Head, M-Catalyst (R&D and Digital Innovations)

Overview:

Are you a go-getter who thrives on new technologies and an exemplary people-leader? Do you enjoy tackling and finding solutions to solve tough challenges? Then you might be who we are looking for! The Head of M-Catalyst will be responsible for spearheading all R&D work within the IT Strategy & Architecture team. This role will lead squads comprising of Business Analysts and Engineers in exploring cutting-edge technologies and driving innovation within the unit. The ideal candidate should have strong exposure to cloud technologies and designing software solutions and architecture. This role will lead all end-to-end R&D incubation processes from ideation to solution delivery. We are looking for someone with solid technical skills and background, a good sense of business acumen as well as proven track record of fostering strong engineering culture within teams to take on this exciting role.

Key Responsibility:

 Collaborate and work with all Heads within the IT Strategy & Architecture team in

meeting business and technology objectives, while ensuring timely delivery of work.

 Explore and lead the incubation and delivery of prototypes using new technologies,

while ensuring all solutions are architecturally well-designed and future-proof.

 Champion engineering excellence by fostering good engineering culture and ensuring M

Catalyst team is at the forefront of engineering initiatives and cutting-edge tech.

 Be a mentor and hands-on coach to the team. Encourage team members to propose

new ideas and to constantly adopt an innovative mindset.

 Lead all development of prototypes in an Agile manner. “Build Fast, Fail Fast, Learn

Fast” should be your motto.

 Be embedded within the squads and development lifecycles. Work closely with all

squads to iterate on the implementation and deployment of new initiatives.

 Promote a culture of growth, experimentation and rapid iteration. Lead learning

initiatives through brown-bag or sharing sessions.

 Be active and participate in resources planning and hiring strategies.

 Clear and effective communication to stakeholders, with the ability to articulate complex

concepts in simple and clear terms for various audiences.

Qualifications

 Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Software Engineering or related field.

Master’s degree preferred.

 Minimum 15 years of experience in software and product delivery, with at least 8 years

in managing teams.

 Relevant experience in FinTech and start-ups preferred. Exposure to banking industry is

a plus.

 Strong analytical mindset with excellent communication skills.

 Experience with Cloud Infrastructure, Serverless Architecture, Infrastructure-as-Code

(IAC), Container Platforms, DevSecOps, RESTful services, PaaS/SaaS concepts.

 Exposure to various databases and their strategies, including NoSQL and Relational

Databases.

 Experience designing and developing reusable, modular components, including event

based architectures, messaging and caching systems. Knowledge in building highly

scalable and high-availability distributed systems.

 Exposure to designing and developing both Front-End and Microservices in various

languages, i.e. React, React-Native, Node, GoLang, Spring, Python, Android/iOS or

equivalent.

 Knowledge and experience of modern experimentation frameworks such as feature

flagging, A/B testing, Blue/Green deployment etc.

 Experience with ensuring and maintaining high code quality/standards, versioning and

documentation.