Project Manager – Geographic Expansion

JOB SUMMARY

• Title: Project Manager – Geographic Expansion
• Department: Geographic Expansion
• Year of Experience: 3 years++
• Job Level: Manager
• Report Line: CEO
• Peer: Growth team
• Subordinate: Project Interns, Executives
• Salary Range: Negotiable
• Hiring Purpose: New Hire
• Working Time: 9:00 – 18:00, Monday – Friday
• Working Location: Hybrid (Remote + Ho Chi Minh City)

OBJECTIVES

We are looking for an experienced, entrepreneurial, data driven person with excellent problem solving skills to join us as a Project Manager of the Geographic Expansion team. At this position, you can enjoy working directly with the Board of Management and cross functionally (when needed) to achieve your goals while driving your workstreams independently forward. You will be the very first important piece of the puzzle to our dynamic global team, together conquering new challenges and driving outstanding business results for PMAX as a whole.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Strategy development

• Conduct related research to benchmark and hypothesize the strategic approaches for the global market.
• Build and validate the strategy to break through the potential markets.
• Set ambitious business objectives and development goals, and develop a detailed business plan for achieving set targets.
• Monitor market trends, demand vs. supply, and make adjustments in terms of strategy and planning where necessary.

Foundation setting

• Be the primary point of contact for market expansion planning communications across all levels of the organization.
• Lead the execution and roll-out of PMAX’s global expansion footprint for a group of potential countries.
• Research, build, and manage highly collaborative engagements with external service providers and partners to learn the markets and set up the foundations that guarantee the success of expansion operations.
• Research the regulatory environment and the process to set up a global office.
• Carry out desk reviews of sites, with on-site visits where necessary.
• Arrange the translation of marketing materials where required as well as the development of other sales materials for each specific market.
• Develop, document, and drive awareness of scalable processes and global best practices.

Team establishment

• Design the org chart of the unit.
• Drive and oversee the interviewing, recruitment, and training of qualified personnel to ensure an effective workforce.

Client acquisition

• Develop plans and execute/lead the execution to acquire potential clients for the business unit.
• Build and supervise the operations of the business development team for each market.

Performance management:

• Control the budget of the business unit during the researching and setting up phases.
• Oversee and execute on the day-to-day operation of the unit to ensure that the unit is meeting its goals.
• Track and report market expansion status updates and continuously update timelines when changes occur, and proactively communicate to ensure cross team alignment.
• Seek out data and deliver business insights/key learnings to help influence the path forward.