Total 10 branch manager job vacancies in Makati City

We are looking for a Product Manager with solid experience in the fintech sector, capable of managing complex projects with a particular focus on regulations and financial market standards. The role involves analyzing requirements, identifying target solutions, define pricing and go-to-market approach, oversighting of implementation activities.

Your key tasks 

• Analyze business and technical requirements, with a focus on financial regulations and industry standards.
• Plan and oversight implementation activities, coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the delivery of high-value products and solutions.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and develop innovative solutions.
• Handle commercial negotiations and manage customer relationships.
• Ensure continuous alignment between market needs and product evolution.

The Software Release Engineer (Release Manager) will be working in our Release Management Hub team in Makati (Metro Manila), taking care of Avaloq software releases for our clients in Region Europe.

We build, configure, and deploy various software artifacts in test, integration, and production environments. You will be responsible for a defined set of customers and support them during various SDLC phases and go live.

Your key tasks

• You will be involved in planning and rollout of various Avaloq products in the controlled environments.
• You will have end-to-end accountability for the successful delivery of releases into the Live environments.
• Accountable for release scope validation with project managers and delivery managers.
• Ensures technical validation of all releases are completed and reported for the Go Live.
• Create and manage implementation plan, release meetings and production cutover.
• Taking responsibility for software packaging, code merge and log analysis of Avaloq core and front platforms
• Collaborating with specialists of different areas for the implementation of cross-domain activities
• Building trustworthy relations with internal and external stakeholders as developers, Project Managers, Test Managers and Client Managers.
• Document and educate the users on release, configuration, DevOps, and deployment management best practices.

Please take good note of the fact that you will work with clients based in Europe; for this reason the chose candidate will follow a mid shift schedule (up to 1:00 AM), as well as on-call availability services on weekends during release and Go Live

We are looking for a self-managed individual to take on the responsibility of maintaining business operations for a technical and technology delivery department. The ideal candidate must be comfortable working with a high degree of attention to detail and discretion as well as incorporating new and effective ways to achieve better results.

• Knowledge and understanding in financial management and processes including budgeting, costing, budget management, procurement and contract reviews;
• Business Collaboration skills – ability to establish relationships, communicate and interface effectively across the organization, partners and vendors;
• Self-driven – Ability to work independently in a collaborative but distributed organization structure;
• Strong time management skills and adaptability to address shifting priorities and tight deadlines and manage multiple work tasks simultaneously;
• Basic knowledge of Data Centre and IT infrastructure facilities, technology such as structured cabling, racks and servers, telecommunications connectivity, physical and virtual security;
• Participates in change, incident, problem management and request fulfilment from a process perspective; to establish and enforce department or organization policies, processes, and procedures;
• Participates in internal and external Information Security and Compliance audits and Risk assessment;
• People management skills to support a team of infrastructure subject matter experts with leave planning, timesheet management, annual reviews, onboarding and offboarding;
• Function as an escalation point for the team for any required assistance to partners, vendors, or management

We are looking for a highly motivated Cutover Manager with strong communication and management skills.

Our mission is to orchestrate end-to-end transversal services to successfully deliver projects, aiming for highest client satisfaction and fostering a culture of learning and collaboration.

Your key tasks

• Managing cutovers in a complex technical environment, which serve multiple customers and are developed in multiple international locations
• Managing and controlling your project, including transparent and meaningful reporting on scope, financials, progress, quality, risks and issues
• Introduction of specific measures to solve project issues and timely escalation to decision-making authorities if needed

Job Description

In this Communications Manager role, your responsibilities would be focused on internal communications for the Legal Compliance Risk and Assurance area (LCRA) as well as administrative support tasks for the General Counsel. You will be working closely with the Head of Internal Communications and supporting with internal communications matters for the LCRA business area – such as town halls, newsletters, blogs - with the aim to translate LCRA updates into engaging messages for our global colleague audience and cascading company-wide messages for LCRA colleagues. The role also supports the General Counsel with the preparation of messaging and content for key meetings, in addition to the logistics and tracking of actions. As part of your work, you will also accompany internal projects of the LCRA team, perform administrative project activities and prepare the presentation of project results.

You would be part of the LCRA team based in Manila and aligned with the Internal Communications team led from Zurich.

Your key tasks 

• Support the General Counsel with regular communications within his business area
• Draft, review and edit communications in line with our style guide
• Ensure content is aligned with overarching business objectives
• Become a trusted advisor to the General Counsel on communication topics
• Create newsletter and email templates according to our brand guidelines
• Organize meetings and support with agenda creation, minute taking and action tracking
• Perform administrative project activities and prepare the presentation of project results
• Coordinate ongoing maintenance of the LCRA SharePoint site
• Provide guidance and support to the General Counsel to ensure company-wide change and engagement initiatives are landed successfully with LCRA colleagues

Service Delivery Manager is the main contact point in each specific Global Area for the Regional Delivery organization for client related requests or issues. He is accountable for the service in his own Area and as such, he/she manages all major issues, coordinating the activities with all relevant stakeholders.

