VP Engineering - Delivery Banking.

  • Malaysia
  • Negotiable
  • Permanent
  • Discipline: Cloud and Infrastructure
  • Ref: 50917
Kumar Thanabalan
Kumar Thanabalan
Senior Consultant

Engineering Lead (Banking Technology)

About the Opportunity

An established global financial institution is seeking an experienced Engineering Lead to drive the delivery of enterprise-scale technology initiatives across its digital banking landscape. This leadership role is responsible for shaping technical strategy, overseeing end-to-end solution delivery, and leading multiple engineering teams to build scalable, secure, and resilient technology platforms.

Working closely with Product Owners, Enterprise Architects, and cross-functional technology teams, you will play a key role in translating business strategy into technology solutions while ensuring engineering excellence, governance, and delivery quality across complex, mission-critical platforms.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the end-to-end delivery of enterprise technology solutions across multiple engineering squads.

  • Develop and execute technology roadmaps aligned with business objectives and long-term architectural strategy.

  • Provide technical leadership in solution design, system integration, estimation, capacity planning, and project forecasting.

  • Partner with Product Owners and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

  • Drive engineering best practices, solution standardisation, reusable services, and continuous improvement initiatives.

  • Establish and maintain engineering governance, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, security, compliance, and SDLC standards.

  • Act as the senior technical escalation point for complex delivery and production issues.

  • Collaborate with Architecture, Change, Release, and Infrastructure teams to ensure successful planning and execution of releases.

  • Lead technical risk assessments, vendor evaluations, and solution governance throughout the project lifecycle.

  • Foster a high-performance engineering culture by mentoring technical teams, influencing engineering practices, and promoting continuous learning.

Ideal Background

The successful candidate will bring a strong combination of engineering leadership and hands-on technical expertise gained within large enterprise environments, preferably in financial services.

You should demonstrate:

  • Proven experience leading large-scale application delivery and enterprise technology transformation programmes.

  • Strong engineering background with the ability to engage in deep technical discussions covering application architecture, APIs, databases, cloud technologies, and modern software development practices.

  • Experience leading multiple Agile engineering teams using Agile and/or SAFe methodologies.

  • Strong understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), solution architecture, DevOps, CI/CD, engineering governance, and secure application development.

  • Experience delivering cloud-based solutions across platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

  • Ability to balance strategic technology planning with hands-on delivery leadership.

  • Strong stakeholder management skills with experience working across business, architecture, product, and engineering functions.

  • Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving capabilities, with a track record of delivering complex technology programmes in regulated enterprise environments.

Preferred Experience

  • Experience within banking, financial services, or other highly regulated industries.

  • Exposure to wealth management or digital banking platforms would be advantageous.

  • Knowledge of enterprise CRM platforms, including Microsoft Dynamics, is beneficial but not essential.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.

  • Professional certifications such as AWS, Azure, PMP, Scrum Master, SAFe, TOGAF, or equivalent are highly regarded.

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We are an inclusive organisation and actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills, and potential. We welcome all applications from a wide range of candidates. Selection for roles will be based on individual merit alone.

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