[HCM, Investment VN] Program & Portfolio Lead

Ho Chi Minh City Strategy Experienced (Individual Contributor)

QUEST AVAILABLE 

You'll be the subject-matter voice studios turn to — assessing what's working, what's not, and advising exactly what it takes to level up. 

 

YOUR MISSION 

You own the full lifecycle of Garena's game incubation and portfolio work — scouting and selecting promising early-stage teams, building the program that gets them ready, and staying close to their progress long after they've joined. When a studio in the portfolio needs a playtest organized, a vendor coordinated, or a hard call made on whether they're on track, that's you.

Job Description

YOUR QUEST 

Game Studio Portfolio Assessment & Follow-on Support

  • Stay close to each project from a subject-matter perspective, helping assess its potential and promise.
  • Organize playtests, review results, collect feedback, and turn it into concrete recommendations and actions for teams.
  • Track outcomes after playtests and reviews to make sure teams are improving in the right direction.

Program Operations (Incubation End-to-End)

  • Own and run the Incubation Program end-to-end — build the scorecard, organize team selection, run interviews and pitching sessions, and decide which teams 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.

Coordination & Cross-functional Resourcing

  • Coordinate agencies, vendors, external experts, and internal resources (legal, tax, and other supporting teams) on behalf of the portfolio.
  • Support studios and teams operationally post-investment, especially on process and execution.
  • Work within existing frameworks while adapting the approach to fit each team or studio.
Job Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Game Development, Business, Marketing, or a related field.
  • 4+ years managing a game project, program, or operation end-to-end as a Project Manager, Product Owner, Campaign Lead, or Operations Lead.
  • Solid understanding of the game development and publishing process — you can spot key milestones and risks, and give sharp feedback on playtest results.
  • Strong at project coordination, timeline management, and stakeholder management, with the ability to turn feedback into concrete reports and actions.
  • High ownership — you take full responsibility for program and portfolio outcomes from planning through execution, stay comfortable in ambiguity, and communicate clearly across multiple studios and teams.
  • What sets you apart:
  • Strong studio- or founder-facing communication and relationship-building skills.
  • Experience working directly with founders or game teams at an early stage.

 

READY TO PLAY? Drop your application. Show us what you've got!

  • Your CV
  • Your Garena Application Form: https://applicationform.careers.garena.vn (please fill in, download the pdf and upload it with your CV)

 

WHY JOIN THIS QUEST

  • Real stakes, real impact — the teams you select and shape could become the next big game studio in Vietnam. Your calls on who gets in, and how they're supported, matter.
  • Level up fast — real work from day one. Sharp team, steep learning curve, and nobody's here to babysit you.
  • Solid loot — good pay, a fun office, and you get to tell people you work in gaming.