Senior Project Manager

LG CNS; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 2,009,000 - 3,125,000; Full time

Job summary

LG CNS is seeking a Senior Project Manager to own end-to-end delivery of the Philippines Core Banking Transformation programme. A distributed team across the Philippines, India, and Singapore will work under your leadership to coordinate vendors and ensure a single, cohesive delivery plan.

You will manage scope, budget, and milestones across multiple phases, engaging with senior banking executives and stakeholders to drive decisions and governance.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of project/programme management experience in financial services.
• Delivery ownership of large-scale core banking implementations end-to-end.
• Experience with multi-country / distributed delivery teams and multivendor setups.
• Strong governance, budgeting, and executive reporting capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of the core banking transformation programme.
• Coordinate across Philippines, India, and Singapore hubs and vendors.
• Manage budgets, scope, and schedule to the person-month plan.
• Present risks and decisions to client executives in concise formats.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Governance

Multivendor delivery

Budget tracking

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA (plus)

Tools

Flexcube

ACBS

Trade 360

Murex

Finastra GPP

Job description

Leading the way in the financial IT services market in Korea, we are expanding our expertise across the APAC region. Through LG CNS Singapore, we deliver cutting-edge IT solutions to clients across Asia-Pacific, leveraging technologies that have been proven successful in Korea and establishing ourselves as a trusted Digital Transformation partner. As part of our continued regional growth, we are now expanding our presence into the Philippines and Vietnam to better serve our clients and strengthen our footprint in the region.

Role Purpose

We are looking for a senior Project 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/Programme 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.