Director, Product Manager, Data Analytics Solution, Asia Innovation Centre

Responsibilities

Reporting to the GM of Asia Innovation Centre, this role will lead the new Digitally enabled business developments in support of the bank’s Digital strategy in Asia. This includes designing new business schemes in collaboration with customers, tech players and SMBC Group companies and leading the implementation of business schemes with customers. This role will define and manage the end-to-end programs to drive product management and development of data analytics solutions, process re-engineering, automation as well as work with SMBC Group companies to achieve stated business outcomes.

Strategy

Contribute to developing the strategic priorities and focus areas for Asia Innovation Centre, including collaboration with SMBC Group companies. Product design and management of Data analytics solutions, design approach and implementation initiatives focused on process re-engineering, automation and analytics capabilities

Determining the benefits (financial / non-financial, direct / indirect) of delivering the Digital analytics projects for the organisational units

Define the Target Operating Model (TOM) integrating components of people, process, and ecosystem partners to implement Digital business schemes. Includes definition of business case, vendor partner strategy and internal resources planning in support of delivering defined Digital initiatives.

Implement business as usual, but not limited to, regulatory & governance matters, new products and business steering in APAC branches / offices as well as manage subsidiaries

Support arrangement of logistics such as management and senior management business trip and regular reporting

Develop team members’ skill and motivate others to maximize the outcome of the team

Collaborate with relevant departments of Head Office to efficiently enhance business and governance in APAC region

Business enablement and Project management

Developing action-oriented initiatives and plans in consultation with business leaders and management team with clearly defined KPIs and business outcomes.

Support framework and methodology to develop Go-to-market plan, run pipeline development initiatives along with key business leaders.

Planning and driving implementation actions, together with relevant functions to enable regulatory, legal entity, policy, and procedural changes.

Stakeholder management and engagement approach to facilitate the design and delivery of Digital initiatives.

Appropriately manages the risks that may arise from Digital projects to the Bank and to the stakeholders supported.

Job Requirements

Business and Technical Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Experience in Data stategy, Data product design and developement, process re-engineering, automation and analytics

Banking and Digital experience is an added advantage.

Characteristics Experience, & Degree

Strong strategic thinking, use of data and logic for decision making and improve understanding

Entrepreneurial and ability to work autonomously and take ownership

Ability to work with senior stakeholders

Effective cross-functional collaborator and communication

Able to frame an issue or opportunity from first principles

Flexibility & adaptability to adjust priorities according to business needs

Communicating effectively

• Ability to inspire others