**StrategicPlanning**

- Develop and implement a comprehensive business development strategy aligned with company goals

- Identify and evaluate new markets, industries, and revenue streams

- Conduct competitive analysis and market research to guide decision-making

**Revenue Growth**

- Drive new client acquisition and expand existing account relationships

- Set and achieve revenue targets, KPIs, and growth milestones

- Lead the full sales cycle from prospecting to contract negotiation and closing

**Partnership & Relationship Management**

- Build and maintain strategic alliances with key partners, vendors, and stakeholders

- Represent the company at industry events, conferences, and networking forums

- Cultivate long-term relationships with C-suite clients and decision-makers

**Team Leadership**

- Lead, mentor, and manage the business development team

- Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, product, finance, and legal teams

- Define team goals, performance metrics, and development plans

**Reporting & Analytics**

- Monitor pipeline performance and provide regular reports to senior leadership

- Use CRM tools to track leads, deals, and forecasts

- Analyze data to refine strategies and improve conversion rates

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together - building a strong collegiality and morale within the university.

Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities - all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• This position is for Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (IIE).
• Programme Development & Delivery
  • Translate Ministry of Education and university talent priorities into structured programme frameworks, delivery models, and clear operating processes to support consistent delivery and RIE2030 reporting needs.
  • Manage the end-to-end strategy, governance, and delivery of innovation & entrepreneurship talent development programmes, such as overseas and local internships, student venture capital training and for-credit courses, for delivery readiness.
  • Lead curriculum design, student selection cycles and stakeholder inputs to deliver high quality learning outcomes and participant experience.
  • Develop outreach and communications efforts (internal marketing, briefings, and collateral) to increase programme awareness and student participation across regional and global ecosystems.
  • Maintain audit-ready documentation and ensure compliance with university policies and relevant regulatory requirements.
  • Track programme metrics (inputs, outcomes, feedback) and prepare regular updates and post-programme reports for programme leadership and management decision-making.
• Student Leadership & Club Development
  • Lead the review and execution of a revised student club engagement and empowerment model.
  • Support student innovation and entrepreneurship clubs through programme planning guidance, governance coordination, and operational support, including periodic reviews and reporting.
• Financial Stewardship & Fundraising
  • Lead budget planning and financial management across training programmes, ensuring transparent and optimal utilisation of grants, donations, and sponsorships in line with institutional standards.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Ecosystem Partnerships
  • Manage day-to-day engagement with internal and external stakeholders (students, faculty, industry partners, investors, sponsors, ecosystem organisations), ensuring timely follow-ups and issue resolution.
  • Prepare and consolidate briefs, proposals, partnership updates, and presentation materials for programme directorates and senior stakeholders.
  • Monitor relevant innovation and entrepreneurship trends and share practical insights to support programme planning and engagement approaches.
  • Identify and steward a portfolio of internal and external partnerships spanning students, faculty, industry partners, investors, sponsors, and ecosystem organisations.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree required; postgraduate qualification and specialization in education, business, and/or related fields preferred.
• 8-12 years of relevant experience in education, training programmes, innovation ecosystems, or related domains, with senior level responsibility.
• Strong interest in the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, with awareness of key industry trends and ecosystem players.
• Knowledge and experience in experiential learning / talent development programme design and delivery
• Working knowledge of budgeting, grant administration and financial management principles (including reporting requirements and controls).
• Effective project management and organisational skills—able to plan, track, and deliver multiple workstreams under tight timelines.
• Internal and external stakeholder management skills, with strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to operate independently with minimal direction, prioritise well, and deliver in high-pressure/high-expectation situations.
• Sound attention to detail with good documentation habits to support audit readiness and compliance.
• Ownership and accountability; acts with urgency and follows through on commitments.
• Humility, authenticity, high standards, and outcome driven.
• Team-oriented and collaborative; able to work across functions and support student-facing initiatives professionally.
• Network in regional/global innovation & entrepreneurship ecosystem will be an advantage.
• Experience as an educator/mentor to youth would be an an advantage.

