First VP, Wholesale Operational Readiness Support (Standard & Automation)

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21 Locations
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The Role
Lead the Wholesale Operational Readiness Centre team, ensuring successful implementation of technology changes, managing operational readiness for business and operations users, and overseeing project governance.
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About UOB

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices. Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values – Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.

Job Description

The incumbent will be part of the Wholesale Operational Readiness Centre (WORC), responsible for effective implementation of Technology changes, reviewing Requirements from End-User perspective, and ensure implementation through effective Testing, Training and Documentation.

You will lead the transformation of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) into a continuous and efficient end to end quality engineering function through use of quality processes, tools, and methodologies to improve productivity, controls, accuracy, and execution velocity.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the development and implementation of automation and automated testing frameworks using tools such as TOSCA, Perfecto Scriptless, Co-Pilot and QuerySurge.

  • Partner with project teams and WORC to ensure testing and automation requirements align with project goals and objectives.

  • Work collaboratively with others to lead the definition of testing automation for technology-based applications, by aligning with enterprise and industry best practices.

  • Design and implement standards, tools and methodologies to ensure the overall WORC Portfolio is maintained in a coherent manner.

  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members, and ensure adherence to the bank’s quality processes, tools and methodologies.

  • Stay updated with the latest advancements in testing and automation, including collaboration with the bank’s Testing Centre of Excellence (TCOE)

  • Develop and maintain automated test scripts library.

  • Contribute to the testing strategy for projects to align to changing delivery paradigms.

  • Provide forward thinking, strategic input into WORC as they refine and refresh multi-year strategic plans.

  • Establish practical design approaches and standards through research, evaluation, and proof-of-concept activities and ensures quality through design and code review.

  • Provide support for regional WORC teams. 

  • Lead human resource planning, development, and staff management for the automation team

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Requirements:

  • Bachelor or Master degree

  • Minimum of 10 years’ experience in TOSCA (or similar automation tools) in banking and financial services with at least a year with GenAI tools such as Co-Pilot and strong knowledge of Python.

  • Good-to-have: Experience in testing using Selenium, Appium, Perfecto Scriptless, QuerySurge, Postman API and other tools.

  • Good-to-have: \Agile development methodologies.

  • Good-to-have: Operations experience (Cash/ Trade/ Loans/ Channels operations)

  • Experience in managing medium-sized team (10 to 20 people) comprising of automation engineers and test executors.

  • Ability to take ownership of issues and proactively take them to closure.

  • Ability to collaborate with peers and to work cross-functionally with testing personnel in other teams as well as with developers, business analysts, system analysts and product owners.

  • Detailed and results-oriented and able to work independently within strict timeframes.

  • Strong verbal and written communications skills, including effective presentation skills

Additional Requirements

Be a Part of the UOB Family

UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.

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The Company
25,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1935

What We Do

We’re here to do Right By You.

At UOB, we aspire to build a better future for the people and businesses in the region.

Through our extensive network and suite of capabilities, we offer financial solutions to the people and businesses within, and connecting with ASEAN.

We create solutions tailored to your unique needs through data and relationship-led insights.

Our comprehensive regional network and one-bank approach connects your business to new opportunities in ASEAN.

We help businesses to advance responsibly and guide personal wealth to grow sustainably. We foster inclusiveness and environmental well-being for stronger societies.

This is how we stay committed to forging a sustainable future for generations to come.



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