Head of Technology & Data Business - Philippines

IIX Global

Manila

Remote

PHP 1,800,000 - 2,800,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

IIX Global, a Singapore-headquartered impact investing pioneer, seeks a Head of Technology & Data Business to turn data, platforms, and ESG expertise into revenue-generating products. You will own commercial strategy, monetization, the product portfolio, data strategy, partnerships, and the unit’s P&L.

You’ll lead a distributed team across Indonesia, India, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka, driving product-led growth and customer value for institutional clients and investors.

Qualifications

Typically 15+ years across fintech, digital platforms, financial services, or technology.
Proven track record of taking technology products to market and generating revenue with P&L ownership.
Experience leading distributed multi-country teams and product-led go-to-market.
Strong data strategy, data product design, and analytics fluency including user-centered design.

Responsibilities

Own overall commercial outcomes for IIX Fintech, including P&L, revenue targets, pricing, and unit economics.
Lead product portfolio and go-to-market; drive design partnerships and pilot programs to paying customers.
Oversee data strategy, methodology, models, and datasets; ensure privacy and compliance.
Embed product thinking across the organization; partner with business units to scale pilots into revenue.
Hire and build a distributed team; set KPIs, rhythms, and high-performance culture.
Balance ongoing platform support with capacity for new product development.

Skills

Commercial ownership

Product management

Data strategy

Go-to-market

Pricing & packaging

UX/UI principles

B2B sales

Leadership

Distributed teams

Emerging markets

Financial markets understanding

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/CS/DS/Business

Tools

Python

SQL

BI tools

AI/ML applications

Job description

ABOUT IIX GLOBAL

IIX (Impact Investment Exchange) is a Singapore-headquartered pioneer in impact investing, connecting capital markets with sustainable development. For over a decade, IIX has been building the infrastructure for impact — structuring innovative financial instruments, running donor-funded development programs, and developing digital platforms that serve impact investors, enterprises, and communities across Asia and beyond.

Our work spans impact-linked securities, blended finance, gender-lens investing, and climate finance — always with the goal of mobilizing private capital for social and environmental good. Over 17 years, IIX has:

Mobilized nearly $500M in private-sector capital

Positively impacted over 160 million lives

Avoided over 1.9 million metric tons of carbon

Collected over 90,000+ data points on sustainable MSMEs

We are a lean, mission-obsessed team. Everyone here wears multiple hats, moves fast, and cares deeply about the work. If that energizes you, you’ll thrive at IIX.

ROLE PURPOSE

IIX is seeking a Head of Technology & Data Business to turn IIX’s data, platforms, and impact expertise into standalone, revenue-generating technology products. This is a business leadership role, not a traditional technology lead: you will own the commercial success of technology and data at IIX, not just the delivery of platforms and projects.

IIX Fintech brings together IIX Values™ (impact measurement and ESG data), Impact Partners™ (enterprise and investor connectivity), and IIX Intelligence (data and analytics). You will lead commercial strategy, monetization, the product portfolio, data strategy, partnerships, and the unit’s P&L.

You inherit a live pipeline. Two priority pilots are in development: Proofloop, the next generation of IIX Values impact verification, and Capital OS, the next generation of Impact Partners investor matching. A flagship launch is targeted for the Singapore Fintech Festival 2027. Success means a product-led, tech-led business unit with paying institutional customers and a repeatable process for finding, building, and taking new products to market.

YOUR TEAM

You will lead a distributed team across Indonesia, India, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka:

Product Leadership — discovery, roadmap, requirements, prioritization, and design partners (pilot clients).

Data Product — methodology, models, datasets, analytics, and rapid prototyping.

Engineering — architecture, APIs, systems of record, delivery, and reliability.

Sales & Monetization — a new [VP] role you will hire, driving pipeline development and sales execution.

