VP, Product Owner, Group TMRW

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.

About the Department

We are building and expanding the best digital bank in ASEAN

Traditional retail banking is changing rapidly, and will change even more in the next 10 years. We fundamentally rethink the retail banking strategy, business model and proposition, to stay relevant and keep up with the challenges that lie ahead in this rapidly evolving landscape.

TMRW (pronounced as “tomorrow”) empowers the digital generation with a full suite of banking solutions through a smart, mobile-only app. Our mission is to build and expand the best digital bank in ASEAN. Launched in Indonesia and Thailand as the first mobile only digital bank by United Overseas Bank (UOB) in ASEAN, TMRW offers innovative and simple solutions to help customers stay one step ahead of their finances. Our business model is powered by next-generation artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics, user interface design and smartphone capabilities. These include our own digital technology innovations as well as solutions provided through our collaboration with FinTech partners. We embrace a competitive strategy that focuses on customer intimacy, measured by net-promoter-score (NPS).

Since launch, TMRW has won many awards in total, including: Best Digital Bank in ASEAN, Best Digital Bank for Customer Experience and Best Bank for Millennials.
As we enter our next phase of growth, we are looking for entrepreneurial and open minded team players who are keen to learn, enjoy taking on multiple roles, and willing to step out of your comfort zone.
You will be the catalyst of change for UOB and be part of our exciting roadmap in the next chapter of growth. Get ready for an exciting career path in a start-up environment that is diverse and fast-paced, where you will have the opportunity to be engaged in transformative programs, and collaborate with business, and technology teams as well as regional and country stakeholders. We believe in empowering our people, giving them autonomy and ownership of what they do and their successes.

Join us to transform the future of banking and make banking simple, transparent and engaging!

Job Responsibilities

1. Work collaboratively with Digital Platform Lead and Function Lead for end-to-end implementation of digital platform capabilities for TMRW across the region

• Serve as a key point of contact – Creating and maintaining cross-departmental relationship from users, service provider, technology, and operations team for the Digital Platform capabilities implementation for the bank
• Digital Platform strategy – Assist in the development of the overall Digital Platform strategy for TMRW both CR and project
• Projects / Change management – assist Function Lead in leading and managing end-to-end lifecycle of the project / CR from preparing business case, finalize requirements gathering, approvals, estimation, and coordination with technology teams and business users
• Vendor performance management – Help define the key performance SLAs for the service provider to successfully deliver the digital serve ambitions for TMRW

2. Work collaboratively with Digital Platform Lead and Function Lead to build and handle operational management requirements for digital platform capability deployment

• Conduct customer and staff immersions – Synthesize staff and customer insights - Personas, journey pains, gains
• New capabilities – To design, develop and implement new journeys for the respective domains
  • Identify new use case and improvements within the journey – Independently or in combination own design discovery for new journey, work, and test process with customers for to-be state design journey
  • Improvements within the journey – Collaborate with Analytics / Customer Experience teams to assess performance of customer journeys in each domain, and to suggest improvement opportunities to be prioritized with the rest of the enhancements
  • User Story Quality – Articulate requirements by ensuring compliance with user story format and maintaining high quality
• Regional Model – Responsible for ensuring that any new journeys and flows planned within each respective domain is aligned across different countries

3. Driving the continuous improvement of digital platform capabilities. Managing and refining the product backlog and enhancing the collective expertise within the team through the generation of key insights

• Backlog Management:
  • Ensure the product backlog is transparent, visible, and comprehensible to all stakeholders
  • Gather and incorporate feedback and improvements from various teams to refine TMRW capabilities
  • Ensure backlog items meet the Definition of Ready (DoR) for roadmap discussions
• Insights Generation:
  • Gather insights from various sources, including market trends, customer feedback, and internal analytics
  • Provide actionable insights that inform and support strategic decision-making processes
  • Develop and maintain an organized and accessible insights library to enhance team knowledge and facilitate informed decision-making
    

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• PMP, Design thinking/ LEAN methodology, Agile certifications would be preferred
• Performing the role of a business lead/ product owner in driving digital capabilities implementation for GR TMRW
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and backlog management and proficiency in using product management tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence).
• Strong understanding of digital service interactions models and possible use cases of deployment
• Good understanding of the consumer banking landscape in terms of products, functional teams, services, and typical banking applications
• Strong understanding of design thinking/ human centered design methodology and experience in using it in project implementation
• Experience in customer immersions, journey mapping and design
• Must demonstrate strong analytical, problem solving, communication and creative skills
• 5 – 10 years of experience depending on the grade
  

Be a part of 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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