Senior Project Manager

Hexaware Technologies; Manila; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Hexaware Technologies in Manila seeks a Senior Project/Program Manager to own end-to-end delivery of the Philippines Core Banking Transformation programme. This complex, multi-phase engagement spans Trade Finance, Lending, CASA, and Payments, with a distributed team across the Philippines, India, and Singapore.

You will lead a distributed team, coordinate with vendors, manage governance with executive stakeholders, and drive the delivery plan across all phases while tracking effort, budget, and

Qualifications

• 15+ years of project/program management experience, with end-to-end delivery of large Core Banking implementations.
• Experience managing Pre-Study → Estimate/Approval → Implementation lifecycles in banking/financial services.
• Working understanding of Trade Finance, Lending, CASA, and Payments domains.
• Proven experience managing multivendor and multi-country/distributed delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery plan across all phases including the week-by-week execution roadmap.
• Lead a distributed team across the Philippines, India, and Singapore.
• Coordinate delivery across vendors to a single plan and commitments.
• Ensure governance with client executives; present progress and decisions clearly.
• Identify and manage programme risks, including regulatory considerations in Philippine banking operations.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Multivendor delivery

Resource planning

Budget tracking

Project governance

PMI/Prince2 certified

Education

Bachelor-level degree in Business/IT/Engineering/Finance

MBA or equivalent

Tools

Flexcube

ACBS

Trade 360

Murex

Finastra GPP

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Project/ Program Manager to own end-to-end delivery of the Philippines Core Banking Transformation programme. This is a complex, multi-phase, multivendor engagement spanning Trade Finance, Lending, CASA, and Payments, delivered by a distributed team across the Philippines, India, and Singapore.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a distributed team (Domain lead, PMO, Solution Architect, Security Architect) plus domain SMEs and BAs.
• Coordinate delivery across Philippines, India, and Singapore hubs, resolving time-zone, resourcing, and hand-off friction between locations.
• Manage multiple vendors and product partners (core banking, payments, and trade platform providers) to a single delivery plan and a single set of commitments.
• Ensure smooth on-the-ground coordination, and client team management.

Governance & Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary delivery point of contact for the project and collaborate with client executive stakeholders.
• Run structured governance: weekly outcomes, phase-gate reviews, and clear escalation paths to delivery leadership.
• Present progress, risks, and decisions to executive stakeholders in a concise, business-first format.
• Identify and manage programme risk, including regulatory considerations relevant to Philippine banking operations.

Programme & Delivery Management

• Own the delivery plan across all phases including the week-by-week execution roadmap.
• Track effort, budget, and schedule against the person-month plan and proactively manage variances.
• Manage scope and change control across FSD/ISD, fit-gap analysis, and implementation roadmaps.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• 15+ years of overall Project/Program Management experience, including delivery ownership of at least one large-scale Core Banking implementation end-to-end.
• Demonstrated experience managing Pre-Study → Estimate/Approval → Implementation lifecycles in a banking or financial services environment.
• Working understanding of Trade Finance, Lending, CASA, and Payments domains able to converse credibly with SMEs and challenge estimates.
• Proven experience managing multivendor and multi-country / distributed delivery teams (onshore/offshore models).
• Strong command of project financials, resource planning, and effort tracking in person-months.
• Experience with core banking and adjacent platforms such as Flexcube, ACBS, Trade 360, Murex, or Finastra GPP (direct implementation experience or close oversight).
• Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills; comfortable running governance with senior banking executives.
• PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification preferred.
• Prior experience in the Philippines banking sector is a strong plus.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (Business, IT, Engineering, or Finance); MBA or equivalent is a plus.