Own delivery of assigned projects: scope control, schedule, budget, quality, and risk across multiple concurrent engagements
Evaluate technical resources assigned to projects
assess capability, provide structured feedback, and make resourcing recommendations to leadership
Challenge and validate engineering estimations; identify technical risks before they become delivery problems
Define and figure out scope independently in mid-to-late project phases where requirements are ambiguous or evolving
Lead integration work with multiple external vendors (core banking, market data, payment gateways, cloud providers)
Represent client interests when negotiating with vendors (pricing, SLAs, funding programs such as AWS)
Manage subcontractors: selection, onboarding, performance monitoring, and invoices
Run regular client governance (status, escalations, acceptance criteria, UAT) at CTO/PMO level
Produce and maintain project artefacts: plans, RAID logs, integration specs, cutover plans
Ensure compliance with client security and regulatory requirements relevant to banking/securities

At least 5 years of experience in IT project management
Hands-on experience delivering at least 2 software projects for banks or securities firms
Sufficient software development knowledge to evaluate tech team estimations, identify scope gaps, and challenge technical decisions
Working knowledge of financial products and operations
lending, trading, payments, securities
beyond consumer-level familiarity
Proven ability to own and define ambiguous scope in later project phases; not limited to task tracking and progress reporting
Experience evaluating developer and BA profiles, providing structured performance feedback, and making resourcing calls independently
Proven experience managing multi-vendor integrations (APIs, batch feeds, middleware)
Strong vendor negotiation experience with documented commercial outcomes (cost savings, SLA improvements, or secured credits)
Excellent stakeholder management
able to interact confidently and independently with bank CTOs/PMOs
Experience managing subcontractors and remote teams
Structured communicator: executive-level project documentation and status reporting
Vietnamese (native) + business-level English for vendor / partner / client discussions
Expert in Agile and Waterfall; able to design and adapt delivery frameworks per engagement

Project Manager, Banking/Securities Domain

Key skills