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IT Procurement Lead, APAC (Greenfield Build-Out)

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Job Description - IT Procurement Lead, APAC (Greenfield Build-Out)

Client Introduction

Our client is a leading international banking and financial services institution with an established regional footprint across Asia Pacific. As part of a long-term strategic agenda to strengthen regional capabilities, they are establishing a new Regional IT Procurement function based in Singapore and are seeking a senior procurement professional to anchor and shape this capability from the ground up.

Job Responsibilities

  • Build out the regional IT procurement capability, including defining ways of working, templates, governance routines, and end-to-end sourcing processes in a greenfield environment.
  • Personally lead complex, high-value sourcing initiatives across software (SaaS and on-premise), infrastructure (cloud and on-prem), and IT services, partnering closely with business and technology stakeholders.
  • Drive commercial negotiations with major banking technology vendors (e.g. core banking, trading, treasury, and enterprise software providers), covering pricing, licensing, SLAs, and renewals.
  • Run the full RFx lifecycle - from market scan and RFI/RFP design through to vendor evaluation, due diligence, and award.
  • Identify and deliver cost-saving opportunities through spend analytics, vendor consolidation, and supplier rationalisation across IT categories.
  • Define a standardised IT product and services catalogue in partnership with technology teams to reduce total cost of ownership.
  • Manage the contract lifecycle in collaboration with Legal, Risk, and Compliance, ensuring adherence to regional regulatory requirements.
  • Establish vendor performance management routines covering KPIs, SLAs, and service governance.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders across IT, Finance, Legal, Risk, and country offices on procurement strategy and commercial structuring.

Job Requirements

  • Minimum 12 years of IT procurement experience, with a strong preference for candidates from the banking or broader financial services sector.
  • Demonstrated experience setting up procurement frameworks, processes, and governance structures from scratch in a regional or greenfield context.
  • Hands-on sourcing track record in current or most recent role - this is a senior individual contributor position in a lean team, not a delegation-heavy management role.
  • Deep familiarity with the banking technology vendor landscape, including commercial models, licensing structures, and renewal dynamics of major suppliers such as Oracle, Murex, and similar enterprise platforms.
  • Strong commercial and negotiation capability across multi-million-dollar contracts.
  • Sound understanding of Asia Pacific procurement-related regulations, third-party risk, and compliance requirements.
  • Strong skills in spend analytics, supplier performance management, and contract lifecycle management.

Why You Should Join Them

  • A rare opportunity to architect a regional IT procurement function from a blank canvas, with full ownership of design, processes, and supplier strategy.
  • High-visibility seat at the table for a regional technology agenda, with direct exposure to senior leadership.
  • Senior individual contributor mandate with autonomy and influence, free from heavy people-management overhead.
  • Stable, well-capitalised institution with a long-term regional growth agenda.

JL
Reg. No. R1766249
BeathChapman Pte Ltd
Licence no. 16S8112

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BEATHCHAPMAN (PTE. LTD.)

EBC Connect is a global boutique executive recruitment and managed services firm with a strong focus across the Asia Pacific and EMEA regions. The firm was launched in 2012 by Matthew Beath and Matthew Chapman, and provides a sophisticated and relationship oriented approach to executive recruitment...

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