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Candidates who do not possess the stipulated qualifications but have relevant work experience may still apply. Remuneration and appointment terms shall commensurate with qualifications and experience. SMU reserves the right to modify the appointment terms where necessary.

What We Do

At Goldman Sachs, our Engineers don’t just make things – we make things possible.  Change the world by connecting people and capital with ideas.  Solve the most challenging and pressing engineering problems for our clients.  Join our engineering teams that build massively scalable software and systems, architect low latency infrastructure solutions, proactively guard against cyber threats, and leverage machine learning alongside financial engineering to continuously turn data into action.  Create new businesses, transform finance, and explore a world of opportunity at the speed of markets. Goldman Sachs Engineers are innovators and problem-solvers, building solutions in Artificial Intelligence, risk management, big data, mobile and more.

Cloud Platform

As part of Core Engineering at Goldman Sachs, the Cloud Platform team is responsible for enabling the use of public cloud services across the firm. You will be working as part of multi-disciplinary team responsible for researching, architecting and building a cutting-edge platform that enable Goldman Sachs teams to deploy and manage services in public cloud safely and securely. We are at an early stage of modernizing our services around cloud native principles, and you will be directly contributing to platform that programmatically enforces safety, security and compliance of services and enables engineers to innovate faster.

The organization is seeking highly collaborative, creative, and intellectually curious engineers who are passionate about developing and implementing cutting-edge cloud computing solutions. The ideal candidate will thrive in a DevOps culture and contribute to customer-centric product development. They will work closely with cross-functional teams, and will be creative collaborators who evolve, adapt to change and thrive in a fast-paced global environment.

Responsibilities And Qualifications:
As part of our global Cloud Development team you will work on various components as a Software Engineer. Your role includes specification, development, testing and releasing of new features. The team owns the platforms throughout the lifecycle. You are expected to contribute to the vision, understand our customers’ needs, business goals, product roadmap and contribute to building an engineering culture within the team. We expect the successful candidate to deliver high quality software and to be passionate about software engineering. You must have a proficient understanding of software development, security and the mechanisms to design safe, resilient and highly-available cloud native services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and manage services in public cloud.
• Develop safe, resilient and highly-available distributed services.
• Write technical specifications, work with several teams and manage technical dependencies and drive design meetings with various stakeholders for consensus.
• Collaborate with business software engineering teams on solving business problems via the architecture and engineering of cloud native applications.
• Engage with the larger Core Engineering organization to create and deliver usable, safe cloud native engineering patterns with associated guardrails and operational practices.
• Create, communicate, and promote best practices for public cloud native development across the firm.
• Partner with cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure to shape the future of public cloud services for finance industry.

Basic Qualifications:

• Strong technical ability, willingness to learn and evolve your skills with advances in technology.
• Bachelors' or Masters Degree in Computer Science or related field with at least 5 years of relevant professional experience.
• Proficiency in designing, developing, and testing software in one or more of Java, Type Script, Python; open to using and learning multiple languages.
• Expertise with Linux, containers, system security and automation with scripting languages.
• Experience architecting, designing, administering, or developing applications in Amazon Web Services.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively, both written and orally, as well as the interpersonal skills required to collaborate effectively with colleagues across diverse technology teams.
• Ability to reason about performance, security, and process interactions in complex distributed systems.
• Ability to understand and effectively debug both new and existing solutions.
• Ability to independently deliver on Product Roadmap, Operational Stability and Execution Strategy.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor or Advanced Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 10+ years of work experience with Typescript, Java, Python and AWS.
• Knowledge and experience of software development lifecycle and infrastructure-as-code tooling, such as Cloud Formation, Terraform,  and AWS CDK.
• Experience with security, isolation and multi-tenant design of distributed cloud services.
• Familiarity with software artifact and container image lifecycle management and governance.
• Understanding of RESTful API design best practices and experience in developing them.
• Familiarity with cloud network architectures and the integration with hybrid cloud networking.
• Experience with Server-less platforms such as AWS Lambda, AWS Batch etc.

