Total 75 programme director job vacancies in F&B / Tourism / Hospitality category

Summary

The Hospitality, Resorts & Residential (HRR) Asia Sector Lead is accountable for the strategic growth, client engagement, and operational performance of the hotel, resort and residential sector across Asia. The role requires dedicated focus to translate sector opportunity into business growth, capture new revenue through disciplined pursuit management, foster deep client relationships, build high-performing teams, collaborate with CBRE to deliver integrated solutions, and represent Turner & Townsend externally as a thought leader.

Responsibilities

Sector strategy and growth

1. Develop and maintain a comprehensive sector plan with:

• Clear and measurable actions tied to business outcomes.
• Defined growth drivers (e.g., linked to business G1 to G6 priorities).
• Identified enablers (e.g., digital tools, delivery models, partnerships).
• Prioritised capability build areas (e.g., talent, innovation, training)

2. Align sector strategy with regional and global priorities

3. Conduct quarterly reviews to assess progress and recalibrate as needed

4. Monitor market trends and competitor activity to inform strategic decisions

Sector growth and revenue generation

1. Deliver sector revenue targets totalling the 1.1x the sector budget.

2. Maintain a healthy pipeline of opportunities at ≥ 2.5x the sector budget.

3. Actively manage > 5 strategic pursuits with RFPs expected in the next 6+ months.

4. Lead major regional and strategic bids as Bid Director or Red Team Lead, ensuring:

• Strong win themes and client-centric value propositions.
• Effective coordination across service lines and geographies.
• Timely and high-quality bid submissions.
• Clear commercial strategy aimed at conversion and gross margin maximisation

5. Drive post-bid conversion, ensuring smooth transition from win to delivery.

6. Collaborate with account leads to expand existing accounts and identify cross-sell opportunities.

Key client engagement

1. Sponsor the Key Client Programme for the sector, ensuring:

• Strategic account planning and growth.
• Consistent client engagement and feedback loops.

2. Drive accountability within Key Client Leads (KCL’s) working within the sector to ensure performance and growth in line with account management and growth targets.

3. Lead and attend Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) with key clients, delivering:

• Customised knowledge-sharing content aligned to client priorities.
• Insights on market trends, benchmarking, and innovation.

4. Ensure proactive and consistent client care, resolving issues and strengthening relationships.

Team and capability development

1. Build, lead andcurate a high-performing sector team across the Asia region.

2. Mentor and coach team members, supporting career development and performance.

3. Facilitate knowledge sharing and training on real estate trends, tools, and methodologies.

4. Promote a culture of inclusion, collaboration, and accountability.

5. Ensure succession planning for all key roles and maintain a clear accountability framework.

Externalisation and brand positioning

1. Publish >2thought leadership pieces per year in industry media or platforms working in conjunction with Turner & Townsend’s Asia Marcomms function and aligned to the overall Real Estate communications plan.

2. Participate in >2industry panels or events per year, representing Turner & Townsend.

3. Engage with clients across the region, demonstrating mobility and responsiveness to client demands and challenges.

4. Build strategic partnerships with industry bodies, peer consultants and supply chain partners.

5. Contribute to the firm’s visibility and reputation as a market leader in real estate consulting.

Engagement with the CBRE platform

1. Collaborate with CBRE to develop One Business Solutions that integrate Turner &Townsend’s capabilities with CBRE’s platform.

2. Convene and lead integrated offerings that deliver enhanced value to clients, including:

• Joint pursuits and proposals.
• Combined delivery models and innovation.
• Shared client engagement strategies.

3. Champion joint initiatives and ensure alignment across both organisations.

To apply or find out more, please contact

Leong Jia Wei

(Reg No: R25157456) on 

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+65 80358497

or email

jiawei@placement.com.sg

I also carry more Junior and Senior variants of this role; please browse our Company Page to find out more.

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NB. This role is a Commission-based role; the Salary Range I included is an average approximate based on past teammates’ earnings.

Overview

This role focuses on delivering wealth management services to corporate and high net worth Japanese clients. The position involves managing existing relationships, acquiring new clients, and growing AUM through targeted engagement and business development.

You will leverage your network and language capabilities to serve Japanese clients both within and outside Japan.

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Provide wealth management services to corporate and high net worth Japanese clients
• Build, manage, and retain client relationships through regular meetings and follow-ups
• Source and onboard new Japanese high net worth clients to grow AUM and meet revenue targets
• Leverage existing networks of Japanese clients to expand the client base and deepen engagement
• Communicate effectively with clients using strong spoken and written Japanese language skills

Requirements

To be considered for this role, you should have:

• A degree in Business / Banking & Finance or equivalent
• At least 3 years of experience in sales & marketing within fixed income, equities, banking, or brokerage services
• Experience in relationship management with Japanese clients or corporates
• Good knowledge of equities and fixed income products
• An existing network of Japanese high net worth clients in and outside Japan
• Strong spoken and written Japanese language skills

Role Focus

This role combines client acquisition, relationship management, and product advisory, with a strong emphasis on serving Japanese high net worth clients and expanding AUM.

An exciting opportunity has arrived at The Garcha Group, Singapore’s luxury boutique hotel group with four hotels in Singapore, all of which are franchised under Marriott International—the world’s largest and most prestigious hotel company.

