Founded in 2015 to address the unmet financing needs of SMEs, Validus is today the largest online lending marketplace in Singapore with a growing presence in Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand.

An award-winning Fintech, Validus uses data analytics and AI to provide growth financing to SMEs via funds from HNWIs and institutional investors. Backed by global VCs, our mission is to drive financial inclusion for SMEs through technology, data, and industry collaboration.

As with the SMEs we serve, we may be small but together we are a mighty force! Our success is dependent on what each of us does, how we do it, and our belief that we can always do better. We’re building a strong team of passionate, capable individuals who are committed to making Validus the best online lending marketplace in the region. 

 

An award-winning Fintech, Validus is ranked on LinkedIn’s 2021 Top Start-Ups in Singapore and has been recognized with several notable awards, including Winner of MAS Fintech Awards 2020 (Singapore Financial Institution). Validus is also the first non-bank financial institution to be recognized as a Participating Financial Institution (PFI) in the government-assisted Enterprise Financing Scheme.

Fullstack Developer

Background
Validus’ Web and App team (WA) is looking for a passionate Fullstack Developer who will help us deliver exciting and scalable customer-facing systems. As a Fullstack Developer, we expect you to bring a high level of passion in technology as well as continue to learn new things that could potentially bring value to the team and Validus in general.

We love working with passionate people and who is able to handle pressure in deadlines with a remarkable sensitivity as well as with the qualities listed below:

Primary Activities

• Work closely with offshore developers in a daily manner
• Progressively upgrade existing platform into a more modern design pattern
• Will be working in all Customer Facing platforms of Validus (Web, Mobile & Backend APIs mainly NodeJS)
• Flexible & Adaptable
• Maintain high code quality with learned concepts, e.g. KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid), SLAP (Single Level of Abstraction Per method)
• Application of Object-Oriented Concepts
• Application of Software Architecture and Design Patterns for higher cohesion and lower coupling to maintain modularity
• Application of technical, analytical, and problem solving skills such as Algorithms to reduce runtime
• Application of Git workflow
• Able to work in an agile environment, e.g. XP (Xtreme Programming), Scrum

Qualities:

• Contagious passion for technology and learning new ones
• Possess a high level of professionalism
• Excellent Communication Skills (Speaking, Writing and Verbal)
• Exceptional Technical, Analytical, and Problem-Solving Skills
• Have experience working in an Agile Team
• Excellent OOP Concepts
• Ability to work with very little to no Supervision
• Willing to work in a fast phase environment

Skills & Experience:

You should know these technologies, disciplines & skills:

(Primary skills)

• Javascript (ES 6)
• Javascript frameworks (VueJS – Preferably, AngularJS, ReactJS)
• Typescript
• RESTFul API
• HTML 5
• CSS 3
• SASS
• Firebase
• Google Analytics & Tag Manager
• TDD Approach

It would also be a plus if you have these but not necessarily required:

Secondary skills

• Docker
• Kubernetes
• DevOps Discipline
• BDD Approach
• Unix Scripts & Commands
• Java
• NodeJS (Express JS)
• NoSQL (DynamoDB / MongoDB / CouchDB)
• Docker
• NGNI

Product Owner, Product Management Group

Job Responsibilities

• Part of the Product Management Group, to be able to review and optimize and digitize all the product journeys end to end
• Build, optimize and re-iterate customer journeys (based on the PMG’s scope) – to be able to orchestrate the digital processes in each part of the journey
  Work with the UIUX team to generate the wireframes based on the agreed user journeys
• Jointly build the implementation plan
• Oversee the implementation activities and project reviews
• UATs / sign-offs with BUs
• Orchestrate post-implementation reviews, basis which, plan for MVP2.

