Executive Director, Strategic Client Engagement

The role

The Executive Director provides senior executive engagement and regional sponsorship for complex client transformation programmes in APAC. This role strengthens executive relationships and supports strategic alignment for Rimes' largest APAC clients.

What you will do

• Provide senior executive sponsorship for strategic client programmes in APAC.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with client executive sponsors and senior stakeholders.
• Participate in executive governance forums, strategic reviews, and sensitive stakeholder discussions.
• Provide senior-level support for sensitive escalations.
• Support alignment between client business objectives, programme outcomes, and Rimes leadership priorities.
• Partner with programme leaders to identify and remove cross-functional barriers to delivery.
• Support programme leaders in securing timely decisions and organisational commitments.
• Support concise, consistent executive communication to client and Rimes leadership.
• Protect and strengthen strategic client relationships during complex transformation initiatives.
• Facilitate engagement between the Singapore-based delivery organisation and globally distributed teams.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 15+ years' experience in senior client, programme, transformation, or executive sponsorship roles within complex global environments.
• Significant experience delivering large-scale technology, data, or operating model change programmes within Capital Markets, Asset Management, Wealth Management, or Financial Services.
• Proven track record managing executive stakeholder relationships within Tier 1 financial institutions.
• Experience engaging credibly with executive stakeholders on high-value programmes involving multiple delivery streams.
• Strong understanding of data management, enterprise data platforms, market data operations, investment management, and financial technology environments.
• Exceptional executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated success influencing globally distributed teams and navigating complex multi-vendor environments.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to balance client outcomes with business objectives.

Nice to have

• Experience working directly with sovereign wealth funds, global asset managers, pension funds, custodians, or investment service providers.
• Knowledge of Databricks, cloud-based data architectures, and enterprise data transformation programmes.
• Experience working within and strengthening governance for large-scale technology modernisation initiatives.
• Formal programme management qualifications (PMP, MSP, PMP, Prince2, or equivalent).

About the company

Rimes provides the Intelligence Fabric for Capital Markets, a trusted data network and intelligence architecture. The world’s leading institutional investors, asset managers, and service providers rely on Rimes to help them make better investment decisions.