Marriott Hotels:

· Duxton Reserve Singapore, Autograph Collection

· Maxwell Reserve Singapore, Autograph Collection

· The Vagabond Club, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel

· The Serangoon Club, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel

Restaurants & Bars:

· Yellow Pot, Anouska's (Duxton Reserve)

· Shikar, Cultivate Cafe, Isabel Bar, Officers’ Mess Polo Bar (Maxwell Reserve)

· The Whiskey Library & Jazz Club, Sharab aur Kebab (The Vagabond Club)

· GupShup (The Serangoon House)

Garcha Group Benefits:

· As an associate of a Marriott hotel, you, your parents or parents-in-law, children, spouse/domestic partner, and siblings are eligible for discounts on F&B and room rates in 8,700+ hotels worldwide

· As an associate of a Marriott hotel, you have access to the “Global Learning + Development” tool which creates for you personalised learning experiences designed to help you thrive in your Marriott career journey

· Comprehensive health insurance plan with the option to upgrade at subsidised corporate rates

· 2-night yearly staycation in any of the four Garcha Group hotels.

· 20% off food & beverage at Garcha Group restaurants and bars and all Marriott hotels

An exciting opportunity has arrived at The Garcha Group, Singapore’s boutique hotel group currently with the following hotels:

- Maxwell Reserve, Autograph Collection Hotel (Marriott);

- Duxton Reserve, Autograph Collection Hotel (Marriott);

- The Vagabond Club, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel (Marriott);

- The Serangoon Club, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel (Marriott).

Garcha Group Benefits:

- As an associate of a Marriott hotel, you, your parents or parents-in-laws, children, spouse/domestic partner and siblings are eligible for discounts on F&B and room rates in 7,000+ hotels world-wide.

- As an associate of a Marriott hotel, you have access to the “Global Learning + Development” tool which creates for you personalized learning experiences designed to help you thrive in their Marriott career journey. (see attached for full Marriott benefits)

- 2 nights yearly staycation including all meals and beverage (incl. alcoholic) in any of the 4 Garcha Group hotels in Singapore.

- 20% off Food/Alcohol Bill at all Garcha Group restaurants and bars

Primary Responsibilities

- Oversees daily operations and achieving targets.

- Develop and executes the Food & Beverage department's annual business plan and budget in alignment with the hotel's overall objectives.

- Works closely with the managers to forecast sales, covers and payroll costs.

- Assign supervisors with responsibilities and tasks based on suitability.

- Ensure all duties, tasks, and services are carried out according to the required standards as prescribed by the hotel.

- Maintains consistency in quality of food, beverage and service above all else.

- Drives revenue growth through strategic marketing initiatives, product innovation and business development opportunities.

- Maintains strict control over departmental costs and resources to ensure financial targets are consistently met.

- Analyses financial performance and implements data-driven actions to optimise profitability across all F&B operations.

- Oversees the smooth and efficient daily operations of all F&B outlets, ensuring adherence to brand standards and SOPs.

- Implements systems and processes to maintain service quality, consistency and operational excellence.

- Ensures cleanliness, hygiene and food safety are upheld at all times, in full compliance with government regulations and internal policies.

- Cultivates a guest-first culture, ensuring personalised, high quality service across F&B campaigns and promotions.

- Monitors and ensure guest satisfaction, continuously driving improvement through timely service recovery and innovation.

- Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Rooms teams to develop and execute impactful F&B campaigns and promotions.

- Leads planning for seasonal events, festive promotions and loyalty initiatives to drive traffic and revenue.

- Provides strategic direction and hands-on leadership to outlet managers, chefs, and service teams.

- Oversees staffing plans, ensuring optimal coverage, cost efficiency, and high performance across all F&B units.

- Drives talent development through structured training, coaching, performance reviews and succession planning.

- Fosters a collaborative, accountable and inclusive team culture that supports growth and excellence.

- Ensures compliance with local regulations and safety standards for all F&B operations.

- Collaborate with other departments to deliver seamless guest experiences, especially for events and groups.

- Conduct regular reviews of SOPs, policies and procedures to uphold high standards of food safety and compliance.

- Ensures all F&B offerings align with brand identity and quality.

- Any other duties/tasks as requested by management.

Location: Pasir Panjang

Salary: Up to $4,750

Contract Period: 8 months (start work ASAP)

Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced Event Operations Manager to support both onsite and virtual aspects of high-profile events, including conferences and industry programs. This role requires strong operational skills, stakeholder coordination, and experience in hybrid event management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Spatial Experience Lead and Programming Lead in planning and coordinating event operations, including side activities at external venues (70% onsite focus)
• Establish and implement efficient workflow processes to ensure smooth preparation leading up to events
• Plan, coordinate, and work closely with appointed event organisers and venue partners for all event logistics
• Focus on ground operations, ensuring seamless execution of all event elements
• Manage the virtual experience, including platform selection, setup, maintenance, and content updates (30% virtual focus)
• Collaborate with internal Programme & Show Ops Experience teams to maintain accurate virtual track information
• Work with systems teams to ensure up-to-date UX interface and reporting on virtual platforms
• Liaise with external vendors, event management companies, and internal government stakeholders
• Participate in project management activities and work-in-progress meetings
• Manage event-related administrative duties and documentation
• Provide operational support for other division-wide programs and activities

Requirements:

