Job Title: Senior Business Systems Manager-Avaloq and Core Banking Platforms
Location: UB Square, Eastwood, Quezon City
Employment Type: Probationary
About The Role
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Senior Business Systems Manager-Avaloq and Core Banking Platforms serves as a senior technical and functional leader responsible for the strategic oversight, enhancement, and operational stability of the Avaloq Core Banking System. This role oversees end-to-end ownership of Avaloq modules (including ACP, RMWP, AFP) and ensures seamless delivery of FixPack upgrades, platform enhancements, and integration with surrounding systems. This role will lead as an Avaloq techno-functional expert, drive continuous improvement in system capability and performance, and partner closely with business, product, and architecture teams to translate requirements into scalable Avaloq solutions. This role is accountable for platform reliability, development governance, and ensuring the system meets regulatory, operational, and security standards. This role also provides expert-level guidance in Avaloq development, code quality, platform modernization, and cloud/container-based deployment strategies.
What You'll Do
- Strategic Platform Leadership – Provide strategic direction for the Avaloq Core Platform, ensuring scalability, resilience, and alignment with enterprise architecture and business roadmaps. Lead capacity planning, lifecycle management, and modernization initiatives across ACP, RMWP, AFP, and related modules. Establish and enforce best practices, coding standards, and development governance across Avaloq change initiatives.
- FixPack, Release, and Environment Management – Oversee the planning, execution, validation, and risk management of Avaloq FixPack upgrades across all impacted environments. Lead root cause analysis and resolution of invalid objects, inconsistencies, or kernel-related issues to maintain system integrity. Partner with Infrastructure, Cloud, and DevOps teams to streamline deployment pipelines and environment stability.
- Business Engagement & Solution Delivery – Collaborate with senior business stakeholders to evaluate requirements, assess feasibility, and translate them into robust Avaloq configurations and scripts. Drive solution design reviews to ensure alignment with business goals, regulatory frameworks, and operational efficiency. Oversee end-to-end development cycles – design, parameterization, testing, documentation, and production deployment.
- Avaloq Module Ownership & Technical Expertise – Serve as senior subject-matter authority for key Avaloq modules (e.g. STEX, Security Event, Client Onboarding, Task & Reporting). Guide teams in diagnosing and resolving complex system issues, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations. Define and maintain module-level standards, reusable components, and optimized workflows.
- Integration Architecture & External Interfaces – Oversee the support, development, and troubleshooting of Avaloq interfaces such as AMI, CAPI, and integrations with systems like Finacle. Ensure high-quality, secure, and reliable data exchange between Avaloq and external platforms. Collaborate with enterprise architects on modernization initiatives, API adoption, and integration simplification.
- Cloud, OpenShift, and Platform Deployment – Lead strategy and operations for Avaloq-related services deployed on OpenShift or Kubernetes-based platforms. Drive automation, CI/CD improvement, and containerization best practices for Avaloq components and adjacent services.
- Quality Assurance, Risk Management & Documentation – Oversee peer code reviews, technical design validation, and compliance with audit and regulatory requirements. Ensure production of high-quality documentation: solution designs, test scripts, deployment runbooks, and knowledge base assets. Champion continuous improvement practices and operational risk reduction across Avaloq deliveries.
What We're Looking For
- 8 to 12+ years of experience in banking technology or core banking systems, with 5+ years specializing in Avaloq development or parameterization.
- 3+ years in a leadership or senior supervisory role, overseeing technical teams, vendors, or project squads. Demonstrated success leading platform upgrades, system migrations, or large-scale core banking enhancements.
Required Skills
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to address complex cross-system issues.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to translate technical concepts for non‑technical audiences.
- Demonstrated leadership in managing high‑performing teams, fostering collaboration, and driving delivery excellence.
JOB ID: JOB_601
