Role Overview

Vendors should propose candidates who can operate independently, coordinate across senior and working-level stakeholders, and translate programme priorities into clear actions, governance updates and launch-readiness tracking.

Resource Responsibilities

Programme Coordination and Delivery

• Manage day-to-day programme coordination across planning, delivery, testing, launch readiness and early post-launch activities.

• Track milestones, dependencies, risks, issues and actions, ensuring timely follow-through and escalation where needed.

• Coordinate working sessions, governance meetings and stakeholder updates.

• Prepare concise reporting materials to support decisions and management visibility.

Product and Go-to-Market Support

• Support proposition, business case, customer segment and product-readiness activities.

• Bring relevant market, competitor and payments knowledge to inform discussions and decision-making.

• Support go-to-market planning, sales enablement, channel readiness and launch activation.
  

Launch Readiness

• Coordinate readiness across product, operations, channels, technology, testing, certification and go-live preparation.

• Maintain clear visibility of critical path items and scheme-related dependencies.

• Support go/no-go preparation, issue resolution, launch monitoring and handover to business-as-usual teams.

Stakeholder Management and Problem Solving

• Serve as a central coordination point across client stakeholders, internal teams, delivery squads and relevant card schemes teams.

• Identify bottlenecks, drive closure of open items and facilitate timely escalation.

• Communicate clearly in English and Tagalog across working-level and executive audiences.

Requirements

Location: Metro Manila, Philippines

Experience: 7-10 years

Duration: 12-month engagement
Language: Fluent English and Tagalog (mandatory)

Engagement: Contract

Minimum Candidate Requirements

• 7-10 years of relevant experience in programme management, product delivery, banking transformation, cards/payments, consulting or financial services.

• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional initiatives involving business, risk, operations and technology teams.

• Good understanding of card issuing commercial cards, SME banking or the payments ecosystem.

• Experience supporting product launch, card implementation, platform change or transformation programme.

• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, executive reporting and structured problem-solving skills.

• Fluent written and spoken English and Tagalog; Tagalog is mandatory.

• Based in the Philippines and able to work onsite with client stakeholders as required.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance

Preferred Candidate Profile

• Prior exposure to SME, commercial, corporate, purchasing, fleet, virtual or business card products.

• Experience working with Philippine banks, financial institutions, card schemes, issuer processors or fintech organizations.

• Familiarity with credit strategy, underwriting, card operations, scheme certification, tokenization or launch readiness.

• Consulting experience or delivery certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, Agile or Scrum is advantageous.