• Degree holder
• Preferably 4+ years of experience in event management operations for APAC industry or ministerial events, with up to 1000+ attendees
• Resourceful, meticulous, and able to multi-task
• Excellent project management skills to handle multiple workstreams, timelines, and logistics simultaneously
• Strong ground operations management skills for onsite challenges
• Familiarity with online engagement, streaming technologies, and digital engagement tools
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Independent, proactive, able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
• Familiarity with public sector processes and stakeholder management is a bonus

EA License No.: 96C4864

Reg No.: R25128798 HUANG QIMENG

• Lead fundraising initiatives targeting insurance companies, pension funds, endowments, foundations, institutional family offices, reinsurers, and balance-sheet investors.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with CIOs, alternatives heads, investment committees, and key decision-makers to secure anchor investments and cornerstone commitments.
• Manage institutional due diligence, RFPs, and investment committee processes, coordinating internal teams to support investor inquiries and presentations.
• Collaborate with the CIO and investment team to structure institutional-grade fund vehicles and integrate investor feedback into fund design, terms, and positioning.
• Develop strategic partnerships with consultants, insurance platforms, and capital partners, supporting co-investment and bespoke mandate opportunities.

Requirements:

• At least 8 years of experience in institutional fundraising, private credit, or alternative investments.
• Demonstrated success in securing capital from institutional and insurance investors.
• Strong understanding of private credit, secured lending, and credit risk.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills; comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and investment committees.

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EA Licence: 19C9701

Registration: R21100996

A career with Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management is an opportunity to help clients across the globe realize their potential, while you discover your own. As part of one of the world’s leading asset managers with over $3.6 trillion in assets under supervision (as of 12/31/2025), you can expect to participate in exciting investment opportunities while collaborating with talented colleagues from all asset classes and regions and building meaningful relationships with your clients. Working in a culture that values integrity and transparency, you will be part of a diverse team that is passionate about our craft, our clients, and building sustainable success. Bringing together traditional and alternative investments, Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management provides clients around the world with a dedicated partnership and focus on long-term performance. As primary investment area within Goldman Sachs, we provide investment and advisory services for pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, financial advisors and individuals.

Our Impact

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) delivers innovative investment solutions through a global, multi-product platform that offers clients the advantages that come with working with a large firm, while maintaining the benefits of a boutique. GSAM is one of the pre-eminent investment management organizations globally. Critical to the success of GSAM is our ability to leverage a global team of talented professionals to define solutions and lead change across the operational infrastructure.

Third Party Wealth (TPW) markets GSAM's investment products and services to financial intermediaries and advisors. The focus is on building and maintaining long-term client relationships and communicating key themes from the firm's leading investment professionals. GSAM provides investment solutions across all major asset classes (e.g., fixed income, equities and alternatives) and products including mutual funds, ETFs, separate accounts and alternative investments.

Job Description

The APAC Head of ETF Business Development role is part of the Global ETF Distribution Team. This newly established role will define and lead our ETF strategy in the region, working closely with both regional and global partners across distribution, product development and investments, to commercialize current and future product offerings. Initially focused on commercializing existing UCITS and 40 Act products, expectation is that this individual partner with product development to also define a local product strategy: inclusive of registrations, cross listings and potential local listings. A successful candidate must have experience with ETFs, having specifically worked with regional clients on product selection and implementation. The candidate should possess a strong understanding of ETF capital markets including relationships with key ecosystem partners. Importantly, the candidate will employ a consultative and client-centric approach to business development.

Role & Responsibilities

• Raise awareness and drive asset growth for GSAM ETFs across the Asia Pacific region.

• Serve as the main point of contact for GSAM ETFs in the region, responsible for educating and supporting internal sales partners, investment teams, and broader regional stakeholders on the global GSAM ETF offering.

• Collaborate with local distribution teams to develop country specific plans to promote and commercialize existing GSAM ETFs across both wealth and institutional channels.

• Partner with Global Product Strategy team and regional sales leadership to define opportunity and requirements for local ETF product strategy.

• Educate a wide range of clients with varying degrees of ETF knowledge on investment strategies, product positioning and portfolio implementation strategies across the entire GSAM ETF Suite.

• Partner closely with internal groups: capital markets, product development and portfolio management to articulate and deliver client-centric solutions.

• Represent GSAM across the ETF ecosystem, including at events, with media, and most importantly with clients.

Experience, Skills & Qualifications

• 10+ years ETF related experience within either a sales, product specialist or investment focused role.

• Undergraduate degree in business, finance or a related discipline required.

• Excellent presentation skills (both in-person and virtually) and strong verbal/written communication skills.

• A growth mindset with a business-owner mentality, being naturally drawn to pursuing sales opportunities, innovation, new value creation and looks to continually improve capabilities.

• A passion for capital markets, asset management and ETFs.

• Proven track record of raising assets and managing multiple client relationships

• A self-starter with experience working in a large and dynamic institution.

This position will be based in one of the following Goldman Sachs offices: Hong Kong, Singapore

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 in 1869, 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.

Reports to: Senior Director, Operations Finance – Base & Balanced Markets

KEYWORKING PARAMETERS

A successful Director, Financial Insights & Planning for Base and Balanced Markets (i.e. VN, KH, LA, SIMA and MM) is one who can lead insight generation, planning and performance management for the allocated within the ASEAN & South Pacific (AS) Operating Unit (OU).

