Pioneering Enterprise Portfolio Manager

Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree (Master's degree preferred) in Economics, Business Administration, Finance, Marketing, or related field with a minimum eight years of full-time professional experience.
• Minimum 5 years experience working on private sector development, particularly one of these areas including founding, capacity building, managing, consulting, investing in SGBs or PEs.
• Minimum 3-year experience in designing and managing capacity building and technical assistance programs with demonstrated growth results for SGBs or PEs.
• Experience in supporting enterprises to develop a Vietnamese brand or bringing Vietnamese products to regional and international markets is a plus, particularly those in the Vietnam's top listing businesses.
• Minimum 2 year proven experience in effective strategic business planning and direction setting, with strong conceptual and analytical skills.
• Practical understanding of social inclusion, gender equity, and women's economic empowerment is a plus.
• Demonstrated high level organizational and time management skills, including the ability to manage workflow and balance competing priorities to ensure deadlines are met.
• Excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills to effectively represent IPSC to all stakeholders, and to be effective in a collaborative team environment.
• Strong ability to give attention to details while maintaining focus on the big picture.
• Highly motivated individual with profound ability to organize functions, work independently when necessary, and solve problems.
• Flexibility, adaptability, and initiative. Candidate needs to be resourceful and a team player who enjoys a high-performance culture.
• Vietnamese nationality and willingness to travel.
• Fluency in spoken and written English and Vietnamese and proficiency in reporting and presenting.
Reporting Requirements
This position will report to the PE Director. Competitive salary and benefits.
Place, Period of Performance and Level of Effort
Level of effort: Full time
Expected start date: April 2023
End date: December 2025
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam with travel to other provinces as required
Submission and Deadline:
• Interested candidates are invited to submit their CV with the Cover Letter in English. Please state "Application for PE Portfolio Manager" in the subject line.
• Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Deadline for applications is 08 March 2023 by 5pm Hanoi time.
USAID Improving Private Sector Competitiveness Key Concepts and Definitions
• Small and Growing Business (SGB): An organization/economic unit of Vietnam, including enterprises, under the provisions of the Law on Enterprises, cooperatives operating under the provisions of the Law on Cooperatives, and business households registered in accordance with Vietnamese law, which employs no more than 500 full-time employees, has growth potential but lacks the resources of knowledge, finance, human resources, and technology to realize its goals and growth potential.
• Pioneering SGBs or Pioneering Enterprises (PEs): A growing Vietnamese enterprise with Vietnamese-branded products, good competitiveness, the ability to lead and expand in the industry, sector, and locality, good management capacity and willingness to innovate and produce products with high added value, with the vision/objective to build a Vietnamese brand in the international market.
• Business Development Service Provider (BDSP): Agencies, organizations and enterprises in both the public and private sector with functions, duties/business lines providing non-financial services to support enterprises to improve operational efficiency and business development.
• Business Support Organization (BSO): An organization with the function and mission to connect and support business development, often including business associations/clubs, industries, etc.