Chief Executive Officer
A growing regional B2B technology company is looking for a Chief Executive Officer to lead its next stage of growth across Southeast Asia.
Based in Singapore and reporting to the Founder and Board, this person will have full responsibility for company performance, regional expansion and organizational development.
A key priority will be professionalizing the business and building an executive team that can operate effectively with less reliance on the founder.
Responsibilities
- Own the company's P&L, financial performance and long-term business strategy.
- Deliver sustainable revenue, profitability and market growth across Asia.
- Lead, develop and hold the executive leadership team accountable for business results.
- Strengthen the company's presence in existing markets while driving further regional expansion.
- Build scalable operating models, management systems and performance measures across countries.
- Improve productivity and execution through process improvement, automation and AI adoption.
- Ensure the company's products and services continue meeting customer and market needs.
- Improve customer retention, service quality, operational reliability and issue resolution.
- Develop stronger leaders, succession plans and internal talent pipelines.
- Maintain appropriate governance, regulatory compliance, risk management and internal controls.
- Build relationships with major customers, commercial partners, government bodies and investors.
- Work closely with the Founder and Board on major investments, partnerships and strategic opportunities.
Requirements
- At least 12+ years of leadership experience.
- At least 8 years leading a technology, SaaS, financial technology or enterprise-software startup/scale-up business.
- Experience managing an organization with more than 300 employees across multiple countries.
- Proven responsibility for P&L, revenue growth, profitability and business performance.
- Experience leading and developing a senior executive team.
- Strong understanding of SaaS or recurring-revenue business models.
- Proven experience scaling a regional business across Asia.
- Strong commercial, financial, operational and organizational leadership capabilities.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Finance or a related discipline.
- Experience in commerce technology, payments, retail technology, B2B SaaS or enterprise software would be preferred.
- Experience growing a business in Indonesia or managing channel and distribution partnerships would be advantageous.
- An MBA would be beneficial.
