Senior Core Banking Transformation Lead

Lennor Group; Taguig; Hybrid; PHP 3,000,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

PaxSigna seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead the Philippines Core Banking Transformation, covering Trade Finance, Lending, CASA, and Payments. You will orchestrate cross-functional teams across the Philippines, India, and Singapore, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery and strong governance.

The role requires 10–15 years in program management within banking, with multi-vendor and offshore/offshore delivery experience, and a proven ability to manage stakeholders at executive level.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of project or program management experience with end-to-end delivery ownership of at least one large core banking implementation.
• Experience managing pre-study, estimation, approval, implementation, and delivery within banking/financial services.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of the Philippines Core Banking Transformation program across Trade Finance, Lending, CASA, and Payments.
• Lead distributed teams including domain leads, PMO, solution architects, SMEs, and BAs.
• Coordinate delivery across the Philippines, India, and Singapore with offshore/onshore resources.
• Manage multiple vendors and product partners across core banking, payments, and trade platforms under a unified plan.
• Oversee on-ground project coordination and maintain relationships with client teams and delivery partners.
• Serve as the primary delivery contact and collaborate with client executives and senior stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain project governance with weekly reviews, phase-gate assessments, and escalation procedures.
• Present progress, risks, and key decisions to executive stakeholders in clear business terms.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate program risks including regulatory considerations in the Philippines.
• Develop end-to-end delivery roadmaps with week-by-week execution and milestones.
• Monitor budgets, resource utilization, estimates, and schedules against the PM plan.
• Manage scope and change control across FSD/ISD, fit-gap analysis, and roadmaps.
• Oversee transition from pre-study to approval, implementation, and delivery.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Budget tracking

Risk mgmt

Cross-functional

Executive comms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/IT/Engineering/Finance

Tools

Flexcube

ACBS

Trade 360

Murex

Finastra GPP

Job description

PaxSigna seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead the Philippines Core Banking Transformation, covering Trade Finance, Lending, CASA, and Payments. You will orchestrate cross-functional teams across the Philippines, India, and Singapore, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery and strong governance.

The role requires 10–15 years in program management within banking, with multi-vendor and offshore/offshore delivery experience, and a proven ability to manage stakeholders at executive level.