Strategy & Operations Lead — SEA & ANZ
OpenAI· Business Operations
Hybrid (Singapore)Full-timePosted 5d ago
About the role
Strategy & Operations Lead to scale operational excellence across South East Asia & ANZ, with a focus on translating global strategy into regional execution, building scalable operating systems, and driving performance across markets and functions.
Responsibilities
- Defining and implementing the South East Asia & ANZ operating strategy in alignment with APAC & global objectives and regional priorities.
- Driving execution across key markets, ensuring consistency while adapting to local needs, regulations, and market dynamics.
- Partnering with global leadership to prioritize initiatives, allocate resources, and ensure strong execution in-region.
- Establishing KPIs, reporting frameworks, and operating cadences to track performance and inform decision-making.
- Building and optimizing scalable processes across business lines, including consumer, product, partnerships, and other key functions.
- Identifying operational gaps and inefficiencies, and implementing continuous improvement initiatives.
- Supporting market entry strategies and operational readiness for South East Asia & ANZ
- Enabling strategic partnerships through strong operational frameworks and close partnership with relevant teams.
- Helping build a strong regional functional leadership team and ensuring the regional operating system runs smoothly and efficiently.
- Collaborating closely across functions to drive accountability and deliver against regional goals.
- Ensuring seamless coordination between global and regional stakeholders.
- Acting as a central point of accountability for operational delivery across South East Asia & ANZ.
- Building, leading, and mentoring a high-performing regional operations team.
- Fostering a culture of accountability, inclusion, operational rigor, and continuous learning.
- Developing leadership bench strength across key markets and functions.
Qualifications
- Significant experience leading regional or international operations in a fast-scaling, complex business environment.
- Strong strategic and operational judgment, with the ability to translate high-level goals into clear execution plans.
- Experience operating across multiple markets, functions, and business lines, ideally within South East Asia & ANZ.
- A track record of building scalable operating systems, processes, metrics, and reporting frameworks.
- Strong cross-functional leadership skills and the ability to influence senior stakeholders across global and regional teams.
- Excellent business judgment, with a bias toward action and strong accountability for outcomes.
- Experience supporting market expansion, operational readiness, and/or regional growth initiatives.
- Strong people leadership skills, including experience building and developing high-performing teams.
- Comfort operating in ambiguity and creating structure in fast-moving environments.
- High integrity, low ego, and a collaborative leadership style.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to bring clarity to complex topics.
Skills
Required:Strategy developmentOperational leadership
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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