As Singapore’s longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires.
Today, we’re on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future.
We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career.
Your Opportunity Starts Here.
We are hiring a Vice President, Credit Card System Domain Specialist (Hybrid System Analyst) for OCBC Malaysia, as part of our regional cards platform implementation across Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.
This is a strategic role within Group Engineering, designed for a senior cards professional who can anchor Malaysia domain requirements while working closely with regional platform teams.
Role Overview
The successful candidate will act as the Malaysia Cards Domain Anchor, supporting the migration from legacy cards systems (SICS/EBS) to a regional card platform (PowerCARD).
This is a hybrid role (functional + technical) – requiring strong capability in cards domain, system analysis, integration, and migration delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Malaysia Domain Ownership
- Own Malaysia-specific cards domain (credit & debit issuing)
- Familiar to international scheme (Visa, Mastercard, etc) and able to handle MyDebit and local regulatory nuances
- Define source-of-truth across customer, card, account and transaction domains
- Ensure channel continuity (Mobile, Internet Banking, ATM, etc)
Regional Collaboration (SG / HK)
- Align Malaysia requirements with regional platform design
- Differentiate regional standard vs local delta
- Participate in regional design and governance forums
System Analysis & Engineering Translation
- Translate business requirements into FSDs, TSDs, mappings and test scenarios
- Bridge business, engineering, architecture and vendor teams
- Support API, integration and adapter/aggregator design
Migration, Integration & Delivery
- Support migration to PowerCARD Issuing
- Drive data mapping, SIT/UAT, mock runs and cutover
- Ensure validation of authorization, balance, transactions and reconciliation
Stakeholder Management
- Engage across business, engineering, operations, vendors and schemes
- Drive issue resolution and design decisions
- More than 8 years experiences in cards / payments / banking technology
- Strong credit card issuing domain knowledge
- Experience with card systems (PowerCARD, CMS, CardLink, SICS)
- Hybrid BA/SA capability (business + technical)
- Experience in APIs, integration, data mapping, SIT/UAT and cutover
- Ability to work in regional SG/MY/HK model
Competitive base salary. A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle. Community initiatives. Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities. Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.
Skills Required
- Strong knowledge of cards issuing, authorization, interchange, scheme interfaces, settlement, and rewards
- Engineering background in Java, Spring Boot, APIs, microservices, and payment systems
- Experience with high-throughput, low-latency platforms
- Familiarity with DevSecOps, Kubernetes/OpenShift, and cloud architecture principles
- Understanding of PCI-DSS, card scheme mandates, and BNM/MAS guidelines
- Experience with scheme certification and compliance cycles
- Proven ability to lead engineering teams and deliver complex transformation programs
- Strong regional stakeholder management
- Solid vendor management skills
- Excellent communication, prioritization, and decision-making skills
What We Do
OCBC is the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, the oldest of which was founded in 1912. It is now the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker. OCBC and its subsidiaries offer a broad array of commercial banking, specialist financial and wealth management services, ranging from consumer, corporate, investment, private and transaction banking to treasury, insurance, asset management and stockbroking services. OCBC’s key markets are Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Greater China. It has more than 570 branches and representative offices in 19 countries and regions. These include about 300 branches and offices in Indonesia under subsidiary Bank OCBC NISP, and over 90 branches and offices in Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR under OCBC Wing Hang. OCBC’s private banking services are provided by its wholly-owned subsidiary Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals. OCBC's insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia. Its asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors, is one of the largest private sector asset management companies in Southeast Asia.
