Director, Software Engineering

Job Purpose

The job holder orient, build và execute the strategy of developing information technology application solutions to meet the requirements of business và development strategy of the Bank.

Key Accountabilities (1)

•  Build plan và applicaiton development orientation. Supervise, assign, review to ensure the quality of application operation execution in order to achieve set goals in development strategy of IT application solutions which serve the whole bank operation
•  Orient, analyze, and assess whole-bank new technology application trend in order to update appropriate roadmap and standard
•  Coordinate with functional units to find the requirements và business development strategy which are the foundation of building development strategy of IT application solutions which serve the whole bank operation
•  Collaborate with IT functions to build development strategy of IT application solutions which serve the whole bank operation
•  Orient, follow, and support implementation process of investment projects, technology solutions development for the whole bank

Key Accountabilities (2)

Risk management and compliance

• Regconize risk and self-assess risk of the department in operation, make plan to deal with risk and cooperate with relevant units to build methods of measurement, assessment and risk mitigation
•  Ensure department's activities comply with policies, regualtions, processes, internal guideline...and commit to service quality (SLAs)

Other tasks

• Establish application solution standards to orient, monitor sustainable, flexible, efficient technology solutions
•  Participate in building policies, regulations, processes, guideline on application solution development
•  Perform other duties assigned by Chief Information Officer
•  Lead subordinates to participate in building Bank's corporate culture

Key Accountabilities (3)

•  Oversee human resources planning and execution (headcount & costs) of their function/ sub- function
•  Attract, onboard and retain the right talents for a high- performing team
•  Establish and communicate sub- function/ function and individual KRAs/ KPIs, goals, action plan, expectations and results to reporting line
•  Manage sub- function/ function performance & provide feedback regularly (following the annual performance management cycle)
•  Define team’s capability requirements and enable team member’s professional and personal development through capability assessment, training, coaching & feedback, mentoring, etc.
•  Motivate and recognize team members’ contributions towards the team’s shared goals
•  Responsible for developing talents within the function/ sub- function
•  Act as a role model and promote corporate culture at function/ sub- function level
•  Understand & communicate relevant HR offerings to team members.

Success Profile - Qualification and Experiences

• Provide technical ownership and delivery leadership for end‑to‑end, enterprise‑grade core banking systems, with a primary focus on Fraud & Decision product delivery and system reliability.
• Hands‑on technical depth (Java-based) to resolve complex issues, review critical code/architecture, and make high‑impact technical decisions.
• Track record of delivering stable, scalable systems in Banking and Credit, meeting performance and reliability expectations.
• Experience building and running engineering organizations of 20+ people, with teams able to operate and scale independently.
• Strong understanding of technology delivery in regulated financial environments, including security, compliance, release governance, and audit.
• Able to turn business priorities into executable technical outcomes, balancing long‑term architecture with near‑term delivery.
• Preferred: Direct experience with Fraud Detection and/or Decisioning systems in real‑time or high‑volume transaction contexts.