Focus, Scope, & Impact:

Planning, Forecasting & Performance Management

• Lead the end-to-end coordination, consolidation and execution of the Franchise Business Plan, Rolling Estimates, Strategic Business Plan (SBP) and monthly performance routines.
• Analyze forecasts, validate assumptions, and develop forward‑looking scenarios that enable proactive decision-making and target delivery.
• Provide clear narrative, business drivers, and performance insights for senior management, integrating volume, revenue, DME, OPEX, concentrate shipments, and P&L impacts.
• Partner closely with Franchise Leads, and Finance Managers to ensure alignment of assumptions, risks & opportunities, and strategic priorities across markets.
• Prepare monthly P&L submissions (RE and BP), ensuring accuracy in planning systems and generating high-quality analysis (e.g., NSR variance, COGS trends, brand contribution, operating profit).

Business Insights, Strategic Analysis & Market Intelligence

• Develop actionable business insights by synthesizing business performance and macro‑economic trends.
• Localize global strategies and volume targets into market-relevant plans, tracking execution monthly and communicating implications to key stakeholders.
• Provide clear, data-driven recommendations that shape Franchise strategy, resource allocation, and performance improvement initiatives.

Cross-System& Stakeholder Collaboration

• Serve as acritical interface between Franchise Finance, Platform Services, GenPact, and bottler partners to ensure seamless planning processes and data integrity.
• Maintain strong routines with bottler supply chain teams to forecast and track concentrate shipments and manage operational consistency.
• Coordinate and communicate key insights, takeaways, and performance implications with senior stakeholders across Franchise and OU levels.

Governance, Controls & Compliance

• Ensure full adherence to internal controls, compliance standards, statutory requirements, and audit expectations.
• Partner with Controls & Compliance, LEC, and Corporate Audit to sustain a strong governance environment across financial processes.

KEYSUCCESS PARAMETERS

Knowledge& Experience

• >10 years of experience in senior financial planning or commercial finance roles 
• Extensive leadership and management experience, with ability to work in a diverse cultural environment as a highly efficient communicator and influencer at all levels 
• Preferred Master-level degree or equivalent

Work Focus

• Role model the “Leadership in the Network” definition
• Provide holistic understanding of business performance inside the Zone/Franchise,
• Execute end-to-end business planning inside the Franchise, working cross functionally inside the organization and coordinating with the Operational Finance Lead.
• Use a fact-based, analytic, strategic approach to collaborating across Franchise/Zone/OU
• Deliver core financial strategies, practices and solutions, to grow business profitability in a sustainable way

CommunicationFocus

This role is responsible for partnering internally as well as externally to effectively drive financial outcomes, as well as to build alignment on key initiatives and metrics, with a focus on communication to:

• Franchise GM and Market Execution Directors /Managers
• Bottlers local management leadership (finance, commercial etc)
• Marketing leadership at the Zone / Franchise
• OU finance leadership and teams (planning, resource allocation, customers and commercial fin ops)
• Other OU teams under network organization (Customer and Commercial Leadership, Stills, Marketing teams)
• Other Key Regional Stakeholders (customers, JVs, suppliers etc)

About Coca‑Cola ASEAN & South Pacific

The Coca‑Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is a total beverage company with products sold in more than 200 countries and territories. Our company’s purpose is to refresh the world and make a difference. The Coca‑Cola ASEAN and South Pacific (ASP) operating unit serves 25 countries across Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Our portfolio of sparkling soft drink brands in ASP includes Coca-Cola, Sprite and Fanta. We also offer a variety of water, sports, juice, dairy, and tea brands including Dasani, Mount Franklin, Wilkins, AdeS, smartwater, vitaminwater,Powerade, Fuze Tea, Minute Maid and Nutriboost. We’re constantly innovating andtransforming our portfolio, from reducing sugar in our drinks to bringing newand exciting products to market. We seek to positively impact people’s lives,communities and the planet through water replenishment, packaging recycling,sustainable sourcing practices and emissions reductions across our value chain.Together with our bottling partners, we help bring economic opportunity tolocal communities across the region. Learn more at www.coca-colacompany.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.

The Coca-Cola Company: Refresh the World. Make a Difference

We are here to refresh the world and make a difference. Learn more about The Coca-Cola Company, our brands and our purpose.

About the Project

Resource Impactz is partnering with a government initiative and a tech start up company to support caregivers and elderly individuals. The programme uses interactive mobile applications and game-based activities to promote cognitive engagement and help combat dementia.

Role Overview

We are looking for friendly and reliable individuals to join as Assistant Facilitators. In this role, you will support the main Facilitator during training sessions and assist elderly participants and caregivers with simple tasks.

This is a micro job role, ideal for retirees or individuals who are looking to stay active, learn something new, and earn additional income during their free time.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist elderly participants and caregivers during training sessions
• Support participants in completing feedback forms
• Provide basic guidance and encouragement during activities
• Assist the main Facilitator on an ad-hoc basis during sessions
• Help ensure sessions run smoothly and participants feel supported

Training & Progression

• Basic training will be provided
• Opportunity to progress into a Facilitator role after 6 months, based on performance and interest

Requirements

• Friendly, patient, and approachable personality
• Willingness to interact with elderly participants
• Basic familiarity with smartphones is an advantage
• Ability to communicate in English and/or Chinese (additional local languages are a plus)
• No prior experience required – training will be provided

Work Schedule

• Sessions are 3 hours each
• Work is primarily scheduled on weekdays
• Flexible, session-based engagement
• Schedule will be shared in advance

Additional Information

• Sessions take place across West, East, and Central Singapore
• Transportation reimbursement provided if required to travel between centres on the same day

Why Join Us?

