Strategy & Transformation Lead (Technology)

Role summary

SGX’s Technology Unit runs and safeguards the core systems behind trading, clearing, settlement, and market data. The team is focused on resilience, speed, security, compliance, and continuous improvement across critical market infrastructure.

This position is for a strategic, numbers-driven transformation leader who can help move the function away from traditional project delivery and toward a product-led, outcome-focused operating model. The role connects business priorities, technology capability, and delivery execution to improve time-to-market, customer experience, and long-term operational strength. It also partners closely with senior leaders to shape strategy, redesign operating models, and guide organizational change.

Strategy and roadmap planning

• Contribute to the creation and delivery of technology strategy and multi-year roadmaps for trading, clearing, settlement, and data platforms.
• Study the technology landscape and benchmark against competitors to uncover opportunities to strengthen infrastructure.
• Work with architecture teams to assess and recommend new technologies for core market systems.
• Review technology investment priorities and build support for major upgrade and transformation business cases.

Operating model transformation

• Drive the move from project-based delivery to a product-led model that keeps technology outcomes tied to business results.
• Shape product-focused structures that support end-to-end accountability.
• Put in place product lifecycle management and prioritization methods based on outcomes.
• Keep strategy, prioritization, and execution closely aligned across technology and business teams.

AI, automation, and digital transformation

• Lead digital change efforts such as cloud migration, API modernization, and adoption of microservices architecture.
• Support the use of AI and machine learning for operations monitoring, anomaly detection, and predictive maintenance.

Performance analytics and optimization

• Define and track KPIs for technology platforms and operating processes.
• Embed data-led decision making, OKRs, and performance monitoring routines.
• Analyze data to identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities.
• Prepare periodic performance dashboards and reports for senior management and technology leaders.
• Support capacity planning and system scaling based on projected market growth.

Qualifications and experience

A suitable candidate should hold a bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Management, or a similar technical discipline. The role calls for 5 to 8 years of experience in technology strategy, operations transformation, or systems implementation, ideally within financial services technology, trading systems, or market infrastructure operations. Experience delivering large-scale technology transformation programs and system implementations is also important.

Skills and working style

This role requires strong analytical thinking, structured problem solving, and the ability to convert business needs into practical technical solutions. The person should communicate clearly with technical, operational, and business stakeholders, and have a proven record of leading complex cross-functional change initiatives. Comfort working in high-pressure, fast-moving environments and a strong eye for detail are important. Knowledge of financial markets operations, trading flows, and regulatory settings is expected, along with familiarity with Agile, DevOps, and enterprise architecture approaches. Experience with analytics tools or programming languages such as SQL, Python, or R, as well as exposure to real-time trading systems, market data feeds, exchange operations, clearing organizations, vendor management, or technology procurement, would be an advantage.

What the role offers

• The chance to contribute to the transformation of essential financial market infrastructure serving the Asia-Pacific region.
• Exposure to advanced technology work and innovation in capital markets operations.
• A collaborative setting with experienced technology professionals.
• Professional growth across both technology and financial markets.
• A competitive pay package with performance-related incentives.
• Flexible work arrangements and a comprehensive benefits package.

Location

Singapore. Hybrid working arrangements are available.