UX/UI Design — a new role you will hire, owning user flows and interface design.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Commercial Strategy & P&L

Own overall commercial outcomes for IIX Fintech: P&L, revenue targets, budget, pricing, and unit economics

Set commercial strategy, targets, and pricing; the Sales & Monetization lead drives pipeline development and sales execution against them

Build and execute a 3–5 year growth strategy that positions IIX as a technology-driven player in impact finance

Lead closing of strategic contracts with institutional clients, investors, and partners

Scan the market continuously — strategy meetings, industry conferences, competitor tracking — to identify white spaces where IIX has a defensible value proposition

2. Product Portfolio & Go-to-Market

Take Proofloop and Capital OS from pilot to paying customers, including the flagship launch at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2027

Run a product-led process: customer discovery first, then build — working backwards from customer problems, not internal specifications

Require evidence of willingness to pay (such as design partner commitments, letters of intent, or paid pilots) before committing significant development resources

Manage the product roadmap and prioritization with the Product Lead; recruit design partners to test new products

Define pricing, packaging, and positioning for institutional buyers — investors, financial institutions, corporates, and development finance institutions

3. Data Strategy & Monetization

Build a shared data foundation (90,000+ MSME data points, impact verification data) that enables multiple products across IIX Fintech

Pursue external data monetization only where there is a validated customer need

Oversee methodology, models, and datasets with the Data Product team; ensure data privacy and compliance standards are met

4. Embedding Product Thinking Across IIX

Work with business unit leads to identify and package their own products and pilots, so product-led thinking is distributed across IIX

Partner with Asset Management and Advisory to embed data and analytics into investment strategies, client reporting, and advisory solutions

Engage IIX Institute as an integration partner on certification and training linked to IIX Values scoring

5. Team Leadership

Lead a distributed team spanning product, data, engineering, sales, and design

Hire the Sales & Monetization lead and UX/UI Designer, and build the team as products scale

Set team KPIs, operating rhythm, and a culture of rapid iteration, ownership, and learning from failure

Balance support for existing platforms with protected capacity for new product development

Recruit, mentor, and retain top talent aligned with IIX’s mission and PREM values

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

First 90 days: Take over Proofloop and Capital OS; validate pricing with at least 3 target customers; hire the Sales & Monetization lead and UX/UI Designer; agree team KPIs and roadmap with leadership.

6 months: At least 2 design partners live on a priority product; sales pipeline built against agreed lead, pipeline-value, and conversion targets.

12 months: First signed revenue contracts; flagship product launched at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2027; repeatable product discovery process adopted by business units.

Targets are indicative and will be finalized with the line manager on joining.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Experience & Skills

Typically 15+ years across fintech, digital platforms, financial services, or technology businesses; we prioritize demonstrated commercial ownership, product execution, and technical fluency over tenure

Proven track record of taking technology products to market and generating revenue, with P&L or revenue ownership; founder, co-founder, or Chief Product Officer experience is a strong advantage

A blend of structured corporate experience and startup or venture-building experience

Hands-on understanding of the product and software development life cycle: discovery, roadmap, prototyping, release, and iteration

B2B or enterprise sales to institutional buyers such as financial institutions, investors, DFIs, or governments

Emerging markets experience in Southeast Asia, South Asia, or Africa, including navigating regulatory environments

Experience leading distributed, multi-country teams

Product management and go-to-market strategy, including pricing and packaging

Data strategy and data product design; working familiarity with analytics tools (e.g., Python, SQL, BI tools) and AI/ML applications

Strong grasp of UX/UI principles and user-centered design

Understanding of financial markets and ESG/impact measurement preferred

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Business Administration, or a related field; a Master’s is an advantage

The Person

Commercial owner — measures success by revenue and customer adoption, not projects delivered

Builder — comfortable creating products and teams from an early stage with limited resources

Customer-obsessed — talks to customers before building

Relationship-led — credible with investors, institutions, and senior internal stakeholders

Bridges cultures — brings tech ways of working into a structured organization and brings leadership along

Deep alignment with IIX’s mission of inclusive finance, gender equality, and climate action

HOW THIS TEAM WORKS

Product-led — we talk to customers first and work backwards to what we build

Rapid iteration — small pilots, fast feedback, and permission to fail as we find the winners

Protected capacity — a defined share of engineering and product capacity is reserved for commercial pilots, so new products are not displaced by platform support

Autonomy with decision rights — clear revenue and adoption KPIs, and clear authority over product priorities, pilot go/no-go, and pricing within the agreed budget