Senior Technical Delivery Manager - Cards (COBOL/Mainframe)

PERSOL Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

PERSOL Singapore is seeking a Senior Delivery Lead to steer a regional applications team responsible for global cards solutions. You will plan deliverables, coordinate with domain teams, and act as liaison to Cards Technology, ensuring delivery within budget and schedule.

The role requires extensive experience with cards processing, mainframe tech (COBOL, VSAM, JCL, CICS), online and batch processing, and a hands-on approach to ensure the team builds to the approved plan.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' delivery record in global/cards projects with budget responsibility.
• Experience leading an application development team for banking/financial services.
• Strong knowledge of Cards applications (Cardlink, VisionPlus).
• Proficient in mainframe tech: COBOL, VSAM, JCL, CICS.
• Deep Cards domain knowledge: processing, issuing, acquiring, authorizations, settlement.
• Experience with online and batch processing in Cards context.
• Familiarity with 3DS, Rewards, Cards APIs and related processes.
• Open systems and Cloud tech stack awareness; vendor and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of application developers to plan technical deliverables within budget and schedule.
• Collaborate across domain teams to manage technical and security dependencies.
• Act as liaison/escalation point to Cards Technology team.
• Plan, monitor and manage risks/issues; provide L3 support as needed.
• Provide status updates related to technical delivery.
• Work with PMs, BAs and system analysts to finalize requirements.
• Coordinate with Architects, Security and Development Lead on solution design.
• Ensure hands-on delivery aligned with the solution plan.
• Coordinate SIT, UAT, performance/load testing and security testing with QA.

Skills

Delivery record

Team management

Cards tech

Mainframe COBOL

Mainframe VSAM

Mainframe JCL

Mainframe CICS

Cards domain

Online and batch

Cloud tech

Vendor management

Stakeholder management

Job description

PERSOL Singapore is seeking a Senior Delivery Lead to steer a regional applications team responsible for global cards solutions. You will plan deliverables, coordinate with domain teams, and act as liaison to Cards Technology, ensuring delivery within budget and schedule.

The role requires extensive experience with cards processing, mainframe tech (COBOL, VSAM, JCL, CICS), online and batch processing, and a hands-on approach to ensure the team builds to the approved plan.