• Flexible and low-commitment role suitable for retirees
• Opportunity to learn about digital tools and AI applications
• Contribute to improving the well-being of elderly individuals
• Pathway to grow into a Facilitator role

The Director, Productivity & Planning Execution is responsible for owning the translation of Procurement’s Category Productivity pipelines into business outcomes.

This role acts as the central integrator between procurement, finance and Supply Chain productivity ensuring that strategic priorities are converted into measurable value through disciplined delivery of a multi-year productivity pipeline.

Operating as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, this role governs the multi-year productivity and value agenda, shapes the enterprise value reporting that is executed by Procurement, and establishes the governance, cadence, and narrative required to deliver Procurement’s productivity program at scale.

Key Responsibilities

1. Value Planning & Productivity Pipeline Management

• Lead the development and enduring management of a robust, Finance aligned multi-year value plan covering value, productivity, quality, risk reduction, and resilience outcomes.

• Operate a unified, standardised productivity pipeline that ensuring initiatives are clearly scoped, financially credible, prioritised, and tracked through to benefit realisation.

• Support category teams – Direct, Logistics, Indirect, and cross functional teams to ensure pipeline health, balanced portfolio coverage, and alignment with strategic priorities.

• Report regularly to leadership on the rolling pipeline of productivity and development of executive communications.

2. Portfolio Management & Governance

• Support the development of strategic choices into integrated and actionable portfolios with clear business cases, deliverables, timelines, and value measures. Ensure critical pathways are practical, executable, and linked to Enterprise value creation.

• Manage and own the end to end execution cadence, with top down multi-level governance through objectives, plans and delivery.

• Establish and maintain governance routines, frameworks, tools, and standards that enable consistent integrated execution across teams and regions.

• Provide leadership, coaching, and direction to project teams as required. Build trust and alignment across teams and key stakeholders.

3. Strategy Support & Advisory

• Contribute to procurement strategy development through analysis, insights, benchmarking, scenario modelling and synthesis.

• Support prioritisation, capability and resource planning across strategic initiatives.

• Serve as a and advisor to Procurement leadership on execution feasibility, sequencing, and enterprise impact of productivity planning.

4. Executive Communications

• Develop clear, compelling executive level narratives, eg slides and reporting that articulates strategy, value opportunity, progress, risks and results.

• Create insights, and decision-ready materials that simplify complex information into clear, compelling narratives.

• Establish and maintain a consistent, high-impact communication cadence aligned to enterprise reporting cycles.

Qualifications & Experience

• Experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance, Strategy, Transformation, or related fields.

• Significant experience leading enterprise value programs and portfolio management. Proven ability to develop value plans, financial benefit frameworks, and productivity pipelines.

• Exceptional storytelling and senior executive communication skills.

Responsibilities

• IT leadership in digital strategy and work planning.
• Synergizes with other teams for smooth rollout of WOG Products & Services.
• Ensure optimal on-site operations & support.
• Review of initiatives and identify opportunities to deliver and operate a more streamlined workforce.
• Align workplan to higher-level objectives.
• Strategic partnership with senior management to understand issues and help promote / influence directions.
• Collaborate with business users to develop IT initiatives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders on strategy, implementation and operations.
• Planning, business engagements and onboarding of new entities into the program.
• Deploy staff effectively and strategically to match resource requirements.
• Staff coaching and mentoring, discover high potential talents and hone their capabilities, drive staff development opportunities, coordinate and integrate people efforts that will attract and retain a motivated and high-performing team.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience in operational leadership (team of over 100), preferably in large-scale IT or digital transformation programmes.
• Experience in managing field operations, workforce transformation, and service delivery.
• Able to lead diverse teams and drive change in complex environments.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Strong focus on risk management and compliance, with security and availability mindset.

Advantages

• Background in IT infrastructure and technical services at enterprise level.
• Experience in IT governance, enterprise architecture, and/or programme management.
• Prior public sector or military leadership experiences

Ethos Search Associates Pte. Ltd.

EA License No: 13C6655

EA Reg No: R1988580 Jacky Chong

Job Summary

This role could be based in Singapore and Hong Kong. When you start the application process you will be presented with a drop down menu showing all countries, please ensure that you select a country where the role is based.

The Hive Lead is accountable for shaping and driving the strategic direction of a Hive, ensuring multiple squads and journeys deliver cohesive outcomes that align with both Group and Domain priorities. They hold delegated authority to align backlogs, resolve cross-squad dependencies, and steer delivery governance to maximize value at scale. Their core ethos is to connect strategy to execution – making informed decisions that balance business priorities, customer value, and long-term capability uplift, while fostering collaboration and continuous improvement across the Hive.

The primary purpose of this position is to develop and transform the Cash Equities and Exchange Trading capability across Private Banking and Retail Banking.

• The role owns the end to end digital trading proposition, delivering seamless global market access, high performance execution, integrated market insights, and strong operational controls across client facing and internal channels.

• The Hive Lead ensures that trading capabilities are scalable, resilient, compliant and client centric, while meeting institutional standards for availability, performance, risk management and post trade integrity.

