SME Commercial Card Program Manager

We are seeking vendor nominations for an experienced SME Commercial Card Program Manager to

support a leading Philippine bank with the launch of a SME commercial card proposition. The selected

resource will be embedded with the client for a 12-month engagement and must bring strong

programme delivery, stakeholder management and cards/payments experience.

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.

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.
• Bachelors 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.