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

© The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2026. All rights reserved.

Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Chief Technology Officer (CTO) with a strong Chemical Engineering background and over 25 years of industry experience in petrochemical and downstream processing projects. The CTO will lead the company’s technology strategy, engineering excellence, and project execution capabilities across complex, large-scale projects.

Key Responsibilities

1. Technology Leadership

• Define and drive the company’s technology vision, strategy, and roadmap.
• Lead innovation and adoption of advanced technologies in petrochemical processes and plant design.
• Provide technical authority on process engineering, design standards, and best practices.

2. Engineering Management

• Oversee Basic Engineering Design (BED) and Detailed Engineering Design (DED) activities.
• Ensure engineering quality, efficiency, and compliance with international standards.
• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams across process, mechanical, piping, instrumentation, and electrical disciplines.

3. Project Execution Excellence

• leadership across full project lifecycle execution (FEED, EPC, commissioning).
• Guide teams in delivering projects on time, within budget, and to required quality standards.
• Act as technical advisor for complex engineering and execution challenges.

4. Project Leadership Experience

• Leverage prior experience as Project Engineer and Project Manager to strengthen execution frameworks.
• Mentor project teams and establish best practices in project planning, risk management, and delivery.

5. Petrochemical Expertise

• Provide deep technical oversight and guidance on projects including:

1. Naphtha Cracker to Polyolefins
2. PTA and PET
3. Condensate Splitter and Aromatics

• Evaluate new technologies, licensors, and process improvements in these domains.

6. Stakeholder & Business Support

• Support business development with technical proposals, feasibility studies, and client presentations.
• Engage with clients, licensors, and partners at senior levels.
• Contribute to strategic decisions on investments, technology partnerships, and project selection.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering (Master’s or PhD preferred).
• Minimum 25 years of relevant experience in petrochemical / EPC / chemical industries.

• Extensive experience in:

1. Basic and Detailed Engineering Design
2. Project Engineering and Project Management roles
3. Large-scale project execution (EPC / EPCM)

• Proven track record in delivering complex petrochemical projects.
• Strong leadership experience managing large, multidisciplinary teams.

Key Competencies

• Strategic thinking and leadership
• Deep technical expertise in petrochemical processes
• Strong project execution and delivery capability
• Stakeholder management and communication
• Problem-solving and decision-making at executive level

Preferred Attributes

• Experience working with international licensors and global EPC contractors
• Exposure to digitalization, optimization, and advanced process technologies
• Strong commercial awareness and business acumen

Develop and implement the company’s China market expansion strategy in line with business growth objectives.

Build, manage, and maintain partnerships with educational institutions, schools, and recruitment agencies in China.

Oversee student recruitment channels and optimise admissions conversion performance.

Develop branding, promotional, and marketing initiatives for the China market to enhance awareness and lead generation.

Conduct market research on student demand, competitor positioning, and industry trends in China.

Negotiate and manage cooperation agreements with channel partners, schools, and institutional stakeholders.

Organise recruitment campaigns, roadshows, information sessions, and promotional events targeting prospective students and parents.

Monitor enrolment targets, channel performance, and student acquisition metrics, and propose improvement plans.

Coordinate with internal teams in Singapore to ensure smooth admissions processing, student onboarding, and service delivery.

Prepare regular business development and recruitment performance reports for management review.

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 regularly 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.