Job Requirements

• Possess a Bachelor Degree in Business Management, Economics, or equivalent
• Has extensive and relevant 3-5 experience in FinTech, financial services industry, or established Start-ups, in the similar role
• Hands-on experience on agile tools – Jira, Confluence, etc
• Highly analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Bring forward Initiative-driven thoughts, ideations, and changes

Manager/Senior Manager, Product Marketing

Who we are looking for

Our success is dependent on what each of us does, how we do it, and our belief that we can always do better. Validus is in rapid transformation and as we execute on our strategy, we’re building a strong team of passionate, capable individuals who are committed to Validus and to making it easier for SMEs to manage and grow their businesses. We welcome you to be a part of this exciting journey, as we transform our #1 SME digital financing platform into the first credit-led SME Business Neobank with one-stop financial management solutions.

This is a newly created role and an exciting opportunity for you to be a pioneer as the very first Product Marketing hire within the Marketing team and company. If you are an experienced and self-driven product marketer who has a continuous improvement mindset and is passionate about growing brands and market share through effective product marketing campaigns, we would love to have a chat with you!

 

Responsibilities

• Ideate, plan, develop, own and drive go-to-market strategy to launch new portfolio of products
• Undertake continuous research and analysis on competitive environment and customer trends to derive effective product marketing strategies that drive inbound and outbound demand generation
• Plan and manage a calendar of product and segment marketing campaigns to drive product awareness, app engagement, acquisition, and usage
• Negotiate and secure marketing partnerships for exclusive offers on digital solutions (offered by companies in industries such as finance and accounting, cloud, legal, e-commerce, marketing, and advertising, HR, and CRM) to enhance product benefits, and in turn, drive customer usage and loyalty
• Collaborate closely within the Marketing team and cross-functionally with a commercial, tech product, sales, partnerships, and other teams on product launches and campaigns to acquire, convert and drive customer loyalty
• Define and communicate the product value proposition, and collaborate with the in-house design team or agency to develop marketing and sales enablement assets such as ad creatives, flyers, product videos and EDMs
• Drive cross-sell and usage of products through lifecycle marketing campaigns
• Conduct A/B tests, perform ongoing and post-campaign analyses and reports, and proactively propose actions to pivot and improve campaign performance
• Manage product marketing budget and ROI
• Develop regional product marketing playbook for key product launches

 

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Business or Marketing with a minimum of 6 years of progressive experience in product growth marketing, preferably in fintech, financial services, tech startups, and/or fast-growth organizations
• Experience in marketing Neobank products (virtual account, virtual card, payments, expense management) and/or marketing to SMEs is a plus
• A proactive and organized self-starter with strong business acumen and an obsession to drive growth; must have a proven track record of developing and delivering successful product marketing campaigns that delivered on or exceeded growth and market share targets
• Customer-focused mindset to anticipate, understand and interpret customer needs, and delight customers by meeting or exceeding their expectations
• Strategic, creative, analytical, resourceful, and hands-on, with an eye for detail and the ability to problem-solve, and translate data and insights into strategy and action plans
• Experience with app marketing, digital product acquisition strategies, and an understanding of content marketing
• Experience in negotiating and developing marketing promotion partnerships
• Strong in writing creative and effective copy for product ad creatives that target different user personas and customer segments
• Strong presentation skills, clarity of communication (written and verbal), and an eye for design
• A collaborative and cross-functional team player with strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, and an ability to thrive in a fast-paced, matrix environment
• Strong work ethics include having a sense of ownership, integrity, delivering quality work, and meeting deadlines
• A growth mindset, self-awareness, a sense of humor, humility, a bias for action, insatiable curiosity, positivity, energy, and adaptability. We want someone who is eager to learn, grow and perform, open to feedback, is resilient, and has the tenacity to get things done!

 

What you can expect

• A competitive remuneration package
• Company health insurance
• An entrepreneurial company culture that emphasizes empowerment at all levels – we set you up for success and we trust and empower you to get things done – act like you’re the owner and you have a stake in the company’s success
• A workplace that celebrates the diversity of views, encourages empathy and values self-driven improvement
• Growth opportunities based on high performance