[HCM, Investment VN] Program & Portfolio Lead

Ho Chi Minh City Strategy Experienced (Individual Contributor)

The VN Investment team evaluates and supports promising game studios and early-stage game teams through Direct Equity Investment and the Incubation Program. The Incubation Program supports early-stage teams end-to-end – from team selection, curriculum design and milestone tracking to demo day and follow-on support.

In this role, you will own and run the Incubation & Portfolio program end-to-end, partnering closely with studios/teams, internal experts and external vendors to help promising projects grow and succeed.

Job Description

Program Operations (Incubation End-to-End)
• Own and run the Incubation Program end-to-end: build the scorecard, organize team selection, interviews, pitching and select teams to join the program.
• Build and manage the curriculum, milestones, demo day and community for teams in the program.
• Track each team's progress against deliverables and consolidate periodic reporting for stakeholders.

Game Studio Portfolio & Follow-on Support
• Stay close to projects from a subject-matter perspective: participate in assessing each project's potential/promise.
• Organize playtests, review results, collect feedback and provide concrete recommendations/actions for teams.
• Track follow-on outcomes after playtests/reviews to ensure teams are improving in the right direction.

Coordination & Cross-functional Resourcing
• Coordinate agencies/vendors, experts and internal resources (legal, tax, other supporting teams) for the portfolio.
• Support studios/teams operationally post-investment, particularly on process- and execution-related matters.
• Operate within existing frameworks while customizing the approach for each team/studio.

Job Requirements

Who We’re Looking For

  • Bachelor's degree in Game Development, Business, Marketing or a related field
  • 4+ years experience as a Project Manager/Product Owner/Campaign/Operation Lead managing a game project, program or operation end-to-end.
  • Has solid understanding of the game development and publishing process, able to identify key milestones/risks and give relevant feedback on playtest results.
  • Program/Project Coordination: Strong at project management, timeline management and stakeholder management.
  • Milestone & Deliverable Tracking: Able to track milestones/deliverables and turn feedback into concrete reports/actions.
  • Multi-Stakeholder Management: Able to organize multiple stakeholders (studios, agencies/vendors, experts, internal teams) and handle ad-hoc issues as they arise.
  • Ownership Mindset: High ownership — takes full responsibility for programs and portfolio outcomes from planning through execution.
  • Communication & Consulting: Clear and confident communicator; strong at project coordination and consulting across multiple studios/teams.
  • Interest in Gaming: Having strong passion for Gaming with various experience with different types of game genres.

Application guideline

Please include the following documents

  • Your CV
  • Your Garena Application Form (please download the template here: https://shorturl.at/TTSvq , fill in and upload to the application link with your CV)