The Country IT Manager leads the local IT team in Vietnam, ensuring smooth operations and service delivery. This role includes aligning IT strategy with business goals, managing projects, budgets, and security standards.
Responsibilities:
1. Leadership & Team Management:
- Lead and manage the local IT team, ensuring high-performance service delivery and operational excellence.
- Supervise day-to-day IT operations and ensure continuous professional development of team members.
- Establish proactive communication with the business and other
IT teams to foster a collaborative environment.
2. Strategic IT Management:
- Develop and drive the local IT strategy, ensuring alignment with both local management strategies and global IT expectations.
- Act as a key IT advisor to the local business leadership, contributing to business strategy discussions and identifying technology-driven growth opportunities.
3. Global & Regional Project Implementation:
- Lead, collaborate on, or implement regional and global IT projects in Vietnam, ensuring they align with company’s overall IT goals.
- Ensure the successful execution of digital transformation initiatives (e.g., Citizen Development, AI/ML, and data-driven organizational models).
4. Security, Governance, and Compliance:
- Collaborate with global security teams to maintain awareness and monitor security risks, implementing measures to mitigate potential threats.
- Ensure full compliance with both internal company policies
and external industrial standards, including ISO, SOX, TISAX, ITGC, JAMA/JAPIA.
- Implement and maintain IT governance frameworks, ensuring proper documentation and audit readiness.
5. Budgeting & Resource Management:
- Manage the IT budget for Company Vietnam, ensuring cost efficiency while delivering high-value IT services.
- Monitor spending to align with corporate financial goals and IT
strategy.
6. Business Alignment & Service Delivery:
- Maintain strong relationships with local management, ensuring
IT solutions align with and support business objectives.
- Actively participate in business strategy development and work as "One Team" with the broader IT function to deliver integrated solutions.
7. Additional Responsibilities:
- Execute any other duties assigned by the ASEAN IT Manager.
- Be a strong advocate for regional/global security awareness and standards implementation.