Project Manager, Regulatory Licensing

Salmon Group; Manila; Hybrid; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Salmon Group in Manila is seeking a Project Manager for Regulatory Licensing. The role leads end-to-end regulatory license applications to BSP, SEC, and other regulators as the company expands its licensed products and geographies.

You will draft materials and drive submissions with a hands-on, detail-focused approach. You will collaborate with legal, compliance, finance, product, and PMO teams, coordinating across stakeholders to keep applications moving, resolved, and on track in a hybrid,

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience combining legal, regulatory, and project management work on complex, multi-stakeholder projects in financial services or fintech.
• Hands-on experience with license applications for financial activities (e.g. banking, e-money/payments, securities/trading, lending) or comparable fintech regulatory projects.
• Strong drafting skills: able to read regulations, interpret requirements, and write submission-ready documents.
• Detail-oriented with ability to spot gaps and escalate risks early.

Responsibilities

• Work within a small licensing function, coordinating with legal, compliance, finance, product, and PMO to move license applications forward.
• Serve as primary on-the-ground contact in Manila for licensing projects, collaborating with a remote team lead.
• Draft responses, track open items, and keep stakeholders aligned across multiple concurrent applications.
• Explain regulatory context behind each request, escalating inputs blocked with clear impact.
• End-to-end management of regulatory license applications from pack prep to regulator approval.
• Draft application letters, governance materials, and corporate documents for input and sign-off.
• Coordinate timelines and deliverables across multiple licenses; escalate risks early.

Skills

Regulatory licensing

Project management

Financial services

Stakeholder management

Tools

Confluence

JIRA

Slack

Job description

Work on financial products that change the market

Project Manager, Regulatory Licensing

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Hybrid

Department

Licensing

Salmon is a technology-driven financial company building a banking and lending platform across Southeast Asia, starting in the Philippines.

We combine global fintech expertise with deep local market knowledge to make financial services simple, accessible, and useful for millions of people across the region.

7M+ app downloads. 2M+ monthly active users. 7,000+ partner stores. US$310M+ raised from leading global investors.

Manila-based, globally distributed, and hybrid-first — our team spans 45+ countries.

If you want to solve complex problems at scale and impact how millions of people access and manage money, come build with us.

Southeast Asia's fintech moment starts here.
About the role You'll own regulatory license application projects for Salmon, managing submissions to the BSP (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas), the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission), and other regulators as the company expands its licensed products and geographies. This is a hands-on role for someone who goes deep into the detail, drafts the materials themselves, and keeps applications moving.
What you'll do

Work within a small, dedicated licensing function, coordinating across legal, compliance, finance, product, and PMO teams to move license applications forward

Serve as the primary on-the-ground point of contact in Manila for licensing projects, working closely with a remote team lead

Navigate regulatory back-and-forth: drafting responses, tracking open items, and keeping stakeholders aligned across multiple concurrent applications

Keep applications on track by explaining the regulatory context and requirements behind each request, so stakeholders understand what is needed and why, and escalating with clear facts and impact when inputs are blocked

What you'll own

End-to-end management of regulatory license applications, from initial pack preparation through regulator approval

Drafting application documentation yourself (application letters, governance materials, and corporate documents), bringing in the relevant stakeholders for input/support where needed and sign-off

Timelines, deadlines, and deliverables across multiple license projects simultaneously, pushing stakeholders to deliver on time and escalating risks early

Coordination with legal, compliance, finance, and business owners to gather inputs and ensure submissions are accurate and complete

Ongoing communication with regulators, tracking questions, comments, and required follow-ups through to closure

Supporting the transition of licensing projects from the PMO team into the dedicated licensing function

What makes you a strong fit

3-5 years of experience combining legal, regulatory, and project management work on complex, multi-stakeholder projects in financial services or fintech

Hands-on experience with license applications for financial activities (e.g. banking, e-money/payments, securities/trading, lending) or comparable fintech regulatory projects, at a bank, payment company, EMI, trading firm, or financial institution, or through law firm or Big Four advisory work in financial services

Strong drafting skills: you're comfortable reading regulations, interpreting requirements, and writing submission-ready documents

Detail-oriented, with the ability to spot gaps and inconsistencies before the regulator does

Confident and persistent with stakeholders at all levels: you explain the "why" behind each request with clear regulatory context and detail, follow up, push back, and escalating when needed, while keeping relationships constructive

Comfortable working with Confluence, JIRA, and Slack as core operating tools