Engineering Head

Job Description

About the Role

Title: Engineering Head

(Investment Services), Technology Group

Location: Singapore, SG

Department: Technology Group

Job Description:

GIC is one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. With over 2,000 employees across 11 locations around the world, we invest in more than 40 countries globally across asset classes and businesses. Working at GIC gives you exposure to an extraordinary network of the world’s industry leaders. As a leading global long-term investor, we Work at the Point of Impact for Singapore’s financial future, and the communities we invest in worldwide.

Technology Group

We experiment, design, and lead a 247 global business where we support core capabilities in asset management, trading, investment operations, and risk management. We deliver secure, reliable, and integrated solutions, and provide insights on new, and emerging technologies.

Business Partner & Solutions

You will help to explore new, and existing technology to support our strategic, and operational business needs across our Public Markets, Private Markets, Total Portfolio Risk, Corporate Services, and Enterprise Solutions.

What impact can you make in this role?

You will be empowered to be at the top of your game by providing strategic partnership, and innovative technology solutions that supports GIC’s vision of being a tech-driven, global, long-term investment firm.

What will you do as a Investment Services Engineering Head?

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Engineering Lead to focus on the Investment Services area of our organization – a large sovereign wealth fund. The Investment Services engineering group deliver solutions focused on providing high-quality systems to support the daily operations required for servicing investments across all portfolios within GIC. This is a senior strategic role responsible for setting the target state architecture across the domain, ensuring a high-quality of engineering delivery across all projects, and working closely with senior management to prioritize resources and trade-offs to deliver business and domain-wide outcomes.

Lead division consisting of multiple teams of engineers delivering solutions for the Investment Services domain

Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including project sponsors, business leaders, technical teams, and external partners

Collaborate with Product Management stakeholders to understand requirements and develop strategies that meet their requirements

Act as a solution architect across the whole domain, setting the strategy for the architecture evolution towards a strategic target state

Directly manage the managers of the engineering teams providing leadership, direction, and personal development coaching

Actively raise the quality bar for engineering talent – attracting, retaining, and improving the best developers in the industry

Drive the implementation of engineering policies and practices to guide teams to high levels of quality and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards

Provide input into budget and resource planning

What makes you a successful candidate?

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field

Ability to connect with software engineers and do hands-on development to demonstrate their connectedness with the everyday needs of developers

Extensive experience in technology delivery in financial organizations – preferably with some experience of operations processes in middle-office and back-office functions

Proven track record in sizable engineering roles with broad experience and knowledge in different engineering patterns, demonstrating the ability to deliver impactful outcomes

Strong domain knowledge of the operational flow of HR and finance systems

Strong management and leadership skills with the ability to influence department strategy and contribute to the development of the technical architecture strategy

People leadership experience of manager-of-managers

Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, effectively translating complex technical concepts into business terms

Leadership experience in architecting, implementing, and troubleshooting business facing products and services

Experience in working with cloud-native environment such as AWS (preferred) or Azure cloud platform

Excellent presentation, communication (oral and written), and relationship-building skills across all levels of management

Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and ability to handle change in a fast-paced environment

Excellent problem-solving and analysis skills, with the ability to identify and address complex engineering challenges

Earns high advocacy and loyalty from teams through strong managerial competence, fostering a culture of collaboration, growth, and high performance

Provides mentorship and guidance to team members, enabling their professional development and success

Ability to understand cultural differences and be effective working in a diverse environment

Proven track record driving successful transformations and managing stakeholders effectively

Knowledge and active use of Agile, SCRUM, and Continuous Delivery methodologies

Consistently demonstrates PRIME values (Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Merit, Excellence) in words and actions, serving as a role model for others

Consistently demonstrates ambition and agility in words and actions, driving a culture of continuous improvement and adaptability

Work at the Point of Impact

We need to be forward-looking to attract the right people to help us become the Leading Global Long-term Investor. Join our ambitious, agile, and diverse teams – be empowered to push boundaries and pursue innovative ideas, share your views, and be heard. Be anchored on our PRIME Values: Prudence, Respect, Integrity, Merit and Excellence, which guides us in how we make our day-to-day decisions. We strive to inspire. To make an impact.

Flexibility at GIC

At GIC, our offices are vibrant hubs for ideation, professional growth, and interpersonal connection. At the same time, we believe that flexibility allows us to do our best work and be our best selves. Thus, our teams come into the office four days per week to harness the benefits of in-person collaboration, but have the flexibility to choose which days they work from home and adjust this arrangement as situational needs arise.

We are an equal opportunity employer

GIC is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Please email grphrodtaops@gic.com.sg at any point of the application or interview process if adjustments need to be made due to a disability.

Learn more about our Technology Group here:

https://gic.careers/group/technology-group/