Our client is a sizeable, fast-growing technology group operating across fintech, AI and digital financial services in Southeast Asia.
The business has a strong regional footprint, with Singapore as a key leadership hub and operations across multiple Asian markets. It provides technology-led products that support digital onboarding, automation, risk decisioning, customer growth and financial services innovation.
The company is now looking for a senior executive to join its group leadership team and help shape the next stage of growth, including new product direction, AI-enabled innovation and scalable regional execution.
Responsibilities
- Lead group-level product, engineering and technology strategy across multiple business lines and markets.
- Partner closely with the CEO / founders / executive leadership team to define new business opportunities, product direction and long-term growth strategy.
- Identify and build new AI-enabled products and solutions across fintech, automation, risk, identity, onboarding, fraud prevention, data intelligence and customer growth.
- Own the execution of major product and technology roadmaps, ensuring ideas are translated into scalable, commercially viable products.
- Lead and develop large engineering, product, AI, data and platform teams across regional markets.
- Drive operational excellence across delivery, architecture, engineering quality, platform scalability, product velocity and cross-functional execution.
- Work closely with commercial, sales, risk, compliance and operations teams to ensure product strategy is aligned with customer needs, regulatory requirements and revenue growth.
- Strengthen the company's AI and data capabilities, including applied AI, automation, real-time decisioning, GenAI and intelligent product platforms.
- Support enterprise and regional customer conversations where senior product / technical credibility is required.
- Build scalable leadership structures, improve execution discipline and mentor senior leaders across product, engineering and AI teams.
Requirements
- Senior executive experience in a technology, fintech, AI, payments, digital banking, identity, fraud, risk, consumer internet or enterprise software business.
- Proven track record leading sizeable product, engineering, AI, data or technology teams at group, regional or multi-market level.
- Strong experience in high-growth start-up or scale-up environments, with evidence of building products that contributed directly to business growth.
- Ability to combine technical depth with commercial thinking — strong enough technically to guide AI / engineering strategy, but business-minded enough to shape new revenue opportunities.
- Experience building or scaling AI-enabled products, data products, automation platforms, risk engines, decisioning systems, fintech platforms or digital consumer products.
- Strong product instincts, with the ability to identify market opportunities, define product direction and drive execution from concept to launch.
- Strong operational execution skills, including roadmap discipline, team structure, delivery cadence, stakeholder management and measurable business outcomes.
- Experience working across Southeast Asia or broader APAC markets is highly preferred.
- Mandarin / Chinese fluency is required, due to regional stakeholder communication needs.
- Singapore-based candidates are preferred; relocation to Singapore may be considered for exceptional profiles.
- Suitable backgrounds may include CTO, CPO, CPTO, Chief AI Officer, Chief Data Officer, VP Engineering, VP Product, Head of Engineering, Head of Product & Technology, or senior product / technology leader from a high-growth fintech or AI-driven technology company.
