Planate Management Group South East Asia Corp (PMGSEAC) is a multi-disciplinary team of highly skilled and experienced professionals dedicated to providing comprehensive support to our clients. Our mission is to deliver the highest quality and most cost-efficient business support services, contributing to the success of our clients and their organizations globally. We strive to become one of the most reliable and trusted providers of business support services.

The Technology Division Manager leads Planate’s Technology Division in the Philippines, overseeing a new but growing team for Drone Services, Engineering Surveying, Robotics, and 3D Manufacturing. The role spans people leadership, technical oversight, and strategy, ensuring safe, compliant, high-quality delivery of innovative solutions for internal initiatives and client programs across the region and globally. The Manager aligns the division’s portfolio with corporate strategy, implements standardized processes, and cultivates a culture of excellence and operational discipline.

Key responsibilities:

• Division Strategy – Support the VP in managing vision, roadmap, and annual operating plans for the Philippines and Indo-Pacific partnerships.
• Standards & KPIs – Establish and enforce division‑wide procedures and performance metrics for quality, safety, and delivery.
• Technology Adoption – Lead scouting and integration of robotics, UAS, additive manufacturing, and geospatial technologies.
• Team Leadership – Manage team leads and engineers, set goals, conduct reviews, and oversee succession/workforce planning.
• Learning Culture – Define training paths, mentor emerging leaders, and coordinate with HR/L&D for skills development.
• Project Oversight – Supervise project portfolios, review scopes/schedules/budgets, and manage interdependencies and risks.
• Technical Guidance – Provide expertise in systems integration, additive manufacturing workflows, UAS operations, and surveying.
• Compliance & Safety – Ensure regulatory compliance (CAAP, SBFZ), maintain OSH programs, and uphold quality standards.
• Stakeholder Engagement – Act as liaison with leadership, HR, clients, and external forums; deliver briefs and presentations.
• Operations Management – Oversee procurement, supplier compliance, asset utilization, maintenance, and other assigned duties.

Qualifications to be successful in the role: 

• At least 8–10 years of professional engineering or technology delivery experience, including leading technical teams in surveying, drone/UAS services, advanced/3D manufacturing, and/or robotics; managing multi‑discipline technology portfolios and cross‑site teams; with experience in APAC collaboration and U.S. stakeholder engagement preferred.
• Relevant certifications or licensing in project management, engineering, robotics/automation, additive manufacturing, geospatial/surveying (e.g., GNSS/LiDAR) are advantageous.
• Demonstrated leadership of multi-disciplinary engineering teams (robotics, UAS, manufacturing, or surveying).
• Strong program and portfolio management: scoping, prioritization, resourcing, budgeting, risk management, and delivery.
• Technical depth to review designs, workflows, processes, and de-risk system integration across hardware, firmware/software, and field operations.
• Familiarity with Philippine regulatory and operating environments, including CAAP (UAS), Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) requirements, and/or standard engineering/survey practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to brief both executives and clients in English; skilled in stakeholder alignment and change management.
• High energy, integrity, and a builder mindset focused on innovation and continuous improvement.
• Proven ability to lead multicultural, cross-time zone teams; comfortable overlapping with worldwide time zones as needed.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, prioritization, and decision-making skills in dynamic settings.
• Must be willing to work onsite in Subic Bay, Zambales.

Why Planate?

Joining the Planate team opens you to an experience working for a Global company where you are among a team that is considered a premier trusted partner for planning, design, engineering, asset management, and professional service solutions anytime, anywhere.  We Take Care of Our Own; Personally, and Professionally, Up and Down The Line. 

We’d love for you to be a part of our Global workforce, helping us serve as an effective and integrated partner to advance every client's mission!