Job Summary

Lead the expansion strategy for the China market by managing recruitment channels and partnerships, developing institutional relationships, driving branding activities, and collaborating with internal teams to achieve enrolment and growth targets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the China market expansion strategy to increase student enrolment and business growth
• Manage student recruitment channels and agent partnerships to optimize recruitment outcomes
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Chinese schools and institutions to support recruitment efforts
• Plan and implement branding and promotional activities in China to enhance market presence
• Collaborate with Singapore internal teams to coordinate admissions and ensure smooth student onboarding

Job Description:

1. Strategic Investment & Consolidation

• Source investment opportunities, aligning assets to maximize synergies and valuation premiums
• Direct integration planning across diverse business units, ensuring seamless operational and financial alignment post-acquisition

2. Investor Relations

• Partner with world-class institutional investors to co-develop strategies, strengthening the company’s credibility and access to global investment funds

3. Market Expansion & Business Development

• Expand export markets for specialty chemicals from Indonesia to regional and global clients, securing new revenue streams and diversifying risk exposure
• Establish strategic partnerships in key local markets, enhancing client service delivery and competitive positioning

4. Sector Restructuring & Innovation

• Restructuring of the specialty chemicals division, improving competitiveness through R&D and collaborative ventures
• Develop B2B marketing strategies to penetrate overseas markets, leveraging technology to scale growth efficiently

Qualification and Skill Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business Administration

• Prefer post-graduate education with a finance specialization

• 10+ years of progressive finance experience, with at least 5 years in senior management

• Background in corporate finance, investment banking, consulting, or auditing is common

• Proven track record in financial strategy, mergers & acquisitions, and capital raising

• Core Skills: Financial expertise, budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management, risk assessment and mitigation strategies, knowledge of corporate governance and compliance

• Strategic Leadership: Ability to design and execute growth strategies, strong decision-making under uncertainty

• Communication & Influence: Excellent presentation skills for board-level reporting, ability to mentor and coach finance teams, skilled at conveying complex financial insights to non-financial stakeholders

• Operational & Analytical Skills: Proficiency in financial modeling and data-driven analysis

Project Management Delivery tasks such as approach and plan definition, status tracking, issue and risk identification and resolution, resource planning, and governance execution.

Will be able to understand and follow the process of the banking system development or implementation project.

- Japanese & English Language Skills

Must read, write and speak Japanese at a high level (native / JLPT N1 or higher) to engage with our Japanese-speaking clients and stakeholders.

Must speak English at a high level (business English) to communicate with team members from diverse cultural backgrounds.

- Banking Operation or Systems Knowledge and Experiences (as possible)

Will be able to understand the banking system structure, and high-level banking business.

- Others

Cheerful, good communication skill, able to work with team cohesively with high spirit

Highly self-motivated, enthusiastic and able to work effectively with teams that have diverse IT aptitudes and cultural backgrounds.

Attention to detail and highly organized, process-focused attitude.

Good conceptualization and analytical skills, enabling. Comprehension and development of solutions for complex business issues.

Ability to manage short, medium, and long-term planning horizons.

The Director, Business Development is responsible for driving strategic growth and revenue expansion for the company’s security solutions and systems business. This role leads market development efforts, builds senior-level client relationships, and originates high-value opportunities across enterprise, government, and critical infrastructure sectors.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Growth & Market Development

• Define and execute the business development strategy for security systems and solutions in alignment with the company’s overall commercial objectives.

• Identify and pursue new markets, verticals, and growth opportunities, including enterprise, government, and regulated environments.

• Monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitive landscape within the security sector to inform strategy and positioning.

Revenue Generation & Deal Leadership

• Originate, structure, and lead high-value business opportunities, including large-scale and multi-year projects.

• Manage complex sales cycles involving multiple stakeholders, consultants, partners, and decision-makers.

• Lead commercial negotiations and contribute to contract structure, pricing, and risk assessment.

• Build and maintain a strong, high-quality sales pipeline and provide accurate forecasts to senior management.

Industry & Client Engagement

• Build and maintain senior-level relationships with key clients, partners, system integrators, consultants, and technology vendors.

• Act as a trusted advisor to clients, translating security system capabilities into clear business and operational outcomes.

