Project Manager

  • Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam
  • Full-Time
  • On-Site

Job Description:

Address: District 1, HCM

Working mode: Hybrid

Time: Mon- Fri, 9am-6pm

Key Responsibilities

  1. Project Planning & Scheduling
    • Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and timelines in collaboration with the client and internal teams.
    • Develop and maintain a project plan for each client’s engagement, covering all phases from onboarding through go-live and post-deployment.
    • Assign tasks to Technical Implementation Specialists based on complexity, priority, and team capacity.
    • Monitor project progress against milestones and proactively adjust plans when risks or delays are identified.
    • Chair project kick-off meetings, progress reviews, and go-live readiness checks.

2. Scope Definition & Change Request (CR) Management

  • Define and document the agreed project scope for each client engagement.
  • Evaluate and assess requests for changes to scope, timeline, or deliverables raised by clients or internal teams.
  • Issue and manage Change Requests (CRs) in accordance with company processes, including effort estimation, client approval, and tracking.
  • Ensure that out-of-scope work is properly captured, quoted, and approved before execution.

3. Stakeholder Management & Client Engagement

  • Serve as the primary point of contact for clients on all strategic and contractual matters throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Conduct regular client meetings to communicate project status, manage expectations, and secure approvals.
  • Build and maintain strong client relationships to support long-term account health and satisfaction.
  • Facilitate advisory discussions with clients on Xilnex product best practices and integration strategy.
  • Obtain client sign-offs on key project milestones, scope changes, and final deliverables.

4. Resource & Team Coordination

  • Coordinate and direct the Technical Implementation Specialist team to ensure tasks are executed on time and to the required standard.
  • Liaise with the Implementation Team Leader on task allocation, capacity, and SLA adherence.
  • Coordinate with Engineering and Product teams on complex integration deliverables, bug fixes, and enhancement requests.
  • Coordinate with the Sales team on new project intake, handover from presales, and upsell opportunities.
  • Ensure the right resources — people, hardware, access, and documentation — are available for each project phase.

5. Risk & Issue Management

  • Identify, log, and actively manage project risks and issues throughout the engagement.
  • Escalate unresolved issues impacting delivery timelines, scope, or client relationships to the L3 PM or Team Leader with a clear summary and recommended action.
  • Develop and implement mitigation plans to minimize the impact of identified risks.
  • Monitor SLA adherence across the team and intervene when thresholds are at risk of being breached.

'6. Integration Governance 

  • Define the scope and requirements for standard third-party integrations in collaboration with the client and Engineering teams.
  • Coordinate UAT/SIT activities — aligning client, implementation, and engineering stakeholders.
  • Review and approve integration specifications and change requests before implementation begins.
  • Monitor integration delivery timelines and escalate delays or technical blockers to the relevant teams.

7. Project Tracker & Reporting Governance

  • Oversee the project tracker to ensure all tasks, statuses, outcomes, and follow-up actions are recorded accurately and consistently by the team.
  • Generate and present project status reports to clients and senior management, covering progress, risks, issues, and upcoming milestones.
  • Conduct post-implementation reviews to capture lessons learned, project outcomes, and recommendations for continuous improvement.
  • Relay structured client feedback received from the implementation team to the Product team for product improvement.

8. Documentation & Handover

  • Ensure project documentation — including scope documents, meeting minutes, sign-off records, and post-deployment handover notes — is produced, maintained, and filed throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Oversee knowledge transfer from the project team to the client and to the support/account management team at project close.
  • Ensure a clean handover from project delivery to ongoing support, with all relevant documentation and outstanding items captured.

9. Mentoring

  • Guide and support L1 Project Coordinators assigned to their projects.
  • Review L1 tracker entries, meeting notes, and client communications before distribution.
  • Provide constructive feedback to develop L1 capabilities over time.

Requirements

  • Diploma or Degree in Information Technology, Business, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • 2-4 years POS/IT project management experience
  • Proven experience managing client-facing technology implementation projects, preferably in POS, retail, F&B.
  • Familiarity with Xilnex Products or equivalent POS/retail platforms is an advantage.
  • Experience coordinating third-party integrations at a governance level.
  • Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent) is an advantage.
  • Consultative, structured approach — you qualify hard, create urgency, and close on your terms
  • Travel as required for client governance meetings, project kick-offs, and milestone reviews (within Vietnam; occasional outstation and overseas).
  • Availability to support critical go-live events and escalations, including evenings or weekends.
  • Able to manage multiple concurrent client projects in a fast-paced delivery environment.

Benefits

  • Full social insurance contribution in accordance with Vietnamese Labor Law.
  • Competitive bonus and healthcare benefits package.
  • Opportunity to join Xilnex's pioneer team in Vietnam.
  • Regional exposure with Malaysia HQ.