Head of ITG – Consumer Banking Platforms

BDO Unibank; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 3,500,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO Unibank, Inc. seeks an experienced leader to own delivery quality, application health, and production readiness for Consumer Banking Apps. You will coordinate ITG teams, enforce SDLC and security controls, and manage escalations with executive visibility.

Build a high‑performing organization by guiding staffing, vendor oversight, and cross‑functional leadership. Onsite in Ortigas, you will translate business priorities into executable technology initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree relevant to the job, preferably in computer science, information technology, engineering, information systems, business technology, or related discipline. Postgraduate degree or executive education in technology, digital transformation, banking, or management is an advantage.
• 15 or more years of application delivery experience in financial services, banking technology, enterprise applications, digital platforms, or large-scale systems integration.
• 10 or more years of specialization in consumer banking domains such as lending, deposits, cards, customer servicing, digital channels, transaction platforms, or related banking applications.
• Consumer banking domain knowledge including lending, loan origination, credit decisioning, deposits, cards, merchant partnerships, customer lifecycle processes, and digital channels
• Must be willing to work onsite and be assigned in Ortigas.

Responsibilities

• Own delegated accountability for delivery quality, application health, technology governance, operational readiness, and L3 support preparedness within the Consumer Banking Applications unit.
• Coordinate across ITG teams including architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, operations, QA, PMO, release management, and production support to enable seamless delivery.
• Enforce IT SDLC, architecture governance, change management, information security, data privacy, audit, risk, compliance, and production readiness requirements.
• Maintain visibility of demand, delivery status, resource capacity, key risks, architecture issues, major dependencies, production concerns, and policy exceptions across the unit.
• Drive platform simplification, technical debt reduction, resilience improvements, automation, service quality, and operational efficiency across consumer banking applications.
• Provide timely escalation of risks, issues, capacity gaps, vendor concerns, and delivery blockers requiring Department Head or senior management intervention.

Education

Bachelor’s degree relevant to the job

Job description

BDO Unibank, Inc. seeks an experienced leader to own delivery quality, application health, and production readiness for Consumer Banking Apps. You will coordinate ITG teams, enforce SDLC and security controls, and manage escalations with executive visibility.

Build a high‑performing organization by guiding staffing, vendor oversight, and cross‑functional leadership. Onsite in Ortigas, you will translate business priorities into executable technology initiatives.