Sr. Product Design Manager
14 YOE across UX, Business & Education

Hi, I'm An.
My name’s pronounced like the en in entrepreneur.
Not the an in anti-hero ; )

1. Core values

Everything I've done brought me here and I'm excited for where it leads.

1. Design craft + business + and people. I connect the whole room.

I bring a rare combination of design craft, entrepreneurship, and people leadership, allowing me to mediate between stakeholders and align them around shared goals, even with differing perspectives.

2. A deep believer in uplifting humans.
I help people grow into their fullest.

I believe human connection drives every successful launch. That's why investing in people is at the core of my work, growing designers into strong teams and bridging business needs with human reality.

3. Focused on impact.
More outcome, less resource.

I elevate teams through education, building clarity on WHAT's worth doing, WHY it matters, and HOW to execute it well, from that we can advocate for impactful UX decisions without burning resources.

2. Achievements in numbers

People love metrics, so I counted carefully. Allow me to brag, proudly.

7 yrs

leading / mngt roles
(consulting and in-house)

1K+

professionals
trained and collaborated with

13

Senior stakeholders
(C-level and Director) as primary contact

But you know what real success looks like for me?
A career of my own making, giving me the energy and resources to pursue what truly matters.

20+ books read each year. For curiosity
200+ dogs and cats I rescued and fed. For love
1K+ sqm of land owned and tended. For roots
So grateful for this privilege.

Selected moments across my career with colleagues, mentors, and students.

3. Career timeline

My career is non-linear, and it always will be.

I've built it around my own compound of skills, intelligence and creativity, to become the person I want to be, rather than chasing any fixed titles.

2012 - 2018.
UX Designer, Product Manager, Product Design Manager.

Worked full-time and on contract across B2B and B2C, reporting to directors and C-level leaders at organizations including Ringier Vietnam, Cau Dat Farm (Seedcom), Ajinomoto Vietnam, and Little Spoon (US).

2019 - 2025.
Founder and UX/Product Design Manager, Staylab.

Served Domino's Pizza Vietnam, Generali, MoMo, and start-ups (collectively raised $11M+ in funding). Trained 1,000+ people, including teams at Viettel High Tech, Bosch (RBVH), DevC from Facebook.

2026 and beyond.
Career transition, up for new challenges.
Open to relocating.

Titles matter less as AI reshapes every role. I'm focused on the right fit: the responsibility and the problems.

4. What I'm looking for next

Three things matter to me in the next role:

1. Leverage my compound skills in UX x Business x Education:
I do my best in roles that let me use all three together.

2. A company that values diversity:
I love diversity in culture, thought, and belief. I'm also neurodivergent, and that shapes how I think, work, and lead. I'm happy to go into what that means in practice during an interview.

3. Eager to expand my capacity:
I'd like the next chapter to take me into mass-scale B2C product, deeper work on human needs and behaviour (especially shaping human connections), and I'd love the challenge of monetisation metrics as a real constraint.