Director, Corporate Systems (Singapore, Singapore)

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Reporting to the Head of Corporate Systems, the Director, Corporate Systems is a senior technology leadership role accountable for partnering with Corporate Functions and leading the strategy, transformation, delivery and operations of enterprise corporate platforms across Singtel Group. The role combines two integrated accountabilities: IT Business Partner for Corporate Functions. Serve as the trusted technology adviser to the People and Culture and Sustainability leadership teams. Translate business strategy into a prioritised technology roadmap and investment portfolio, with end-to-end accountability for demand, delivery, service performance, cost, risk and value realisation. Platform Lead for Corporate Systems - People and Culture and Sustainability across Singtel, Optus and NCS. Own the platform strategy, architecture, product roadmap and lifecycle. Drive a secure, resilient and scalable common core while enabling justified local requirements; simplify and modernise the application landscape; strengthen data and integration foundations; and improve speed, employee experience and unit cost. The Director, Corporate Systems will: • Shape and execute multi-year platform and technology strategies aligned with business priorities, enterprise architecture, cyber security, data and cloud principles. • Sponsor major transformation programmes and ensure disciplined delivery, adoption, operational readiness, benefits realisation and sustainable support. • Establish clear governance and decision rights for demand, investment, architecture, change, service performance, risk, privacy, resilience and vendor management. • Lead, develop and inspire a high-performing regional team and partner ecosystem, supported by a strategic workforce and capability plan. • Advise and influence senior stakeholders, resolve competing priorities and make balanced decisions across business value, employee experience, cost, risk and delivery speed. The successful candidate will combine strategic business insight, enterprise technology depth, commercial acumen and strong people leadership. They will be comfortable operating across a federated Group, influencing at executive level and translating complex technology choices into clear business outcomes. Make an impact by Shape Corporate Systems strategy, business partnership and portfolio value • Partner with People and Culture, Sustainability and Group/OpCo leadership to understand business outcomes and translate them into an integrated, multi-year technology strategy and roadmap. • Lead demand management and portfolio prioritisation across run, grow and transform initiatives, balancing value, risk, regulatory needs, dependencies and capacity. • Develop robust business cases, investment proposals and outcome measures; own value and benefits realisation. • Provide clear executive advice on technology options, trade-offs and emerging trends. • Success measures: stakeholder confidence, roadmap alignment, benefits delivered, demand transparency and portfolio health. Own platform/product strategy, architecture and lifecycle management • Define platform/product vision, roadmap, target architecture and lifecycle for People and Culture and Sustainability platforms across Singtel, Optus and NCS. • Establish common-core standards, design principles and decision rights while enabling justified local requirements and regulatory obligations #J-18808-Ljbffr