Which job functions and skill sets are more in demand?
Wearing multiple hats as an educator, a partner at a local tertiary institution, a Chairman of the RegTech Sub-Committee of Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) as well as a FinTech employer, Mr. Chionh shared four perspectives based on his vast experiences.
Speaking from the first two perspectives, he commented that the institutions are trying to create an environment that cultivates continuous learning. In addition, tertiary institutions are also embedding innovation and technology-related modules into students’ curriculum. Expressing his third standpoint, Mr. Chionh also advocated FinTech Talent conversion programs for mid-career job seekers to transit.
Lastly, both Mr. Chionh and Dr. Sebastian shared the same sentiment where they expect their teams to be well-versed in both product and technology processes as they strongly believe that both are interrelated.
With that in mind, Mr. Chionh shared about Cynopsis's own in-house Product Immersion Programme (for technology team to understand product) and a Technology Immersion Programme (for business team to understand technology processes) to foster such culture.

