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Your New Job Title: Mandarin speaking Project Manager - Investment (with sponsorship)

The Skills You'll Need: project management, portfolios management, private equity, VC

Your New Salary: up to £70k+bonus

Office based

Perm

Start: ASAP

To be successful in this role our client has said it is essential that candidates:

• are fluent in Mandarin
• have investment project management/portfolio management experience
• have investment experience in high tech industry
• are familiar with EMEA market

If that means this job isn’t a match for you please view our other vacancies for one that may be a better fit.

What You'll be Doing:

• Perform and assist in detailed analysis of portfolio projects. Major industries: Emerging technologies which include, ICT sector, gametech, Web 3.0-related, blockchain, AI and etc.
• Work on the initiation and product building of several projects in the emerging markets and EMEA market.
• Conduct research on relevant policies, market and industry trends, and competitive landscapes for product strategy, provide competitive research and insights, and drive our competitive strategy.
• Planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting on activities across multiple locations to deliver key project performance indicators efficiently.
• Work closely with adjacent functional groups such as Engineers, Product Management, Legal, Finance, and Operation.
• Monitor the progress of the portfolio companies’ performance and development, maintain relationships with project teams and conduct in-depth reviews of post-investment projects.
• Lead half-yearly and annual planning (strategic, financial, people), which includes partnering with cross functional teams to determine corresponding goals and targets in an integrated and cohesive manner.
• Maintain a lean, effective management cadence for accountability and decision making, allowing the team to remain nimble and dynamic while setting up the business to meet and exceed plans. Partner closely with Finance and Analytics teams for P&L and KPI oversight, promptly calling out opportunity and risk areas to business leaders for decision making.
• Partner with our Data Analytics teams to build a deep understanding of our business and generate strategic insights and action plans that drive growth in both the core business as well as new verticals. Develop regular reporting to senior management at a company top level.
• Implement project supervision and compliance, immediately prompt risk warnings and propose solutions.
• Have strong interpersonal skills, a 'can-do’ philosophy and be a collaborative member of the operations team.
• Work with co-investors/specialists to develop proposals for new and existing investments.
• Prepare documents for management committee meetings, and secure exits for portfolio

The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:

• University degree or above, graduated from accounting, strategy, economics, finance, law, science and engineering, IT, product, and other related departments.
• Ideally have at least 2 years of experience (junior role) or at least 5 years of experience (midsenior role) in project management, product strategy or projects, finance, strategy, consulting, investment banking, leading within multi-disciplinary and diverse groups in a tech or highly regulated industry.
• Strong professional skills in research, due diligence, numerate and analytical. Prior experience in reading legal documents is desirable but not mandatory.
• Strong commercial and operational acumen as well as critical problem-solving skills, with independence and objective through process.
• Strong communication skills (both English and Chinese), prior experience in writing and preparing presentation papers, good in MS Excel and MS Powerpoint, and experience in presenting to internal senior management team and external parties.
• Prior experience working with various disciplines, experience, cultures, and strong interpersonal skills and to harmonise with peers, senior management, project players, and customers. Ability to build strong cross functional relationships and to engage with internal stakeholders of various levels.
• Possess leadership skills and able to lead a project and a team.
• Cooperate with irregular overseas business trips.
• A self-starter and entrepreneurial attitude with a willingness to commit to delivering the required results. A good team player.

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