partnerships, and Customer Success to accelerate growth and deliver long-term commercial value.

This role is ideal for an experienced enterprise sales leader with a strong track record of selling SaaS, fintech, payments, banking technology, regtech, or digital transformation solutions into large corporate and financial services clients.

Key Responsibilities

Revenue Growth & Business Development

• Develop and execute regional commercial strategies to achieve ambitious revenue targets.
• Identify, qualify, and secure new enterprise business opportunities across APAC.
• Build and manage a strong pipeline of strategic opportunities across key markets.
• Drive the full sales lifecycle from prospecting through contract negotiation and deal closure.

Enterprise Client Engagement

• Establish and maintain relationships with C-suite executives and senior decision-makers.
• Understand client business challenges and position technology solutions that deliver measurable outcomes.
• Lead complex commercial discussions, proposals, and contract negotiations.
• Act as a trusted advisor to customers throughout the sales process.

Strategic Partnerships

• Develop and expand relationships with strategic partners, industry stakeholders, and ecosystem participants.
• Identify partnership opportunities that support revenue growth and market expansion.
• Collaborate with channel and alliance partners to generate new business opportunities.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Product, Marketing, Customer Success, and Operations teams to ensure successful client outcomes.
• Provide market feedback and customer insights to support product development and commercial strategy.
• Contribute to forecasting, pipeline management, and business planning activities.

Market Leadership

• Monitor market trends, competitive developments, and emerging opportunities within fintech and SaaS.
• Represent the company at industry conferences, client meetings, and networking events.
• Act as a brand ambassador within the financial services and technology ecosystem.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise sales, business development, or commercial leadership roles.
• Proven track record of exceeding revenue targets within SaaS, fintech, payments, regtech, banking technology, or enterprise software environments.
• Experience managing complex sales cycles involving multiple stakeholders and executive-level decision-makers.
• Strong network across financial institutions, fintech companies, digital banks, payment providers, or large enterprises.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate and close high-value commercial agreements.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to balance strategic thinking and hands-on execution.

Preferred Experience

• Experience selling into banks, financial institutions, payment companies, or regulated industries.
• Knowledge of cloud-based software, digital transformation initiatives, and emerging financial technologies.
• Exposure to international or regional APAC markets.
• Experience working within high-growth technology or venture-backed environments.

Job Responsibilities

We’re looking for a proactive and hands-on Technology Operations and Service Management lead who thrives in fast-paced environments and is passionate about building resilient systems from the ground up. In this role, you’ll be the guardian of production stability, bridging engineering, support, and business to ensure our tech stack is reliable, scalable, and ready to grow with us.

You’ll wear multiple hats—part SRE, part incident commander, part operations strategist—helping us build with operational excellence and run with confidence while embedding AI across different domains.
 

Production Support & Monitoring

• Monitor and support production applications to ensure optimal performance and availability.
• Lead incident response efforts, including communication and coordination across teams.
• Conduct problem management and root cause analysis to prevent recurring issues.
• Coordinate with development teams to address and resolve bugs efficiently.
• Monitor vendor performance and ensure compliance with service level agreements (SLAs).

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

• Maintain system reliability, availability, and uptime through proactive measures.
• Implement automated healing, monitoring, and alerting solutions.
• Perform capacity planning and system performance tuning to support scalability.
• Conduct regular service operational reviews and audits to ensure adherence to standards.
• Maintain and regularly test Business Continuity Plans (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies.

Data Operations

• Monitor data pipelines to ensure data integrity and timely delivery.
• Manage data-related incidents and maintain lineage tracking for transparency and traceability.

Technology Operations and Service Management

• Provide input on operational requirements during design
• Participate in non-functional testing (e.g., performance, failover)
• Define SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets (SRE)
• Collaborate on automation and observability tooling
• Work with Data Engineering to define data pipelines and quality checks
• Define service requirements and SLAs during vendor onboarding
• Contribute to BCP/DR planning
• Provide feedback on incident trends to improve design
• Integrate AI into service desk operations for intelligent ticket routing, resolution suggestions, and trend analysis.
• Use AI to analyze incident trends and recommend design improvements or automation opportunities.

