Head of Strategy, Operations

4 weeks ago

Metro Manila Philippines GCash Full time

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Key Responsibilities

  • Strategic Planning & Execution
  • Develop and maintain a clear strategic roadmap across Service Assurance, Stability, and Reliability Engineering functions.
  • Align operations strategy with enterprise goals, regulatory requirements and performance metrics such as MTTR, CFR, SLOs, and automation coverage.
  • Translate executive directives and risk themes into structured initiatives and measurable outcomes.
  • Operational Governance & Transformation
  • Design and manage a centralised strategic portfolio of programs aimed at improving service reliability, change resilience, and operational effectiveness.
  • Lead transformation efforts that uplift the maturity of core capabilities: incident readiness, chaos engineering, observability, and problem resolution velocity.
  • Institutionalise operational reviews, error budget burn-downs, and cross-functional playbooks to guide proactive issue mitigation.
  • Change Leadership & Communications
  • Drive adoption of new operating models, reliability frameworks, and change management processes across a distributed and tribe-aligned organisation.
  • Partner with Engineering, Infra, Risk, and Business Operations to embed a strong operational discipline and risk-aware culture.
  • Shape the narrative for operational performance at ExCo, regulator (e.g., Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas), and board-level reporting.
  • Analytics, Reporting & Insights
  • Provide end-to-end service performance insights by integrating data across stability, reliability, CSAT, and revenue impact domains.
  • Champion continuous improvements in how incidents, problems, and operational risks are identified, triaged, and resolved.
  • Team & Capability Development
  • Coach and influence leaders across Service Assurance, Reliability Engineering, and Stability teams to build strategic thinking, data fluency, and process discipline.
  • Uplift capabilities in areas such as telemetry-driven RCA, operational resilience planning, and partner risk governance.

Qualifications
Experience
  • 8–12 years of progressive experience in operations, strategy, or technology transformation roles, ideally within high-scale, regulated environments.
  • 3+ years in a leadership or strategic advisory role in SRE, service management, or technology operations.
  • Demonstrated success driving cross-functional programs that reduce incident impact, improve operational maturity, and align tech operations with business goals.

Technical & Strategic Skills
  • Deep understanding of service management frameworks (ITIL, SRE), operational resilience, and incident/problem/change management lifecycles.
  • Strong business acumen to translate operational KPIs into board-level narratives.
  • Expertise in telemetry, automation, reliability engineering, and operational tooling.
  • Exceptional communication and influencing skills, including executive-level reporting and program steering.

Education & Certifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or related field. Master’s preferred.
  • Certifications such as ITIL, SRE Foundation, SAFe, or AWS DevOps Engineer are highly advantageous.

Success Metrics
  • Reduction in change failure rate and incident volume.
  • Increased self-resolution and automation rates.
  • Delivery of quarterly strategic programs tied to business-impacting themes.
  • Regulatory alignment on operational resilience and service continuity.

What We Offer
Opportunity for career growth and development in the #1 FinTech company in the country Working with a dynamic and highly collaborative team who want to change the game A company that values their people with highly competitive and flexible compensation and benefits package Seniority level
  • Seniority level Executive
Employment type
  • Employment type Full-time
Job function
  • Job function Business Development and Sales

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