Total 5 Director/C-Level Information Technology job vacancies

Overview

A global advisory firm is looking to appoint a senior commercial leader to drive its data center advisory and digital infrastructure practice across Asia-Pacific.

This role focuses on working closely with hyperscalers, colocation operators, developers, and infrastructure investors, providing strategic guidance on data center network expansion, resilience, and operational strategy.

You will play a key role in shaping how clients approach mission-critical infrastructure risk, connectivity, and long-term scalability across multiple markets.

Key Responsibilities

Data Center Advisory & Network Strategy

• Lead advisory engagements focused on data center network planning, redundancy, and performance optimisation
• Provide guidance across the full lifecycle of data center assets, from development through operations
• Support clients in aligning technical infrastructure with commercial and operational objectives
• Advise on uptime, resilience, and service continuity across multi-site platforms

Client Leadership & Industry Engagement

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders across hyperscalers, colocation providers, and infrastructure funds
• Build and expand relationships within the data center ecosystem across APAC
• Represent the business at industry events, client meetings, and strategic discussions
• Identify and drive new opportunities within emerging digital infrastructure markets

Infrastructure Risk & Advisory

• Provide insights on risk exposure across design, construction, and operations of data center assets
• Advise clients on risk mitigation strategies linked to power, cooling, and network architecture
• Support complex projects requiring coordination across multiple stakeholders, geographies, and delivery partners
• Work closely with technical teams to bridge engineering considerations with business strategy

Commercial Strategy & Solution Development

• Lead high-value client engagements, including regional pursuits and complex solution structuring
• Develop tailored advisory strategies that integrate technical, commercial, and operational factors
• Collaborate across internal functions to deliver integrated, multi-disciplinary solutions
• Stay ahead of market trends across digital infrastructure, data center design, and network innovation

Requirements

Experience

• 8+ years within data centers, digital infrastructure, or mission-critical environments
• Strong background in client-facing advisory, consulting, or strategic business development roles
• Proven experience working with regional or multi-country projects
• Prior engagement with hyperscalers, operators, or infrastructure investors is highly advantageous

Technical & Industry Understanding

• Strong knowledge of data center operations, network design, and infrastructure systems (power & cooling)
• Understanding of service level expectations, uptime requirements, and operational reliability
• Familiarity with risk frameworks and resilience planning for mission-critical environments
• Exposure to infrastructure investment and stakeholder structures is a plus

Profile

• Commercially strong with experience leading complex client engagements or strategic initiatives
• Able to translate technical detail into clear, actionable advisory insights
• Strong stakeholder management skills across technical and executive audiences
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to build and scale a regional practice

If you are interested, please apply with your latest CV. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Contact: Keith Ng (Lic. No R2093574 / EA No. 16S8194)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Responsibilities:

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

The ideal candidate should possess:

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

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

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

About the Role

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

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

Key Responsibilities

Technology Leadership & Strategy

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

Engineering Management

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

Platform Architecture & Scalability

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

Information Security & Risk Management

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

Product & Business Partnership

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

Data, AI & Innovation

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

Vendor & Stakeholder Management

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

Requirements

Experience

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

Technical Expertise

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

Leadership & Soft Skills

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

Preferred Qualifications

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

What Success Looks Like

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

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

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

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

Roles and Responsibilities:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Requirements:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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