Team Head

BDO Unibank; Makati; On-site; PHP 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO Unibank, Inc. invites an experienced leader to head the Insurance Applications – BDO Life section, guiding System Analysts and Testers to deliver quality outputs. You will bridge BU strategies with ITG governance, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to SDLC standards.

The role requires 7+ years in financial services, strong analytics, and the ability to manage cross-team efforts onsite in Makati. Join a trusted market leader and influence strategic IT delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• 7+ years of global experience in financial industry with business casing, business analysis, requirements definition, user testing, and test management.
• Willing to work onsite in Makati.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage System Analysts and Testers of the Insurance Applications – BDO Life section.
• Drive collaboration between Business Unit (BU) and Information Technology Group (ITG).
• Oversee delivery of outputs from the Systems Analysis and Testing sub group.

Skills

Leadership

Business analysis

Test management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree relevant to the job

Job description

About BDO

BDO Unibank, Inc. is the Philippines’ leading full-service bank, offering a wide range of financial and digital banking services. Guided by our brand promise “We Find Ways,” we are committed to delivering easy, reliable, and customer‑focused services. Build your career with a trusted industry leader.

Job Summary

• Lead and manage System Analysts and Testers of the section – Insurance Applications – BDO Life
• Responsible for helping drive stronger and closer collaboration between the Business Unit (BU) and Information Technology Group (ITG)
• Drive and enable the team’s delivery of work outputs required from the Systems Analysis and Testing sub group.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with relevant teams and groups across the Business Unit (BU) and Information Technology Group (ITG) and build professional working relationships that will help the BDO Life Section to deliver the outputs on time and as expected.
• Assist in prioritization of IT Projects and initiatives as part of business/demand planning of the unit.
• Monitor the team’s execution and adherence to BDO SDLC and Governance Process.
• Develop deep knowledge, appreciation and understanding of the BU strategy and objectives.
• Take ownership and accountability in managing the team competency, project/task assignments and workload in relation to the delivery needs.
• Accountable of the outputs of the team members.
• Enable the team to ensure delivery of detailed outputs such as BR, FRS, Test Scripts, etc…, as well as other initiatives that form part of the technology strategy and delivery roadmap
• Focus on delivering business need while compliant to the ITG enterprise standards and guardrails.
• Proactively manage risks and issues and execute timely escalations to Section and Unit Heads.
• Provide inputs to continuous improvement and best practices in the section/unit.
• High level satisfaction of the Business Unit in relation to IT services

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree relevant to the job
• At least 7 years of demonstrated global experience in the financial industry with business casing, business analysis and requirements definition, user testing, and test management.
• Must be willing to work onsite and be assigned in Makati

BDO Unibank, Inc. provides equal opportunity to all qualified candidates. Hiring decisions are based on job requirements and candidate qualifications, and shall not be influenced by any consideration of race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), national or ethnic origin, or disability.

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