About OnebyZero
OneByZero (OBZ) is a modern data and AI consulting firm headquartered in Singapore, with delivery capabilities across ASEAN and ANZ. We specialize in delivering high-impact business outcomes through advanced Data, AI/ML, and Generative AI solutions across Telecom, Banking, and Retail sectors.
We are known for blending deep-tech expertise with industry-specific insight, powered by partnerships with AWS, Databricks, and Adobe.
About the Role
We are seeking a seasoned Vice President of Technology to lead our team of Technology Principals and elevate OBZ’s position as a regional technology leader. This is a strategic, client-facing leadership role that requires deep expertise across Data Engineering, AI/ML, Generative AI, and Enterprise Architecture—combined with a commercial mindset and strong consulting experience.
You will work closely with the CTO and drive both pre-sales engagement and technical delivery assurance across strategic client programs. You will also help shape OBZ's technical vision, mentor solution architects, and represent OBZ in critical CxO-level engagements.
Key Responsibilities
- Technology Leadership
- Lead OBZ’s Technology Principal team, ensuring high technical standards, cross-industry architectural depth, and delivery excellence.
- Co-own OBZ’s technical strategy with the CTO, ensuring alignment with market shifts, client needs, and emerging technologies.
- Guide solutioning and architecture design across major client engagements in data platforms, ML systems, and GenAI.
- Partner with Practice Heads and CTO to define and refine OBZ’s technical strategy.
- Client & Pre-Sales Engagement
- Act as a trusted advisor to clients during pre-sales and strategic delivery phases, engaging CxO stakeholders across ASEAN.
- Actively participate in client workshops, discovery phases, and CxO discussions to understand business challenges and map them to technical solutions.
- Lead architecture and design presentations for pre-sales pursuits across ASEAN, particularly with AWS-aligned customers.
- Review SOWs, BRDs, HLDs/LLDs, and ensure alignment with best practices.
- Technical Delivery Oversight
- Serve as a senior escalation point for technical delivery issues.
- Conduct regular reviews to ensure technical implementation quality and alignment to business outcomes.
- Help accelerate implementation of reusable components and GenAI agents for delivery teams.
- Innovation & IP Development
- Guide the development of reusable reference architectures and frameworks (e.g., agentic execution frameworks, GenAI accelerators).
- Partner with CTO to shape and evolve OBZ’s IP roadmap.
- Mentorship & Talent Development
- Coach architects, tech leads, and engineers across Data, AI, and GenAI streams.
- Help attract top technology talent and foster a culture of learning and engineering excellence.
Qualifications
- 15+ years of experience in technology leadership roles, ideally in consulting or cloud-native environments.
- Proven experience in enterprise architecture , data platform modernization , and AI/ML transformation .
- Demonstrated expertise in Generative AI technologies , including hands-on familiarity with tools like Amazon Bedrock, LangChain, vector DBs, RAG architectures, and large model tuning.
- Cross-industry exposure—Telecom, Banking, Retail preferred.
- Experience with AWS (ideally worked at or with AWS ProServe or AWS SI partners).
- Familiar with CI/CD, DevOps, MLOps, and scalable cloud-native solution design (AWS, Databricks, Snowflake, etc.).
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills; must be client-facing and comfortable working with regional CxOs.
- Experience working across ASEAN markets, with understanding of cultural and business nuances in the region.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
- Willingness to extensive travel across ASEAN for key engagements.