• Represent the company at industry events, conferences, and strategic meetings.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with engineering, solutions, operations, and project teams to ensure proposed solutions are technically sound, commercially viable, and deliverable.

• Provide market and customer insights to support product development, solution enhancement, and service improvement.

• Mentor and guide senior business development or sales team members where applicable.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Minimum 12–15 years of professional experience, with substantial experience in business development or sales leadership within the security industry.

• Demonstrated track record in selling security systems and integrated solutions, such as: 

  • Video surveillance (CCTV / VMS)

  • Access control systems

  • Intrusion detection and alarm systems

  • Integrated command & control or PSIM platforms

• Proven success in managing long sales cycles, complex RFPs/tenders, and project-based sales.

• Experience engaging enterprise, public sector, or critical infrastructure customers is strongly preferred.

• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to structure and close complex deals.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or a related discipline; advanced qualifications are an advantage.

Key Competencies & Attributes

• Strong strategic and analytical thinking with a results-driven mindset.

• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts in clear business terms.

• Executive presence and credibility with senior stakeholders.

• Excellent negotiation, relationship management, and influencing skills.

• High level of professionalism, integrity, and commercial judgment.

Job Summary

Lead the development and launch of innovative AI-driven products by defining strategy, prioritizing features, and driving go-to-market success. Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver scalable solutions that achieve product-market fit and business growth.

Responsibilities

• Define product vision, positioning, and long-term strategy for new AI initiatives to establish clear market direction
• Identify and validate high-impact use cases to ensure product-market fit rapidly
• Translate ambiguous opportunities into actionable product plans and priorities
• Collaborate with engineering and data/AI teams to design intelligent, user-centric product experiences
• Prioritize product features based on user value, technical feasibility, and market differentiation
• Ensure responsible and effective integration of AI technologies in product design
• Develop and lead go-to-market strategies including target segments, pricing, packaging, and distribution channels
• Partner with marketing and sales teams to create messaging and execute launch plans
• Drive early customer acquisition through pilots, feedback loops, and engagement with early adopters
• Conduct continuous customer discovery and market research to refine product positioning and hypotheses
• Monitor competitors and evolving AI trends to inform product decisions
• Build and manage product roadmaps from MVP through scaling phases
• Establish and track success metrics related to product usage, growth, and revenue generation
• Iterate product features rapidly based on data insights and market feedback
• Align cross-functional teams including engineering, design, marketing, and business stakeholders to ensure cohesive execution
• Serve as the liaison between technical teams and commercial objectives to balance innovation with business impact
• Develop and implement product processes that enable speed, agility, and experimentation

Preferred competencies and qualifications

• 7–12+ years in product management, with experience in 0→1 product development

• Proven track record of launching products and driving go-to-market success
• Strong understanding of AI/ML-driven products (hands-on experience preferred)
• Experience working closely with engineering and commercial teams
• Ability to operate in ambiguity and move quickly with limited structure
• Strong commercial acumen (pricing, positioning, growth strategy)

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement comprehensive marketing and business development strategies aligned with company objectives.
• Identify new business opportunities, partnerships, and markets to drive expansion.
• Lead market research and analysis to identify industry trends, competitor activities, and customer needs.
• Oversee brand positioning, digital marketing, PR, and communications.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key clients, partners, and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with internal teams (sales, operations, product) to ensure marketing initiatives support business goals.
• Manage proposal preparation, pitching, and negotiation for new business opportunities.
• Monitor performance metrics, campaign ROI, and business development results to ensure targets are met.
• Lead, mentor, and motivate the marketing and business development team to achieve excellence.
• Represent the company at industry events, networking sessions, and conferences.

