Country Project Manager (Core Banking, Consulting)

Our Client is seeking Manager, Country Project Management (Core Banking System Rollout)

Job type: Permanent with Client

Responsibilities:

. Act as the Country Project Management (CPM) bridge between Regional and Country teams across the APAC core banking transformation program.

. Lead cross-release coordination across multiple releases, maintaining an end-to-end view of country activities, dependencies, risks, issues and decisions.

. Manage and structure Country-level issues by assessing business impact, urgency, required response dates and downstream dependencies.

. Coordinate with Regional teams, Country stakeholders, CoE/domain experts and vendors to drive issue resolution and timely decision-making.

. Maintain integrated issue, risk, action and decision logs, ensuring clear ownership, deadlines and appropriate escalation.

. Develop solution options, recommendations and interim workarounds to support project continuity while decisions are pending.

. Communicate Regional decisions and requirements to Country teams, ensuring alignment, understanding and follow-through to closure.

. Conduct regular Country progress, risk and issue reviews and identify recurring issues or common themes across countries and releases.

. Translate recurring Country issues into structured improvement initiatives and support the enhancement of Regional standards, guidelines and governance.

. Define and maintain clear RACI, decision rights, escalation routes and Regional/Country responsibility boundaries.

. Prepare concise management reports and project updates for Regional and Country stakeholders to facilitate timely decision-making.

. Foster effective collaboration across geographically dispersed business, IT, Regional, Country and vendor teams.

Requirements:

. Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.

. Minimum 5 years of experience in project/program management, PMO, business analysis or transformation delivery, preferably within banking or financial services.

. Proven stakeholder management and facilitation skills across Regional, Country, business, IT and vendor teams.

. Experience in core banking transformation, renewal or regional/APAC rollout programs.

. Knowledge of banking operations such as Trade Finance, Lending/Loans, Payments/Collections, Cash Management, Treasury & Markets, Deposits or Accounting.

. Experience working with a Centre of Excellence (CoE), governance, standardization or knowledge-management function.

. Strong ability to structure ambiguous issues, identify business impacts and translate them into actionable tasks, owners, decisions and deadlines.

. Strong ownership, self-discipline and ability to work effectively in a multinational environment.

. Proven experience managing complex issues, risks, dependencies, decisions and escalations within large-scale system implementation or transformation programs.

. Strong capability in integrated planning, cross-workstream coordination, RACI/decision-right design and management reporting.

. Ability to develop solution options and recommendations, rather than simply coordinating or forwarding issues.

. Experience coordinating multiple releases, projects or workstreams while maintaining an end-to-end view of business and IT activities.

. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for project tracking, analysis and management reporting.