The Bank is aiming to build & grow wealth product capability through digital and self-direct channels. This Product Owner (PO) role is to drive the agile technology projects to establish a robust price discovery and execution platform. It is also required to build system interface with upstream systems (e.g. client information check) and downstream systems (e.g. booking trades into core banking platforms) to streamline operation flow and improve users (including clients) experience and frontline productivity.

Key Responsibilities

As Hive Lead, you will develop and maintain a vision for agile technology projects and be responsible for communicating the vision to the scrum team. Be responsible for agile technology projects and features from concept to final implementation. In particular,

• have a good understanding of wealth management products, it's processes and relevance to clients.

• Define and own the strategic digital product vision and roadmap for the wealth management product suite.

• Align product strategy with business goals, market trends, and client needs.

• Develop a competitive product strategy across relevant asset classes

• Monitor market dynamics and regulatory changes, ensuring products remain competitive and compliant.

As Hive Lead, you will lead a team of Product Owners and collaborate closely with architects, business stakeholders and development teams to ensure that business, quality and functional goals are met with each release. Be responsible for the design, usability, quality and delivery of agile technology projects and features.

As the subject matter expert, this role is to determine business requirements, review technology project plans from the business perspective, and ensure new technology capabilities are embedded in business processes to deliver benefits. Ensure smooth execution on the ground, and communicate the changes delivered to relevant stakeholders including front office.

• Accountable for translating Group and Domain strategy into Hive outcomes by aligning product roadmaps and squad delivery to customer journey, regulatory standards and business priorities – ensuring measurable value and continuous improvement across the Hive.

• Ensure the Hive’s purpose, mission, and value contribution to Group strategy are clearly understood by Product Owners, squads, and stakeholders.

• Mentor and coach Senior Product Owners, and Product Owners, uplifting product ownership capability within the Hive.

• Drive alignment to the One Delivery model, enabling consistent customer experiences, optimized capacity, and delivery efficiency across all squads and Hive.

• Embed Hive strategy into product roadmaps and squad backlogs that map to the end-to-end customer journey and regulatory requirements, driving cohesive, compliant and value-driven delivery across the Hive.

• Shape and prioritize Hive’s backlog and drive outcomes, ensuring squad roadmaps contribute to domain strategic outcomes and organizational scorecard priorities.

• Provide transparency on Hive’s delivery, measuring and communicating outcomes against OKRs, scorecards, and benefit realization metrics.

• Align investment and strategic direction across functions, ensuring collaboration across different Domains, and different Hives.

• Oversee delivery progress across squads, resolving cross-squad dependencies and risks to enable cohesive end-to-end outcomes.

• Anticipate and address systemic organization impediments that constrain productivity, quality, or timely delivery across the Hive.

• Act as the primary point of contact for senior business leaders, technology partners, and external stakeholders on Hive’s priorities and outcomes.

• Foster culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and agile mindset across squads and stakeholders.

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.

Product Leadership, Engagement & Strategy

• Champion the voice of the customer

• Maintains a clear, compelling “north star” for the Hive, and ensure it evolves in response to market shifts, customer insight, and internal feedback.

• Take ownership of the Hive purpose by ensuring each member fully understands and embraces the Hive’s vision & mission

• Instil a high-performance culture and true “self-organizing” team by empowering the Squad, celebrate achievements, learning from review/feedback and conducting retrospective for continuous improvement.

• Drive an outcome-over-output mindset squads by encouraging squads to focus on customer value and measurable results.

• Empower Product Owner to make decision for their squad within guardrails defined by compliance, architecture, regulatory, and standards.

• Create a psychological safety, trust, an environment where innovation and candour are valued.

• Invest in the growth of Product Owners through coaching, peer learning, and capability building so that Hive’s maturity and consistency improve over time.

• Actively build relationships with key stakeholders i.e. Domain Lead, Engineering Leads, Domain Tech Lead, Solutions Architect, UI/UX designers, Business stakeholders to influence outcomes

• Translate Group’s and Domain’s strategy into actionable backlogs that coordinate squad effort and Hive’s trade-off.

• Ensure that strategic investments include non-functional priorities (security, performance, resilience) , regulatory compliance, and technical health.

• Accountable for ensuring compliance and risk adherence of products and service, engage with stakeholders to ensure necessary controls are adhered to and approvals are obtained.

Product Discovery and Experimentation

• Champion and integrate a culture of evidence driven decision making

• Foster culture of safe-to-fail experimentation, where squads are encouraged to test, learn, and adapt without penalty.

• Encourage technical discovery studies to maximize existing investments & where necessary, develop complementary, scalable and cost efficient technical solutions.

• Encourage cross-domain learning to enrich product discovery phase.

• Establish continuous discovery and experimentation as a core Hive practice, embedding it into ways of working across squads.

• Ensure discovery insights and outcomes are translated into strategic roadmaps and shape long-term Hive direction.

• Allocate capacity and resources for testing critical assumptions before committing large-scale delivery investments.

Product Delivery and Execution

• Champion continuous improvement at Hive scale, leveraging retrospectives and insight to uplift delivery maturity.

• Maintain oversight of Hive backlogs, ensuring squad priorities align to strategic outcomes, resolve dependencies, and meet governance standards.

• Ensure transparency of delivery flow, surfacing risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks across squads at Hive level

• Mandate and govern delivery standards, including engineering practices, testing consistency, and non-functional requirements.

• Align squads on synchronized planning and delivery cadences, driving cohesion and predictability across the Hive.