Requirements：

• Experience selling large consulting services and/or proven track record in a solution selling environment
• Proposal development & content creation experience and knowledge across product lines
• Experience working with partners and cross-functional teams to develop business opportunities
• Self-starter who knows to create a qualified opportunity
• Value proposition development
• Deal shaping
• Business case creation
• Solution Planning
• Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills
• Ability to produce high quality and professional deliverables

ABOUT THE JOB

Brand positioning

• Break down the brand strategy locally considering the local culture, local budget and the international strategy.
• Build and promote a client advocacy (success stories, testimonies, logos, partnership).
• Define action plan to improve the E-reputation.
• Developing his/her professional network by maintaining relationships with all the stakeholders and creating new ones (candidate, partners, client, competition…)
• Represent the company externally (lectures, schools, …).

Business prospection

• Control and coach in the elaboration of commercial and technical proposals, including responses to Tenders.
• Control and coach in the negotiation of the framework agreements.
• Handling C-level customers relationships, anticipate the customers’ needs and environments and guide them in their strategic evolution.
• Identify potential clients and assess their business requirements
• Negotiate big deals ensuring the respect of the bid processes.
• Promote cross-selling over the different brands of the Group.

Business strategy

• Creating, adapting, and deploying a yearly business plan.
• Define consistent and long-term business strategy based on a rigorous data analysis, market trends and the Group strategy.
• Defining an Account Strategy on their scope and ensure all key accounts have a business plan.
• Defining offers and delivery models in line with the market needs, to reach the business plan.
• Map and understand competition (meet collaborators in ITW, meet directors/pairs…)

Certifications & knowledge management

• Communicate, embody, and implement group & entity decisions (policies, processes, guidelines, projects) to the teams aiming at conformity.
• Identify and rate risks & non-compliant areas and improve them.
• Introduce the entity and its strategy in audit context.
• Nominate people to be audited.
• Spot topics to be audited, based on the audit focus.

Finance

• Ensure compliance of costs in the system.
• Monitor the financial business plan and spot gaps with the reality.
• Spot, animate and coordinate actions to improve the financial performance (increase ratings, lower Days Sales Outstanding, invoices paid, …).
• Support the implementation of the periodic Financial Calendar & Reporting (P&L, FC, check and validations).
• Translate the business strategy in a financial business plan.

Human Resources

• Analyse the offboarding reasons and intervene in the leaves to retain people.
• Arbitrate in HR litigations and conflicts.
• Coach the teams around yearly appraisals and validate individual action plan (Career Committee Meeting).
• Define and implement a local C&B strategy according to the brand C&B guidelines.
• Define and implement a training strategy with HR local team.
• Define and implement an HR strategy (People Review) with HR local team.
• Define, monitor and ensure the respect of a yearly wages budget.
• Ensure the HR brand strategy is broken down locally (D&I, turnover, etc.).
• Ensuring the proper onboarding process.
• Follow-up the key people succession plans and talents action plans.
• Monitor and improve people satisfaction.

Legal

• Coach the team to raise their awareness in the commercial legal standards importance, and meet the minimum required strandards.
• Ensure compliance in HR & commercial contracts (clauses negotiation…).

Recruitment

• Define a hiring strategy (direct/on project, internal/external…) and a recruitment plan according to the financial and business plan (number of people and needed expertise).
• Monitor the recruitment indicators based on the recruitment plan.
• Find locally candidates thanks to a schools calendar.

Team Management

• Coach and support people for local & group audiences.
• Communicate and embody the group & entity strategy and results to the teams.
• Create and animate a strategy to federate people through shared moments (afterworks, challenges …) and a smart working environment.
• Follow-up the performance of the team (top performance/potential people, and close monitored people) and take actions and decisions accordingly.
• Involve the corporate business partners and topics in the strategy.

