Senior Transition Lead — Multi-Workstream Programs

International Business Machines Corporation; Quezon City; On-site; PHP 1,500,000 - 2,700,000; Full time

Job summary

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) Consulting in the Philippines seeks a Senior Transition Manager to lead large, multi-workstream transition engagements and ensure on-time delivery across delivery locations. The role partners with account teams, client leadership, and operations to guarantee successful mobilization and transition readiness.

You will mentor Transition Managers, drive governance, mitigate risks, and align with contractual obligations while advancing digital tool

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in transition management, solutioning, or large-scale project delivery.
• Strong expertise in project and transition management methodologies.
• Experience leading complex, multi-workstream transitions across functions or geographies.
• Cross-tower and cross-delivery center experience.
• Strong client and stakeholder management capability.
• Experience developing transition solutions, delivery approaches, and governance models.
• Strong risk, issue, change, and financial management skills.
• Functional expertise in HR, F&A, SCM, or Customer Transformation is preferred.
• Test management and transformation experience are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex transition projects or programs across multiple workstreams, towers, or delivery centers.
• Develop and manage integrated transition plans, governance structures, dependencies, and delivery milestones.
• Drive transition execution while ensuring alignment to contractual obligations, budgets, timelines, and quality standards.
• Serve as the primary transition lead for clients, account teams, and internal stakeholders for assigned engagements.
• Lead governance meetings, stakeholder alignment sessions, and executive-level governance meetings, status reporting.
• Own and drive mitigation and resolution plans for complex risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Manage change requests, scope impacts, financial implications, and transition decision-making.
• Partner with solutioning, delivery, operations, and support functions to ensure transition readiness.
• Contribute to design and validation of solutions during mobilization and delivery phases.
• Guide process-specific transition planning, including knowledge transfer and operational readiness.
• Mentor Transition Managers and provide functional leadership across project teams.
• Drive adoption of digital tools, reporting automation, and process improvements.
• Support account growth by identifying delivery improvement opportunities and transition efficiencies.
• Ensure compliance with IBM transition methodologies, controls, and governance standards.

Skills

Transition management

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk & financial management

Governance

Job description

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) Consulting in the Philippines seeks a Senior Transition Manager to lead large, multi-workstream transition engagements and ensure on-time delivery across delivery locations. The role partners with account teams, client leadership, and operations to guarantee successful mobilization and transition readiness.

You will mentor Transition Managers, drive governance, mitigate risks, and align with contractual obligations while advancing digital tool