Description
The SME Product Manager - Lending Focused is primarily responsible for leading our digital loan products for MSME market, owning the full lifecycle — from strategy to execution to management, growth and optimization. This role requires a balance of technical fluency, product thinking, regulatory literacy and commercial acumen.
Qualifications :
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or related field (Post-graduate in related field is a plus)
 - 8-10 years experience in Philippine MSME lending with
 - 5 year experience in lending product creation & management and
 - 3 year experience in lending product tech / agile / scrum role
 - Experience in partnership negotiation and marketing / GTMs a big plus
 - Deep understanding of segment needs and behaviour.
 - Familiarity with Philippine MSME Banking regulatory compliance practices such as BSP notification, regulations, provisioning, data privacy, SBLAF, SFTG, etc.
 - Strong technical understanding of credit products, APIs, and agile methodologies
 - Finance, risk & credit literacy : profitability, IRR, credit scoring, risk model
 
Technical / Functional skills
Strong balance of credit / risk and business profitability developmentGovernance skillsKnowledge of digital banking products / featuresMarket and MIS analysis skillsTime and project management skillsKnowledge of agile development and sprint methodologyProficiency in building products with agile tech teams : writing stories, managing sprints and launching features.Experience working with scrum teams & building APIs or digital flowsPersonal skills (Soft Competencies [Core / Leadership])
Presentation skill with strong written and verbal communicationLeadership and inter-personal skillsProblem solving and analytical skills with critical thinking