Singapore
Strategic transformation and program management executive with 18+ years of experience across global financial institutions, specializing in data governance, analytics‑driven decisioning, operational risk, and enterprise‑wide change. Proven success leading complex, multi‑region portfolios, establishing governance frameworks, and partnering with senior leadership to drive data‑enabled business outcomes. Adept at shaping operating models, managing regulatory and technology programs, and influencing cross‑functional stakeholders in matrixed environments. Passionate about embedding data, AI/ML, and innovation into organizational strategy to enhance performance, control, and commercial value.
Developing a clear vision of who GIDA’s partners are using analytical techniques; identify, build and nurture those relationships; be the single point of contact for our senior partners in the operations, technology and business management; and take complete ownership of immediate and comprehensive response from GIDA. Create & provide ongoing strategic relationship support to our businesses and represent all GIDA functions and their actions to the business. Developing and coaching a team of professional PRM analysts and ensuring they have the requisite support to be successful.
Locating or proposing potential business deals by contacting potential partners; discovering and exploring opportunities. Screening potential business deals by analyzing business unit strategies, deal requirements, potential, and financials; evaluating options; resolving priorities; recommendations. Developing negotiating strategies and positions by studying integration of new venture with company strategies and operations; examining risks and potentials; estimating partners' needs and goals.
Help identify, refine and augment ground breaking ideas into offerings for clients. Part of Internal Seed Fund Accelerator within Cognizant by making intra-preneurship easier through consulting, business idea modelling, providing tools and structured programs spanning product idea generation, executive mentoring, and operational excellence.
Project/Program Management in the Innovation Lifecycle Facilitation/ Coaching teams in generating large ideas Helping get Startup ready ideas Working on go-to-market strategy Program strategy for large initiatives Facilitating Workshops on Ideation Primary & secondary Market Research
Have program managed NEXEN projects and handled the team financials and CAO reports, consolidated and presented key information to senior management; written the functional specifications, tested, tracked & resolved issues, change managed projects leading to product enhancement. Have single-handedly established and worked on program management of the Global Communities of Excellence (GCoE), Architecture Communities of Excellence (Arch CoEs), Innovation and the Knowledge Management (KM) framework at iNautix. Have consistently published Newsletters & handled the social media communication channels for these initiatives.
Responsibilities included, understanding the current product, reviewing, writing product functional specifications & user interface for clients; prioritizing, coordinating & implementing requirements along with scheduling & tracking project and ensuring optimum resource allocation. Tracking industry practices and identifying gaps for enhancing the product, along with RFP resolution.