CIO – Enterprise Platforms — Wealth Division

The mandate

A deliberate change of pace is required to deal with regional platforms carrying duplicated cost and inconsistent controls within a multinational-owned regulated universal or specialist bank. The immediate arena is the wealth division during a succession transition. For mandate 090, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The CIO – Enterprise Platforms operating perimeter covers approximately S$73,450 million in loan and deposit book, with activity spanning several wealth division customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The CIO – Enterprise Platforms Banking remit carries direct influence over roughly 1,300 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The board and its investment committee want a CIO – Enterprise Platforms who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the wealth division. The CIO – Enterprise Platforms Banking seat must resolve a succession transition, while preserving the underlying strengths of the wealth division. For mandate 090, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The CIO – Enterprise Platforms’s first year on the wealth division is expected to end with standard platforms, measurable adoption and lower run cost. In mandate 090, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

This is a planned replacement for the CIO – Enterprise Platforms — Wealth Division seat. The incumbent continues to lead the wealth division through an agreed succession period and will support a structured handover. The board has allowed 4–6 months to assess candidates, complete diligence and protect continuity while a succession transition is addressed. The search is confidential so the transition can be communicated to employees, customers and partners in a controlled sequence.

What you will own

• Set the CIO – Enterprise Platforms value-creation thesis for the wealth division, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately S$73,450 million in loan and deposit book, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the CIO – Enterprise Platforms Banking organisation of about 1,300 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the wealth division economics and execution constraints created by a succession transition, with CIO – Enterprise Platforms-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one CIO – Enterprise Platforms operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the wealth division; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have owned enterprise service, cyber, architecture and technology economics rather than a single application tower in mandate 090.
• Build the CIO – Enterprise Platforms’s three-year succession and capability plan for the wealth division, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Banking organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the wealth division baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to regional platforms carrying duplicated cost and inconsistent controls, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal CIO – Enterprise Platforms portfolio and organisation choices for the wealth division, install the new operating cadence, fill critical leadership gaps and deliver the first measurable release of cash, capacity or customer value.
• Months 10–12: Demonstrate a repeatable wealth division trend against standard platforms, measurable adoption and lower run cost, lock the following year’s capital and talent plan, evidence control sustainability and present a credible three-year value case with downside actions.

What the board will measure

• Delivery of the CIO – Enterprise Platforms’s agreed first-year wealth division value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A CIO – Enterprise Platforms forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the wealth division’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the CIO – Enterprise Platforms mandate’s highest-priority wealth division risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical wealth division talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the CIO – Enterprise Platforms’s direct reports.
• A quantified CIO – Enterprise Platforms-owned improvement in the wealth division operating constraint behind a succession transition, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 090: no unresolved high-severity escalation older than 30 days and no material surprise withheld from its agreed governance forum.

The person

You are currently a CIO, Enterprise Applications Head or Regional Technology Director in a multinational-owned Banking or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the wealth division, your CIO – Enterprise Platforms track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from financial services, payments, lending, insurance or regulated fintech will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this CIO – Enterprise Platforms brief.

As a CIO – Enterprise Platforms candidate, you bring 22–28 years of progressive Banking or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 22-28 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of S$42,600 million and led an organisation of at least 900 people.

For mandate 090, the board wants two transitions: a difficult wealth division portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a succession transition. As the prospective CIO – Enterprise Platforms for this wealth division, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 090 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The CIO – Enterprise Platforms must be based in Singapore; international relocation is supported, but this Banking role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of CIO, Enterprise Applications Head or Regional Technology Director, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Banking governance forum.
• Proven CIO – Enterprise Platforms ownership of at least S$42,600 million and leadership of no fewer than 900 employees in a comparable wealth division context.
• One completed Banking or adjacent-sector example of regional platforms carrying duplicated cost and inconsistent controls with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from financial services, payments, lending, insurance or regulated fintech; experience that is purely functional and lacks CIO – Enterprise Platforms-level wealth division consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Singapore location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 090.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated CIO – Enterprise Platforms package is S$500,000–680,000 base + annual incentive and LTI, calibrated to the final wealth division scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 090 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The CIO – Enterprise Platforms appointment in Singapore, centred on the wealth division, offers regular exposure to the board and its investment committee. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 090.

Confidentiality

To protect the board, incumbent team and candidate, the organisation remains unnamed until a confidential conversation confirms mutual relevance for mandate 090. The operating facts have been rounded and blended expressly to remove identifying signals for mandate 090.