Project Manager, APAC – Digital Retail Solutions (DRS)

The Brink’s Company (NYSE:BCO) is a leading global provider of cash and valuables management, digital retail solutions, and ATM managed services. Our customers include financial institutions, retailers, government agencies, mints, jewelers, and other commercial operations. Our network of operations in 51 countries serves customers in more than 100 countries.

We believe in building partnerships that secure commerce and doing that requires fostering an engaged culture that values people with different backgrounds, ideas, and perspectives. We build a sense of belonging, so all employees feel respected, safe, and valued, and we provide equal opportunity to participate and grow.

We are seeking an accomplished and dynamic Project Manager to join our team in the Philippines. In this role, you will play a critical part in the Digital Retail Solutions (DRS) function of the APAC region, contributing to our ongoing success and strategic goals.

Role Overview

The Project Manager plays a critical role in enabling the successful delivery of Digital Retail Solutions (DRS) initiatives across the organization. This position resides within the Global DRS Solutions Development team and partners closely with Global Product Owners, Market Product Managers, Technology teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to plan and execute product launches, market enablement initiatives, and continuous improvement efforts. The Project Manager is accountable for coordinating cross-functional workstreams, managing risks and dependencies, driving stakeholder alignment, and ensuring the successful delivery of business and customer outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Project Planning & Initiation

• Develop project charters, scope statements, success criteria, and measurable business outcomes.
• Create and maintain WBS, estimates, schedules, resource plans, and financial forecasts.
• Identify, assess, and proactively manage dependencies, constraints, assumptions, risks, and critical-path activities.
• Establish project governance, communication plans, and stakeholder engagement strategies to support successful execution.

Project Execution & Delivery

• Lead cross-functional teams to achieve project milestones and deliverables across varying project types (new products, country enablement, or quality improvement initiatives).
• Drive accountability across project teams to ensure commitments and business outcomes are delivered.
• Manage scope, dependencies, changes, issues, and risks through effective mitigation and resolution planning.
• Oversee vendor engagement, contract management, and deliverable quality to ensure successful project execution.
• Support implementation readiness, deployment planning, launch execution, and post-launch stabilization activities.

Financial & Resource Management

• Understand business outcomes and financial goals (revenue, OP, GM, etc.) and drive teams to deliver expected product outcomes on time and within budget.
• Own project budgets, including cost baselines, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Track and reconcile actuals, POs, invoices, and resource allocations to ensure effective financial management.
• Partner with resource managers to support capacity planning and effective resource utilization.

Governance & Reporting

• Conduct project cadences, phase-gate reviews, governance reviews, and stakeholder status updates.
• Produce weekly/monthly reporting on project health, schedule performance, risks, dependencies, and financial position.
• Ensure compliance with PMO standards, governance processes, and project management best practices.
• Identify project change requests (scope, budget, timeline) when needed and facilitate impact assessment, review, and approval.

Stakeholder & Change Management

• Manage relationships with sponsors, SMEs, customers, vendors, and cross-functional teams.
• Develop and execute communication and change management plans to support stakeholder engagement, business readiness, and adoption.
• Facilitate timely decision-making, stakeholder alignment, and removal of roadblocks to maintain delivery momentum.
• Escalate risks, issues, and decisions appropriately when leadership support or direction is required.

Key Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience leading projects and programs of increasing complexity in technology, product, digital, or business transformation environments.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives involving Product, Technology, Operations, external partners, and business stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile certifications preferred; LEAN certification a plus.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, Project for the Web, Azure DevOps/Jira, and Power BI.
• Experience managing global (multi-country / multi-region) initiatives and stakeholders is a significant plus.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong leadership and facilitation skills with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Critical thinking with data-driven decision-making and problem-solving capabilities.
• Advanced risk, schedule, dependency, and financial management skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities; able to appropriately set and reset expectations, influence outcomes, and deliver challenging information effectively.
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
• Results-oriented mindset with strong ownership, accountability, and a focus on delivering business outcomes.