ABOUT YOU

Soft skills and requirements

• Bachelor's degree from top business or engineering schools (Master's degree or MBA preferred)
• Minimum of 8 years experience with 5+ years in the consulting industry and leadership role
• Strong knowledge in the one of the following fields: Pharmaceutical industry/Engineering/IT
• Fluent in English to liaise with different stakeholders in Europe and Asia
• Experience in doing business in Asia and managing large multicultural teams
• Experience with budget and business plan development
• In-depth knowledge of diverse business functions and principles (e.g. finance, Customer service, management, coaching etc.)
• Ability to negotiate with internal & external Stakeholders
• Ability to streamline and implement new structures & policies for new opening brands or countries.
• Ability to analyze processes and assess the risks (HR, Financial)
• Experience working in an ISO environment and in consulting topics
• Ability to identify weak spots in a process to improve efficiency (policies, procedures)
• Great planning and project management skills
• Results-driven and ability to communicate
• Ability to work in a fast-growing environment

About the Role

BIENE Technologies Pte Ltd. is seeking a dynamic and forward-thinking Chief Technology Officer (CTO/COO) to work closely with the CEO in driving organizational growth, operational excellence, and innovation.

This role requires a strong leader with deep expertise in technology, operations, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to build scalable systems, optimize business performance, and lead high-performing teams.

Key Responsibilities

The Information Technology Services is dedicated to creating and delivering value to our business by leveraging on IT technology. The team is responsible for delivering customer-focused solutions and high-quality IT services internally to enable our business.

We invite a highly motivated & dynamic professional to join our ITS team as a Manager/Associate Director, Technology Governance, Risk and Compliance.

Your responsibilities will include:

Governance and Audits

• Establish and maintain a robust GRC framework, reinforcing ITS information security controls and service management processes to optimise IT service quality and compliance with organisational and user requirements.
• Develop and execute comprehensive information security risk assessments, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements such as SOX ITGC,ISO 27001, MAS OSPAR, ACRA, and ISQM1.
• Actively contribute to Enterprise Risk Management efforts, participate in Information Protection Control Reviews (IPCR), and support IT-related personal data protection activities, collaborating with pertinent departments to formulate necessary policies and action plans.
• Monitor adherence to the organisation's security policies, standards, and procedures among ITS staff, contractors, and other third parties, and enforce corrective measures as needed.
• Identify, assess, and document non-conformities with KPMG policies and relevant standards, ensuring timely remediation and compliance with organisational security policies and regulatory mandates.
• Supervise and mentor ITS personnel in GRC activities and ITS service management process mapping, providing necessary training and guidance.

IT Service Management (SMS) and Information Security Management System (ISMS) Maturity

• Lead initiatives to enhance IT Service Management System(SMS) and Information Security Management System (ISMS) maturity within the Information Technology Services (ITS) department, focusing on process optimisation and alignment with ITS strategic objectives.
• Create and implement quality assurance protocols, performance metrics, and testing procedures to evaluate the maturity of information system processing.
• Conduct periodic evaluations of ITS internal processes, performance indicators, and metrics to ensure continuous improvement.
• Gather and analyse data to pinpoint improvement opportunities within ITS operations and infrastructure.
• Undertake proactive and preventive maintenance for ITS service management processes and information systems.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, Law, or related fields.
• A minimum of 6 years of relevant work experience in governance, risk management, internal controls, external audit, internal audit, or process improvement.
• Experience in Big 4 firms, Fintech, or the Financial Services industry is a plus.
• Proven leadership and people management skills.
• Strong confidence in interacting with senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience in leading and managing teams.
• Strong business acumen and commercial awareness.
• Conceptual skills in qualitative and quantitative risk management methods.
• Familiarity with risk management and internal control frameworks (e.g., COSO, ISO, COBIT).
• Knowledge of various functional areas, including Finance, Procurement, HR/Payroll, Operations, Logistics, IT, Legal, and Risk Management.
• Strong communication, presentation, and project management skills.
• Ability to build effective relationships and work collaboratively with internal departments, external service providers, and global teams.
• Capability to work independently, take initiative, and collaborate effectively.
• Previous experience with industry standards and best practices such as ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2, and NIST.
• Knowledge in Business Process Management projects, ITSM(ITIL), ITSMS processes, and working experience with ServiceNow ITSM.
• ITIL V4 certification is preferred.