SME Commercial Card Program Manager (Delivery Manager)

About the role

A vendor is looking for a Programme Manager (Delivery Manager) for its SME Commercial Card program, based in Metro Manila, Philippines. The role is a 12-month contract and calls for someone who can work independently, coordinate across senior and working-level stakeholders and turn programme priorities into clear actions, governance updates and launch-readiness tracking.

Key responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day programme coordination across planning, delivery, testing, launch readiness and early post-launch activities, tracking milestones, dependencies, risks, issues and actions.
• Coordinate working sessions, governance meetings and stakeholder updates, and prepare concise reporting materials.
• Support proposition, business case, customer segment and product-readiness activities, bringing market, competitor and payments knowledge to discussions.
• Support go-to-market planning, sales enablement, channel readiness and launch activation.
• Coordinate readiness across product, operations, channels, technology, testing, certification and go-live preparation, keeping track of critical path items and scheme dependencies.
• Support go/no-go preparation, issue resolution, launch monitoring and handover to business-as-usual teams.
• Serve as a central coordination point between client stakeholders, internal teams, delivery squads and card scheme teams, and escalate issues promptly.

Required profile

• 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 launches, card implementations, platform changes or transformation programmes.
• Bachelor's degree in Business or Finance.
• Fluent written and spoken English and Tagalog; Tagalog is mandatory.
• Based in the Philippines and able to work onsite with client stakeholders as required.

Preferred candidate profile

• Prior exposure to SME, commercial, corporate, purchasing, fleet, virtual or business card products.
• Experience with Philippine banks, financial institutions, card schemes, issuer processors or fintechs.
• Familiarity with credit strategy, underwriting, card operations, scheme certification, tokenization or launch readiness.
• Consulting experience or delivery certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, Agile or Scrum.