Your key tasks 

• Be the Key contact for regional delivery organizations and internal consulting for the services under own responsibility.
• Act as a first escalation point for all complex service delivery issues addressed by clients to Service Manager, related to services under own responsibility, performing all needed in-depth analysis on such requests.
• Support projects by providing specific service delivery requirements during design and build phase and ensure a smooth transition into operations.
• Support Service Managers in defining Service Level Agreements and KPI contents towards all clients, during onboarding as well as periodic review, for the services under the responsibility of the SDM.
• Functionally lead more complex delivery units to achieve the stated objectives on service delivery. Accountable for service delivery quality vs clients.
• Ensure the monitoring, delivery, and variance explanation of service operational metrics for services under own responsibility.
• Be accountable for and ensure coordination of service restoration in case of major incidents, for services under own responsibility, followed by incident reports and technical reports
• Ensure root cause identification, definition, and implementation of remedial actions for prevention and avoidance of incidents. Facilitate continuous improvement of services effectiveness and efficiency.
• Improve the application of the Problem management
• Hold regular alignments with other SDMs and other important stakeholders of the organization and communicate any process changes/improvements to clients via Service managers.
• IT SDM to liaise with Architects and relevant third parties to ensure that non-functional requirements are captured and implemented in the solution.
• Support service delivery of monitoring and service readiness requirements together with technical L2
• Ensure service readiness (early morning and after maintenance weekends or other events) / partially automated
• Ensure the smooth transition between implementation and run (hand over for Projects of T&T) and
• Support the new service set-up and service level definition.
• Support to closure manager for end of the year testing-simulation and trouble shooting
• Availability for picket shifts with possible emergency interventions at night or on weekends, acting as manage on duty.
• Ensure the definition and the review of the Target operating model in case of need

The Test Management Team is accountable to manage the various test campaigns in the context of the maintenance of the application landscape of our clients during SIT (System Integration Test – internally) and UAT (User Acceptance Test – with the client) phases.

The team is also responsible to plan and manage the End of Period tests (end of Quarter, end of Year). The team has ownership on the test environments, including environment refresh, software installation and environment readiness assessments.

Your key tasks:

• Management of the release processes for changes in the software related to Avaloq products.
• Coordinate and plan the test campaign for monthly client releases (UPL) and Hot Fixes (EME)
• Coordinate and plan the test simulation of End of Period for all clients.
• Ensure Test environment availability for Client UAT.
• Track and distribute test results to management and client.
• Provide to stakeholders content scope for UPL and EME releases and liaise with Release Management.
• Manage client acceptance environment usage plan across projects and AMS for each client.
• Orchestrate installation of bug fixes with Development and Release Management
• Perform compliance/audit Key Controls
• Manage client relationship with appropriate communication.
• Manage defects and Reporting.
• Manage tools for testing, tracking defects and statistics.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of Test Management processes and procedures.

Your key tasks

• Assess and categorize incidents based on their impact, urgency, and priority, in alignment with predefined incident management guidelines
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders, including support teams and subject matter experts, to gather necessary information for incident severity assessment
• Provide clear and concise communication to stakeholders, including senior management, regarding incident status, impact, and resolution plans in timely and accurate manner
• Ability to communicate well and manage highly stressful situations over the phone. Demonstrate proven leadership qualities removing any ambiguity as to who is coordinating the incident resolution
• Ability to coordinate and drive technical bridges during a major event, asking the right questions, and steering the support teams towards quick mitigation, work-around or resolution to limit the financial and reputational exposure
• Continuously evaluate and refine the incident severity assessment process to improve its accuracy and efficiency
• Monitor and report on the performance of the incident severity assessment process, identifying areas for improvement and implementing corrective measures as needed
• Conduct thorough incident post-mortems to analyse root causes, identify areas for improvement, and implement corrective actions
• Foster collaboration across platforms and SMEs from other lines of business to align IT strategy with the bank's business needs and objectives
• Lead in major incident management by leading the command and control and oversight all key recovery activities and escalation upwards

• Providing management support in ensuring highest levels of service quality and improving service levels through identification of problem trends and causes which impact the delivery of production services
• Conduct monthly service review meeting to review major incident and ensure agreed Service Level Agreement (SLA) are met with various business stakeholder
• Problem Management: Experience in various problem-solving methods like five whys, Fish bone etc. End to end ownership to initiate, track and the closure of problem tickets and the preventive actions.
• Participate in the standard Post-mortem (Root cause analysis) process to ensure no repeat of any technology incidents with known root cause.
• Post Incident activity to ensure highest levels of service quality and improving service levels through identification of problem trends and causes which impact the delivery of production services.
• KPI Metrics and Reporting: Capture Incident timelines in ticketing tools, Incident Impact and Resolution Duration and the associated KPIs.
• Standby support after business hour on rotation basis.

We are looking for a highly motivated Cutover Manager with strong communication and management skills.

Our mission is to orchestrate end-to-end transversal services to successfully deliver projects, aiming for highest client satisfaction and fostering a culture of learning and collaboration.

Your key tasks

• Managing cutovers in a complex technical environment, which serve multiple customers and are developed in multiple international locations
• Managing and controlling your project, including transparent and meaningful reporting on scope, financials, progress, quality, risks and issues
• Introduction of specific measures to solve project issues and timely escalation to decision-making authorities if needed

Your team

The Release & Configuration Manager will be working in the regional Release and Test Management team taking care of software releases for all Avaloq products supported by the regional business entity. You will be responsible for defined set of customers and support them during various SDLC phases and go live.

Your mission

• You will be involved in planning and rollout of various Avaloq products in the controlled environments.
• You will have end-to-end accountability for the successful delivery of releases into the Live environments.
• Create and manage implementation plan, release meetings and production cutover.
• Accountable for release scope validation with project managers and delivery managers.
• Ensures technical validation of all releases are completed and reported for the Go Live.
• Responsible for software packaging, deployment and log analysis of Avaloq products.
• Document and educate the users on release, configuration, devops and deployment management best practices.