Description
This role partners closely with regional and global leadership teams to manage cross-functional projects, enforce accountability and execution discipline across stakeholders, and establish rigorous tracking and governance.
You will lead and deliver strategic initiatives across the Asia-Pacific region, ensuring commercial alignment with business objectives and driving successful execution of key transformation, growth, and operational improvement programmes.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Planning & Execution
- Partner with APAC leadership to translate strategic priorities into actionable programmes and execution plans.
- Drive delivery of regional strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives.
- Develop business cases, project roadmaps, milestones, and success measures for strategic programmes.
- Identify opportunities to improve operational effectiveness, scalability, and business performance.
- Lead complex, cross-functional programmes from initiation through implementation and post-delivery review.
- Establish programme governance frameworks, reporting mechanisms, and risk management processes.
- Monitor programme progress, dependencies, risks, budgets, and resource allocation.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and achieve intended business outcomes.
Stakeholder Management
- Act as a trusted advisor to APAC senior leadership and key business stakeholders.
- Facilitate alignment across departments and geographies to drive execution excellence.
- Prepare executive-level presentations, updates, and recommendations for leadership forums.
- Manage communication plans and stakeholder engagement activities throughout programme lifecycles.
Performance & Operational Excellence
- Establish and track KPIs to measure programme performance and strategic impact.
- Analyse business performance data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives across processes, workflows, and governance structures.
- Implement best practices in programme management and execution disciplines.
- Support the Sales SVP with sales leadership, strategic initiatives, leadership meetings, all-hands, offsites, and customer health discussions.
Change Management
- Support organisational transformation initiatives and business change programmes.
- Develop change management plans, communication strategies, and adoption frameworks.
- Ensure stakeholders effectively transition to new processes, systems, or operating models.
Team Leadership (if applicable)
- Lead and mentor programme managers, project managers, or analysts.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Support capability building within the programme and execution function.
Key Relationships Internal
- APAC Leadership Team
- Regional Business Leaders
- Commercial, Product, Operations, Technology, Finance, HR, and Marketing teams
- Corporate Strategy and Transformation teams
External
- Strategic partners and vendors
- Consulting firms
- Industry stakeholders as required
Qualifications & Experience Essential
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Strategy, Management, Economics, Engineering, or related field.
- 8–12+ years of experience in strategy, programme management, business transformation, marketing, commercial, consulting, or operational leadership.
- Demonstrated experience leading regional or global strategic initiatives.
- Strong programme and project management expertise.
- Experience influencing senior stakeholders across multiple functions and geographies.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft 365, CRM, project management, BI/dashboarding and AI productivity tools, with the ability to turn data, updates and complex initiatives into clear executive reporting and actionable insights.
- Advanced spoken and written English proficiency is essential, with Mandarin proficiency highly desirable to support engagement across APAC markets.
Preferred
- MBA or advanced business qualification.
- PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Lean, or equivalent certification.
- Experience working within a matrixed global organisation.
Skills & Competencies
- Strategic thinking and business acumen
- Programme and portfolio management
- Executive stakeholder management
- Financial and commercial understanding
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Change management and organisational effectiveness
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Risk management and decision-making
- Cross-cultural and cross-border collaboration
- Influencing without direct authority
- Excellent executive communication skills, with the ability to write clearly, present confidently and influence senior stakeholders across cultures.
Success Measures
- Successful delivery of APAC strategic initiatives.
- Achievement of programme milestones, budget, and timeline objectives.
- Improved operational efficiency and business performance.
- Strong stakeholder satisfaction and executive engagement.
- Effective governance, risk mitigation, and reporting practices.
- Measurable contribution to regional growth and strategic priorities.
What’s in it for you
- Work within a highly motivated team at an industry-leading and rapidly growing global company.
- Competitive salary and company commission scheme.
- A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork.
- Excellent location at Raffles Place in central Singapore – close to public transport and amenities.
- Hybrid working model available upon completion of probation.
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical (GP and specialist), dental and hospitalisation.
- 20 vacation days your first year, up to a maximum of 25 days.
- Extensive internal and external training.
- Employee Welfare & Employee Assistance Programme.