Senior Tech Governance Program Manager
Grab
Company Description
About Grab and Our Workplace
Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, we've got your back with everything. In Grab, purpose gives us joy and habits build excellence, while harnessing the power of Technology and AI to deliver the mission of driving Southeast Asia forward by economically empowering everyone, with heart, hunger, honour, and humility.
Job Description
Get to Know the Team
The Tech Governance team is important for maintaining governance across Grab's Tech personnel, processes and systems. We focus on implementing policies and controls while safeguarding company assets against risks. Our team excels at collaboration with multiple business stakeholders to enhance governance and improve technology operations through innovative solutions.
Get to Know the Role
We are looking for a dynamic and strategic Senior Tech Governance Program Manager to join our team. You will be reporting to the Head of Tech Governance & PMO, and you will work with the other Governance, Risk Management and Compliance functions. You will improve Grab Tech's proactive governance programs — ensuring compliance, scalable control design, and cross-functional alignment.
This role is based onsite in our Singapore One North office.
The Critical Tasks You Will Perform
- Maintain our technology governance framework, including guidelines.
- Lead the identification and assessment of technology risks and defining controls to mitigate these risks.
- Define product specifications for controls that need to be implemented into systems and work with Tech Teams to systematically enforce these controls
- Monitor and report on the effectiveness of governance controls and risk mitigation strategies.
- Be the control owners for technology controls and will be the main audit subjects for SOX audits and regulatory inspections
- Ensure compliance with relevant industry regulations, legal requirements, and internal policies.
- Collaborate with multiple departments to integrate governance best practices into all technology projects and operations.
- Oversee technology audits, working with internal and external auditors.
- Provide guidance and training on technology governance to staff across the organization.
- Stay informed of latest technology trends and regulatory changes to adjust governance strategies.
Qualifications
What Essential Skills You Will Need
- Bachelor's degree in Accountancy, Finance, or a related field.
- Experience IT governance, risk management, or compliance roles.
- Professional certification preferred (e.g., CPA, ACCA, CIA)
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in audit, internal controls, or SOX advisory.
- Experience influencing stakeholders at all levels
- Experience working navigating through complexity where autonomy and self-decision-making is needed (to an extent) and able to juggle between different projects/tasks.
Additional Information
Life at Grab
We care about your well-being at Grab, here are some of the global benefits we offer:
- We have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.
- With GrabFlex, create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations.
- Celebrate moments that matter in life with loved ones through Parental and Birthday leave, and give back to your communities through Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) volunteering leave
- We have a confidential Grabber Assistance Programme to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through life's challenges.
- Balancing personal commitments and life's demands are made easier with our FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours
What We Stand For at Grab
We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.
