• Assist the CEO and Executive Management Team to define the Company’s short, medium, and longer-term growth strategy; build a road map for strategy execution, drive change, enforce rigor in the monitoring of return profile linked to strategic decisions;
• Support CEO to structure, execute on, and monitor key strategic initiatives by developing weekly / quarterly / annual work-plans and the setting of and tracking of targets / KPIs; drive cross-functional alignment; analysing and presenting actionable recommendations leveraging relevant business-level data and competitive intelligence; and acting as a thought-partner on organizational design and workforce planning activities;
• Engage in strategic risk management by putting in-place performance controls and measures to assess the effectiveness of the implemented strategies and identify areas for strategic improvement;
• Lead financial and operating performance, industry / market, customer, product & service, information technology, transaction trend and broader competitive benchmarking analysis;
• Assist the CFO, and cross-functional teams to develop acquisition / JV / partnership business case analyses, ensuring appropriate due-diligence is completed, prepare and present regular updates to the executive management team, shareholders, and Board of Directors on deal status, structure, valuation, strategic synergies, and interface with finance, accounting, legal, tax, HR, and other functional groups;;
• Post-acquisition, serve as the key coordinator of the company’s overall integration efforts, assisting the CEO, CFO, CHRO etc with monitoring efforts and coordinating activities across the organization; 
• Maintain regular dialogue with education industry participants and keep abreast of the latest industry, regulatory and macroeconomic trends that may impact the ELT / education industry, and / or the Vietnam economy; ensure that the Company is prepared and well-positioned to take advantage of such opportunities but also identify, assess, and mitigate / manage key business risks.

• Keen understand of Vietnam education and EdTech trends;
• History of successfully and constructively engaging with a company’s management team to define and set the growth strategy and triage / prioritize initiatives;
• Demonstrated ability as a communicator and facilitator, both written and oral, with strong negotiation, conflict resolution, problem-solving, and people / stakeholder influencing / management skills;
• Possesses strong financial modelling, valuation, and quantitative analysis skills and the financial acumen needed to explore and assess strategic options, the development of creative solutions to complex issues, and support a systematic and data informed decision-making process;
• Strong project management, organization, and planning skills with a proven ability to prioritize multiple and complex projects, establish key milestones, and drive projects to completion within the stated deadlines at a company;
• Understanding and / or appreciation of digital trends or the application of technology and / or digital solutions in an education context and / or threats from or opportunities for innovation;
• Prior M&A experience is ideal; and
• Previous experience at a private equity (“PE”) owned or backed portfolio company.

• Education  : Master’s Degree (M.B.A) in business administration, industry management, finance, economics, or another related filed from a reputable institution;
• Experience : At least 5 years work experience in a strategy management position, preferably working as a senior strategy manager in a fast paced and dynamic business environment; proven success in operating management positions is a plus.
• Nationality : Vietnamese/ Expat
• Attitude: innovation, ingenuity & creativity, teamwork & ready-to-learn spirit
• Language: Bilingual – speaks Vietnamese and English