Senior Automotive Project Manager

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About us

Originating from Vietnam, VinFast is committed to the vision of becoming a global smart EV brand. VinFast has laid the foundation for the electric car and motorbike industry in Vietnam while passionately promoting the worldwide EV revolution.

With its Customer-First philosophy, VinFast relentlessly innovates and converges intellectual fundamentals in creating best-in-class products with the most affordable prices and outstanding after-sales services. In addition, VinFast provides everybody with the opportunity to use smart EVs while contributing to the creation of a smart, green, and sustainable future.

SSI Institute is the main domain in Vehicle Development Division of VinFast, responsible of developping Smart Services including Connected Car Back-end, FOTA, SOTA, Remote Services, Virtual Assisstant,…, Infotainment and connectivity devices (Multimedia Head Unit, Telematic Box, XGateway), Cyber Security on the vehicle

During the Planning & Strategy stages:

• Generate the assigned smart services roadmap by week/month with dashboards to demonstrate improvement iterations - work closely with Planning (Working knowledge of Jira, TFS, Codebeamer required)
• Generate Release schedule commitment for the assigned devices (including app, if any) - own the live document
• Manage the interface to planning for new commercial contracts and third party features - generate a roadmap by customer value

• Drive the development team to fullfill targets of product maturity in term of hardware and software, quality metric according to development phases (A/B/C/D sample or EP/PTO/LS/SOP/STC/STD vehicle).
• Direct the consistent use of Feature burn ups, Bug burn downs, delivery velocity and defect density metrics (from TFS/JIRA)
• Generate the blocker tracker for all devices to provide a system view of maturity
• Work with the Hardware and in house Manufacturing teams to define deadlines, maturity gateways including
• 2nd and 3rd source components tracking. Track mechanical test and sign of status
• Collaborate with the UX team, Vehicle System Requirements team, and other relevant teams to manage the scheduling of UX/UI new content reviews, as well as the planning of related releases and baseline specifications.Ensure there is a clear metric and progression for Requirement completeness and test case linkages
• Provide concise reports for DV completions status
• Ensure that the project development plan is fully aligned with the certification roadmap, including regulatory requirements and other certifications such as Android Auto & Apple Carplay

During Software Integration

• Set up the process for delivering cross functional features - coordinate architecture reviews and drive implementation plans
• Expose the status for Cross functional feature delivery
• Create metrics for System test completion and status
• Manage the progression of Automated test coverage

• Chair and schedule the following on a continuous basis
• Smart services delivery completeness
• Software releasing project

• Drive the internal Quality metrics including internal crash reports, Uptime (device and cloud), stability and performance
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
• Monitoring legislative changes and lead the conducting of impact analysis
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks

• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors
• Coordinate internal resources (BE/FE/App/UXUI/QA) and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
• Negotiate deliverables, timelines, and quality standards with suppliers.
• Facilitate effective communication between technical teams, management, and external stakeholders

Financial & Resource Oversight

• Monitor and control project budgets, ensuring cost efficiency without compromising quality.
• Forecast resource requirements and adjust allocation based on project needs.
• Report regularly on budget usage, risks, and potential overruns.

Requirements

• Good working and implementation knowledge of “Agile/Scrum” and agile/scrum practices in a similar environment
• Demonstrated knowledge of metric creation in an agile/aspice environment to drive performance and delivery
• Demonstrated success of working with cross functional teams and diverse geographical locations
• Fluent spoken (and ideally written) English and Vietnamese for international communications and coordination of diverse skill teams
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated leadership behaviors
• Knowledge of IoT/EV products and services
• Demonstrated Business acumen with a good understanding of planning, strategy and implementation

 Optional qualification:

• Good knowledge of the inner workings of Vingroup to maximize the value of connectivity for the Enterprise
• Being able to generate the Smart services roadmap with dashboards to demonstrate improvement iterations
• Knowledge of network protocol (both operator and device side), network core platform, Telematics, eSIM

Benefits