About this role
[What the role is]
You will be part of a dynamic team that will drive the next generation of digital payment solutions and enhancement to Singapore’s national payment schemes to anchor Singapore’s position as a global payments hub, through policy and scheme governance and infrastructure projects with the industry.
[What you will be working on]
- Work closely with payments ecosystem stakeholders to co-create payment strategies and enhance national payment infrastructure such as PayNow, SGQR, eGIRO, including overseeing the end-to-end development from problem identification, to design and solutioning and implementation and industry roll out;
- Develop and refine relevant policies and frameworks for better governance and risk management of our national payment schemes, as well as ongoing administration and management of the payment schemes;
- Drive national payment project and initiatives, while collaborating and building strategic relationships with financial institutions, associations and key industry players; to ensure their current resilience and capacity to enable market participant to capture opportunities in the payment landscape of the future;
- Analyse key trends driving payments innovation, cross-border payments, understand governance models and investments in payments infrastructures made by other countries, and derive lessons for Singapore;
- Develop comprehensive project plans, timelines, and milestones for successful implementation of project, including managing expectations and building trust and shared objectives between different stakeholder groups.
[What we are looking for]
Education and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a business, finance, technology or related field
Experience
- Keen interest in payments and FinTech sector
- Relevant experience in financial services, public policy and payments regulations will be advantageous
Knowledge and Skills
- Strong understanding of payment systems, local and global payments landscape, financial technology and infrastructure, and banking industry trends would be an advantage
- Effective communication skills and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to positively influence across all levels of internal and external stakeholders
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Attributes
- A good team player who is highly proactive and self-motivated, with strong learning propensity on the payment industry and keen interest in growing Singapore as a financial centre
- Strong interpersonal skills, easily connects with people
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within in larger team
As part of the shortlisting process for this role, you may be required to complete a medical declaration and/or undergo further assessment. This is a 2-year contract. All applicants will be notified on whether they are shortlisted or not within 4 weeks of the closing date of this job posting.