• Define and track Hive-Level delivery metrics, holding squads accountable for value delivery, quality, and timeliness.

• Safeguard compliance, risks, and architectural requirements, embedding them into delivery as non-negotiables.

• Promote incremental, outcome-driven delivery, encouraging smaller, testable releases that accelerate feedback and reduce risks.

• Ensure all squads embed both Change Delivery Standard (CDS) and Group’s Enterprise Software Delivery Lifecycle (eSDLC) throughout the lifecycle of the product or service.

Product Analytics and Benefit Realization

• Define and monitor Hive-level benefit metrics and OKRs, ensuring delivery outcomes translate into measurable business and customer value.

• Establish governance for benefit realization tracking, embedding consistent methods for measuring impact across squads and initiatives.

• Ensure investments decisions are informed by data, requiring squads to demonstrate expected benefit upfront and validate them post-delivery

• Promote transparency of value delivery, providing senior stakeholders with clear reporting on realised benefits versus planned outcomes.

• Continuously adapt Hive strategy based on insights, using product analytics and benefit data to refine priorities, redirect investments, and maximize long-term impact.

Technical Capabilities and Excellence

• Champion technical excellence by defining and governing Hive-wide engineering and architectural standards, ensuring modularity, scalability, interoperability, and alignment with Group Technology strategy.

• Sponsor and protect capacity for technical debt remediation and refactoring, ensuring sustainable delivery alongside feature build.

• Establish Hive-level mechanism to monitor technical health, using metrics such as system performance, incident occurrences, resilience, and maintainability.

• Encourage innovation under guardrails, allowing squads to pilot emerging tools and technologies while ensuring compliance and scalability.

Key stakeholders

• Domain Leads

• Domain Tech Leads

• Engineering Leads

• Technology Chapter Area Leads

• Production Engineering Chapter Area Leads

• Solution Architects

• PO Chapter members & Leads

• UI/UX Designers

• Business Stakeholders

Domain Knowledge

• Product Strategy & Vision

o Define and own the Exchange Access & Trading product vision and roadmap for Cash Equities, aligned to WRB growth priorities and client segment needs.

o Provide seamless global market access across major exchanges with competitive pricing, high availability and superior user experience.

o Drive consistency of trading capability across Private Banking and Retail Banking while allowing for segment specific differentiation.

• Trading Performance & Platform Resilience

o Enhance trading performance through low latency execution, reliable order routing and resilient order management.

o Ensure high platform availability, scalability and operational resilience during peak market conditions and volatile periods.

o Partner with Technology and Production Engineering to continuously improve throughput, stability and recovery capabilities.

• Digital Trading Experience & Market Insights

o Integrate market data, analytics and trading actions into a unified, intuitive experience across digital and RM assisted channels.

o Enable clients and internal users to move seamlessly from market insight to execution with minimal friction.

o Improve transparency of pricing, execution quality and trade status across the trading lifecycle.

• Post Trade & Operational Controls

o Strengthen operational controls across order management, trade validation, settlement, entitlements and P&L.

o Reduce operational risk through automation, straight through processing and robust exception management.

o Ensure accurate and timely downstream processing, reporting and reconciliation.

• Risk, Governance & Compliance

o Embed risk, conduct and regulatory requirements into trading journeys by design.

o Partner closely with Risk, Compliance and Operations to ensure adherence to market regulations, exchange rules and internal policies.

o Proactively identify and remediate control gaps across the trade lifecycle.

• Delivery & Stakeholder Management

o Lead multiple cross functional squads spanning Product, Technology, Operations, Risk and Markets.

o Own and prioritise the Hive backlog to balance feature delivery, resilience, regulatory change and technical health.

o Act as the senior business counterpart to Technology, ensuring delivery outcomes are measurable and value driven.

o Provide clear, outcome focused updates to senior management and governance forums.

• Key Outcomes & Success Measures

o Increased digital adoption and trading volumes across Cash Equities channels.

o Improved execution performance, platform availability and resilience.

o Reduced operational errors, breaks and manual interventions.

o Stronger control environment across order to settlement lifecycle.

o Enhanced client and RM trading experience across PB and RB.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Experience in global diverse organisation in building overall capability and technical expertise for 8+ years

• Have a good understanding and/or relevant experience in Cash Equities, Exchange Trading or Electronic Trading.

• Strong understanding of order management, execution, market connectivity and post trade processing.

• Proven experience delivering high availability, low latency trading platforms.

• Experience operating in highly regulated, multi market environments.

• Strong stakeholder management skills across business, technology and control partners.

• Ability to operate effectively in a highly regulated, multi market environment.

• Strong stakeholder management skills with senior business, credit and technology leaders.

• Experience in industry bench marking for technical skills

• Experience in identifying skill gaps and mitigate risks to deliverables

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance or a related field (or equivalent experience)

• Previous experience as a Product Owner or similar role in banking product delivery using agile framework

• Customer-centric mindset with a passing for delivery high-quality products that meet or exceed customer expectations and drive business value

• Strong understanding of Agile principles and methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, or Lean, and experience working in agile development teams

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and customers

• Analytical mindset with the ability to prioritise competing demands, make data-driven decisions, and adapt to changing requirements and priorities

• Leadership qualities with the ability to influence and motivate team members, foster a culture of innovation and collaboration, and drive results in a fast-paced environment

• Knowledge of product management tools and techniques, such as user story mapping, personas, MVP, and other product roadmap development

• Familiarity with SDLC processes and methodologies is a plus

• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to addressing challenges and overcoming obstacles in product development and delivery

• Relevant certifications to demonstrate expertise and commitment to the field e.g., PSPO I, PSPO II, CSPO

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Tech Debt

• Software Product Delivery

• Enterprise Change Delivery

• Strong risk evaluation experience in Capital Markets / Wealth Management products

• An ideal candidate should have 5 years of experience in technology & business

• Extensive knowledge in financial market products

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do

• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well

• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.

• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.

• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.

• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits

• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.

• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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• Lead fundraising initiatives targeting insurance companies, pension funds, endowments, foundations, institutional family offices, reinsurers, and balance-sheet investors.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with CIOs, alternatives heads, investment committees, and key decision-makers to secure anchor investments and cornerstone commitments.
• Manage institutional due diligence, RFPs, and investment committee processes, coordinating internal teams to support investor inquiries and presentations.
• Collaborate with the CIO and investment team to structure institutional-grade fund vehicles and integrate investor feedback into fund design, terms, and positioning.
• Develop strategic partnerships with consultants, insurance platforms, and capital partners, supporting co-investment and bespoke mandate opportunities.

Requirements:

• At least 8 years of experience in institutional fundraising, private credit, or alternative investments.
• Demonstrated success in securing capital from institutional and insurance investors.
• Strong understanding of private credit, secured lending, and credit risk.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills; comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and investment committees.

If you are keen to apply for the position, kindly email your detailed resume in MS Word to hr@recruit-expert.com

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

For more job opportunities, please visit our website at www.recruit-expert.com

EA Licence: 19C9701

Registration: R21100996

• Lead fundraising initiatives targeting insurance companies, pension funds, endowments, foundations, institutional family offices, reinsurers, and balance-sheet investors.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with CIOs, alternatives heads, investment committees, and key decision-makers to secure anchor investments and cornerstone commitments.
• Manage institutional due diligence, RFPs, and investment committee processes, coordinating internal teams to support investor inquiries and presentations.
• Collaborate with the CIO and investment team to structure institutional-grade fund vehicles and integrate investor feedback into fund design, terms, and positioning.
• Develop strategic partnerships with consultants, insurance platforms, and capital partners, supporting co-investment and bespoke mandate opportunities.

Requirements:

• At least 8 years of experience in institutional fundraising, private credit, or alternative investments.
• Demonstrated success in securing capital from institutional and insurance investors.
• Strong understanding of private credit, secured lending, and credit risk.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills; comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and investment committees.

If you are keen to apply for the position, kindly email your detailed resume in MS Word to hr@recruit-expert.com

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

For more job opportunities, please visit our website at www.recruit-expert.com

EA Licence: 19C9701

Registration: R21100996

• Lead fundraising initiatives targeting insurance companies, pension funds, endowments, foundations, institutional family offices, reinsurers, and balance-sheet investors.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with CIOs, alternatives heads, investment committees, and key decision-makers to secure anchor investments and cornerstone commitments.
• Manage institutional due diligence, RFPs, and investment committee processes, coordinating internal teams to support investor inquiries and presentations.
• Collaborate with the CIO and investment team to structure institutional-grade fund vehicles and integrate investor feedback into fund design, terms, and positioning.
• Develop strategic partnerships with consultants, insurance platforms, and capital partners, supporting co-investment and bespoke mandate opportunities.

Requirements:

• At least 8 years of experience in institutional fundraising, private credit, or alternative investments.
• Demonstrated success in securing capital from institutional and insurance investors.
• Strong understanding of private credit, secured lending, and credit risk.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills; comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and investment committees.

If you are keen to apply for the position, kindly email your detailed resume in MS Word to hr@recruit-expert.com

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

For more job opportunities, please visit our website at www.recruit-expert.com

EA Licence: 19C9701

Registration: R21100996

Primary Objective:

To enable sustainable business growth across SEA by ensuring sustainable talent supply, strong organizational health, a well-being employee experience, and company culture are in place. The role partners closely with business leaders to drive operational excellence, to translate People strategies and to shape data-informed decisions that support long-term business success.

Key Activities:

• Facilitate sufficient people supply and build strong talent pipelines to enable sustainable business growth, covering end-to-end people processes including people planning, talent acquisition, selection, onboarding, retention, internal mobility, career development, and off-boarding.
• Drive the effective implementation of global and regional People & Culture initiatives across SEA, ensuring a structured, consistent, and locally relevant approach that aligns with people strategy.
• Lead the continuous improvement of People operations across the full employee lifecycle, leveraging digital and AI capabilities to enhance operational excellence and overall employee experience.
• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, translating business priorities into actionable people initiatives that support business goals.
• Track organizational health by people data, providing strategic insights that directly generate leadership decisions for winning together.
• Provide data-driven insights to monitor organizational health, generate actionable insights, and translate workforce data into strategic recommendations that inform leadership decisions and drive business outcomes.
• Build and nurture a dynamic learning ecosystem that enables professional development, strengthens organization capabilities in the transformative markets.  
• Champion and embed the company’s culture and values across the organization, ensuring it is reflected in leadership behaviors, people practices, and everyday employee interactions.
• Oversee people operation and proactively mitigate people-related risk, maintaining all People & Culture governance are compliant with local regulations and aligned with global standards.