You will be part of a dynamic team within the Central Banking and Development Division under Information Technology Department, responsible for managing the systems that support reserves and securities management in MAS. These responsibilities involve supporting front to back office processing of MAS’s in-house portfolios and middle and back office processing of externally managed portfolios. You are also expected to understand and support the linkages between these systems and other market infrastructures such MAS’ real-time gross settlement system and SWIFT.
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Lead System Manager, Central Banking & Devt Platforms Div (RRM)
Permanent
Closing on 26 Feb 2026What the role is
What you will be working on
In this role, the officer is expected to lead an Applications team, and undertake the following areas of work:
Provide leadership to an applications team
Manage team resources, motivate and engage staff to improve team’s performance
To lead the transformation of team, practices and technology to increase business affinity, technology modernization, resilience and sustainability, and operational efficiency
Manage senior and working level stakeholders across business and technology
Establish strategic relationships with product owners and sponsors to co-develop product requirements and strategy
Application, service, and system ownership
Own and manage a suite of application systems
Own and manage a portfolio of digital services
To manage the applications and services as a portfolio
Solution design - In an individual capacity, and to provide leadership to the team on
Business analysis and functional design
Develop actionable insights into business operations and processes
Elicit, shape, scope, and manage business requirements through rigorous and appropriate methods of information gathering and collaboration with stakeholders
Design solutions that are consistent with business and technology objectives
Develop the solution’s business case in collaboration with stakeholders, and co-champion it
Technology analysis and solution design – In an individual capacity, and to provide leadership to the team to
Design the application technology solution, for both bespoke applications (custom developed) and COTS based solutions
Project and product delivery and quality – in an individual capacity, and to provide leadership to the team to
Plan and manage IT projects and product, and ensure alignment of project and product to the business objectives within established scope, cost and schedule
Quality: Assure the quality of systems and applications, including the establishment of quality management technology, and systems and processes for applications development, testing and delivery
Operations and maintenance, User support – in an individual capacity, and to provide leadership to the team to
Establish reliable operations of the applications and digital service in the portfolio
Conduct maintenance and technology lifecycle management on the applications and systems
Establish and operationalize user support and user enablement activities, to ensure systems are used to their best effect and deliver ongoing value to users
Governance, Risk, Compliance – in an individual capacity, and to provide leadership to the team to
Ensure compliance to ICT Governance policies and standards
Establish quality and mechanisms for systemic quality across all applications and systems
Establish risk management for applications systems
Partner and vendor arrangements and resourcing
Design and establish vendor and resourcing arrangements, contracts, service levels for the delivery and management of digital services, systems and technology
What we are looking for
Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree with minimally 10 years of relevant working experience in system portfolio and application management, IT business analysis, solution design, project and product management and system operations and maintenance.
Experience in
Trade management process (e.g. trade execution, compliance monitoring, confirmation matching) and financial instruments (e.g. bond, FX spot/ swaps)
Managing projects and product development using waterfall methods and/or agile methods;
Applications operations management
Establishing vendor contracts, and managing IT vendor performance
Expertise in
IT Business analysis
Software quality management
Applications technology in handling Commercial-Of-The-Shelf software
Expertise in the following will be an advantage
S.W.I.F.T messaging platform and infrastructure
SimCorp Dimension®
Application technology, particularly in the area of containers, DevOps, microservices and cloud technologies
Good decision-making skills and response to high-pressure situations.
Resourceful and possess excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Good analytical skills, and able to multi-task and deliver results in a timely manner
Effective people management skills with positive attitude and drive
As part of the shortlisting process for this role, you may be required to complete a medical declaration and/or undergo further assessment.
All applicants will be notified on whether they are shortlisted or not within 4 weeks of the closing date of this job posting.
About your application process
This job is closing on 26 Feb 2026.
If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the job ad closing date, we seek your understanding that it is likely that we are not moving forward with your application for this role. We thank you for your interest and would like to assure you that this does not affect your other job applications with the Public Service. We encourage you to explore and apply for other roles within Monetary Authority of Singapore or the wider Public Service.
About Monetary Authority of Singapore
MAS is the central bank of Singapore. Our mission is to promote sustained non-inflationary economic growth, and a sound and progressive financial centre.
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