Vice President, Internal Communications Lead, Transformation Group

Business Function:

Here at the DBS Transformation Group, we focus on nurturing the culture of the "World's Best Digital Bank" (Euromoney, 2016 & 2018) and Best Bank in the World (Euromoney 2019). Our approach is a combination of both science and art; we immerse our stakeholders in the world of design thinking and experimentation, drive rigorous creativity along our pipeline, and build connections between corporate entrepreneurs and start-ups. We are a cross-disciplinary team focused on the invention of solutions that will radically improve the way people live, work and play. We are passionate and committed to make banking joyful (while having lots of fun)!

Responsibilities:

• Lead the communications strategy (digital and offline) and execution and stakeholder engagement for Transformation Group
• Manage the plan around engagement with the programmes under Transformation Group, and liaise with stakeholders to align messages to Transformation Group and DBS level
• Build Transformation Group brand to help raise awareness of programmes to all employees and achieve agreed success measurements
• Drive engagement with communities relating to transformation programmes
• Communicate the value of transformation programmes and how these deliver value for the bank
• Manage consistent roll out of communications bank-wide on a regular basis, distribute for more exposure, and measure impact of communication
• Conceptualise and execute local and regional community events
• Build and rollout bank wide internal portals
• Work with other departments to ensure alignment of Transformation Group messenging

Requirements:

• Bachelor Degree with minimum 10 years of experience in developing and implementing internal communications strategy
• High level of interpersonal skills, including the ability to liaise effectively with different stakeholder groups
• Proven ability to challenge and communicate (oral & written) at an operational and senior management and executive level within an organisation
• Excellent in story telling to all types of audience
• Ability to proof read and copy edit without further quality assessments
• Prepare, interpret and present complex information to a wide variety of stakeholders
• Experience in managing a team of communication personnel, including copy writers and designers
• Ability to project manage, prioritize and meet tight deadlines within assigned budgets
• Good to have understanding of data, governance, analytics, design thinking, agile, customer and employee experience.
• Self-starter with ability to thrive in ambiguous environments
• Ability to work under high pressure and across functional departments