Unit Head, Project Management

RCBC Bankard Services Corporation; Eastern Manila District; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

RCBC Bankard Services Corporation seeks an accomplished IT Project Manager to lead a portfolio of strategic initiatives across card, payments, loans technologies. You will drive delivery from planning through closure, ensuring alignment with business goals and financial KPIs.

You will manage cross-functional teams, apply Agile, Waterfall or Hybrid approaches, and develop budgets for the portfolio, while maintaining governance and quality standards in a dynamic financial services environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, Business Admin or related field.
• 8-10+ years of progressive IT project management experience, including leading complex projects.
• 3-5+ years in a leadership or directorial role.
• Significant experience in financial services or payments industry.
• Awareness of programming languages and technologies such as .NET, Java, Python, C++, C#.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Strategic planning, execution, and delivery of a portfolio of IT projects.
• Ensures IT projects are aligned with business strategy and KPIs such as customer satisfaction, transaction volume, or revenue growth.
• Oversees the entire lifecycle of multiple IT projects.
• Ensures projects are initiated, planned, executed, monitored, controlled, and closed according to PM methodologies.
• Develops and manages budgets for the IT project portfolio.

Skills

IT project management

Leadership

Payments domain experience

PM methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Business Administration

Job description

Job Purpose

• Responsible for the strategic planning, execution, and successful delivery of a portfolio of IT projects focused on developing, enhancing, and maintaining systems and applications.

• Ensures IT projects are aligned with overall business strategy and contribute to key performance indicators (KPIs) such as customer satisfaction, transaction volume, or revenue growth.

• Oversees the entire lifecycle of multiple IT projects.

• Ensures projects are initiated, planned, executed, monitored, controlled, and closed successfully according to established project management methodologies.

• Develops and manages budgets for the IT project portfolio.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field.

• Extensive IT Project Management Experience: 8-10+ years of progressive experience in IT project management, including successfully leading complex projects.

• Leadership Experience: Proven experience in leading and managing project teams and potentially other project managers (3-5+ years in a leadership or directorial role preferred).

• Domain Expertise: Significant experience working within the financial services or payments industry, with a strong understanding of cards, payments, loans and associated technologies.

• Familiarity with Relevant Technologies and Languages: Awareness of the

• programming languages and technologies commonly used in the industry (such as .NET, Java, Python, C++, C#)

• Methodology Proficiency: Strong understanding and practical application of various project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid).