Trade Finance Product Manager

WHO WE ARE:

As Singapore’s longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires.

Today, we’re on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future.

We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career.

Your Opportunity Starts Here.

Why Join

As a Trade Finance Product Manager at OCBC, you'll play a key role in shaping the future of trade finance. You'll work with a committed team to design and deliver trade solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers. It's a challenging and rewarding role that requires a unique blend of technical expertise, business acumen, passion and creativity.

What you do

As a Trade Finance Product Manager, you are responsible for defining and executing the end‑to‑end product strategy for the bank’s trade finance and supply chain solutions. This role owns the product vision, lifecycle management, risk alignment, and innovation agenda across traditional and digital trade products, ensuring the trade franchise remains competitive, scalable, and future ready to embrace digital trade solutions.

1. Product Strategy & Ownership

• Define and execute the global trade product strategy across trade and supply chain finance solutions.
• Own the end‑to‑end product lifecycle, from ideation and development to rollout, enhancement, and rationalisation.
• Ensure products are aligned with client needs, market trends, risk and regulatory management objectives.
• Drive product differentiation and value proposition clarity across bank network and client segments.

1. Risk Control & Governance

• Ensure trade products operate within the bank’s risk appetite, credit policies, sanctions, AML, and regulatory frameworks.
• Partner with Risk, Legal, Compliance, and Technology & Operations on product structuring, approvals, and ongoing governance.
• Oversee product documentation standards and exception management.

1. Product Innovation

• Drive product development initiatives, including digital trade, platform‑based solutions, ESG‑linked trade, and supply chain innovation.
• Drive simplification, standardisation, and scalability of trade offerings.

1. Leadership

• Lead, develop, and mentor a high performing Trade Finance team.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and commercial mindset.

Who We Are

As Singapore's longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932.

Your Opportunity Starts Here.

• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in trade finance with significant product management exposure.
• Strong track record and passion in trade products ownership, structuring, and commercialization.
• Deep understanding of trade risk, credit, documentation, and regulatory frameworks.
• Growth mindset to drive digital transformation and innovation is highly desirable.
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or relevant professional qualifications preferred.

What we offer:

Competitive base salary. A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle. Community initiatives. Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities. Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.