On-Premises Network Devices and Operations

• Monitor and manage on-premises network infrastructure including routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers.
• Ensure network performance, availability, and security through proactive maintenance and configuration management.
• Conduct regular network health checks, firmware updates, and hardware lifecycle planning.
• Respond to and resolve network-related incidents, including root cause analysis and documentation.
• Implement and maintain network segmentation, access controls, and compliance with internal security policies.

Job Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field.
• Experience: 5+ years in IT operations, service management, or related roles, ideally in high-growth or startup environments.
• Ops Leadership: Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams across Production Support, SRE, DevOps, and Service Management.
• Frameworks & Best Practices: Experience with ITIL framework and service management best practices.
• Incident & Problem Management: Strong track record in leading incident response and driving root cause analysis.
• Performance & Reliability: Experience in capacity planning, performance tuning, and building reliable systems.
• BCP & DR: Hands-on experience with Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning and execution.
• Entrepreneurship Mindset: You’re resourceful, collaborative, and thrive in environments where you can make a big impact quickly.

We’re Building the Future of Capital Markets; enabling entrepreneurship,
job creation, financial inclusion, and economic resilience

As Asia's largest licensed digital securities exchange for alternative investments, Alta is at the forefront of building critical capital market infrastructure. We believe that access to capital markets are pivotal in all economies, we recognize that our role in building this critical infrastructure goes beyond facilitating trades; it paves the way for entrepreneurship, job creation, financial inclusion, and economic resilience, fostering a brighter future for emerging markets and economies.

Empowering Private Markets: Through our Digital Exchange, we enable the tokenization and digital custody of alternative assets. This end-to-end solution simplifies and expedites the trading of smaller asset blocks, ultimately facilitating access and liquidity in private markets. 

Innovative Financial Ecosystem: Our journey has seen us transition from securities trading and distribution of comprehensive products, including equities, private credit, funds, and asset-backed securities (“ABS”) (representing Real World Assets ("RWA") like whiskies, wines, art, watches, and real estate) to include fund management and digital custody services.

As the only integrated securities exchange, brokerage, and fund management group with the necessary regulatory licenses and a proven track record in Southeast Asia, we are actively exploring new channels and partnerships to extend our impact to entrepreneurs and investors globally. 

Established in 2016 and headquartered in Singapore, Alta operates offices globally. We welcome energetic and creative individuals to be part of this ambitious journey with us.

About the Role

We are looking for a driven and commercially-minded individual to join us as an Associate Director, Strategy & Corporate Development to support and execute the firm’s strategic growth initiatives across global markets.

This role sits at the core of Alta’s expansion strategy, with a focus on M&A, strategic investments, partnerships, and market development. You will work closely with senior management to evaluate opportunities, execute transactions, and support key initiatives that drive the firm’s long-term growth.

Some Of The Key Responsibilities Include

M&A and Strategic Execution

• Support the identification, evaluation, and execution of M&A, investment, and partnership opportunities
• Conduct financial analysis, valuation, and due diligence across potential transactions
• Assist in managing end-to-end deal processes from initial assessment through to execution

Strategy & Market Development

• Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and identify growth opportunities across regions
• Support strategic planning initiatives, including new market entry and business expansion
• Develop a strong understanding of Alta’s business lines and the broader alternative investments landscape

Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with senior management, founders, and internal teams to drive strategic initiatives
• Build and maintain relationships with external stakeholders including investors, partners, and advisors
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure alignment and execution across business units

Reporting & Analysis

• Prepare investment memos, presentations, and materials for senior management and the Board
• Support internal reporting, business case development, and decision-making processes

About You

• Minimum 5 years of experience in investment banking, Big 4 corporate finance, corporate development, or strategy roles. Exposure to the technology and/or fintech sector is preferred.

• Proven track record in building complex financial models (e.g. LBO, M&A, NPV/cash flow, partnership structures) and conducting valuation analyses to support strategic transactions.

• Hands-on experience in transaction execution, including mergers & acquisitions, partnerships, or similar strategic initiatives.

• Strong understanding of financial services, fintech, and/or private markets is advantageous.

• Highly analytical with strong problem-solving capabilities and attention to detail.

• Ability to manage multiple workstreams independently in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.

Thank you for your interest in joining us on our ambitious journey to bring alternative assets to all!

If you are interested please send your resume to jobs@alta.exchange. Only successful applicants will be contacted.