AVP/VP, Digital Strategy & Transformation, Investment Banking

About the role

The DigiIB team leads Investment Banking's regional digital transformation agenda by partnering with business, technology and operations stakeholders to design and deliver initiatives that improve client engagement, strengthen controls, boost productivity and support franchise growth. The role drives platform development, process transformation, AI adoption and digital innovation across Fixed Income Origination, Fixed Income Sales, Equity Capital Markets and Equity Institutional Sales. It is based in DBS Asia Central on a regular full-time schedule.

Key responsibilities

• Digital strategy: support the investment banking digital transformation roadmap, simplify processes and automate workflows, drive business cases from concept to implementation, and stay up to date with digital innovations used by peers and competitors.
• Platform management: partner with business users and technology teams to improve FIX Core, FIX Marketplace and other investment banking applications, gather requirements, manage delivery, and support UAT, rollout and post-implementation reviews.
• AI and innovation: identify and implement practical AI use cases, run pilots using DBS GPT and Copilot, and promote adoption of digital tools with training and change management.
• CRM and client intelligence: support a next-generation investment banking CRM, consolidate client, transaction and relationship data into a unified view, and evaluate vendors and emerging technologies.
• Stakeholder management: work with senior management, product heads, bankers, sales teams, technology, operations, finance, compliance and risk teams, prepare management presentations and governance materials.
• Planning and governance: support annual budgeting and planning, monitor project delivery, risks, dependencies and benefits, and maintain project documentation and governance standards.

Required profile

• 5-10 years of experience in investment banking, capital markets, strategy, COO, business management, product management, digital transformation or similar roles.
• Experience with Sales & Trading or Capital Markets businesses preferred.
• Good understanding of fixed income and equity products and workflows is advantageous.