APAC Country Program Manager - Banking Transformation

ABeam Consulting (Singapore); Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ABeam Consulting (Singapore) is seeking an experienced Country Project Manager to bridge Regional and Country teams across APAC core banking transformation programs. You will lead cross-release coordination with an end-to-end view, manage country-level issues, and partner with regional stakeholders and vendors to drive timely decisions.

The role requires 5+ years in project management or PMO within banking/finance, strong governance experience, and advanced Excel/PowerPoint skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum 5 years in project/program management, PMO, business analysis or transformation delivery, preferably in banking/financial services.
• Proven stakeholder management and facilitation across Regional, Country, business, IT and vendor teams.
• Experience in core banking transformation, renewal or regional/APAC rollout programs.
• Experience with CoE governance, standardisation or knowledge management.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Country Project Management bridge between Regional and Country teams across the APAC core banking transformation program.
• Lead cross-release coordination across multiple releases with end-to-end view of country activities, dependencies, risks, issues and decisions.
• Manage and structure Country-level issues by assessing business impact, urgency, required response dates and downstream dependencies.
• Coordinate with Regional teams, Country stakeholders, CoE/domain experts and vendors to drive issue resolution and timely decision-making.
• Maintain integrated issue, risk, action and decision logs with clear ownership and deadlines.
• Develop solution options, recommendations and interim workarounds to support project continuity while decisions are pending.
• Communicate Regional decisions and requirements to Country teams for alignment and follow-through to closure.
• Conduct regular Country progress, risk and issue reviews and identify recurring issues across countries and releases.
• Translate recurring Country issues into structured improvement initiatives and governance enhancements.
• Define and maintain clear RACI, decision rights, escalation routes and regional-country boundaries.
• Prepare concise management reports and updates for stakeholders to facilitate decision-making.
• Foster effective collaboration across dispersed business, IT, Regional, Country and vendor teams.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Governance

Issue management

Cross-functional collaboration

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

ABeam Consulting (Singapore) is seeking an experienced Country Project Manager to bridge Regional and Country teams across APAC core banking transformation programs. You will lead cross-release coordination with an end-to-end view, manage country-level issues, and partner with regional stakeholders and vendors to drive timely decisions.

The role requires 5+ years in project management or PMO within banking/finance, strong governance experience, and advanced Excel/PowerPoint skills.