Overview:
AEG is the world's leading sports and live entertainment company. For more than 20 years, AEG has played a pivotal role in transforming the live entertainment industry. Through our global network of venues, powerful sports franchises, music brands, integrated entertainment districts, ticketing platforms and global sponsorship activations, we deliver innovative experiences that give the world reason to cheer. We are currently looking to hire a Strategy & Planning Director for APAC within AEG International to support the development and expansion of our business.
The Strategy & Planning Director, APAC plays a central role in shaping AEG International's regional strategy and investment priorities. This role goes beyond high‑quality analysis to provide insight, judgement, and clear recommendations that help leadership make informed decisions. Working closely with regional and global stakeholders, the role identifies risks and opportunities early, supports investment decisions across the APAC portfolio, and helps ensure AEG's growth initiatives are commercially sound, strategically aligned, and scalable across diverse markets.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Act as a strategic partner to APAC and AEG International leadership, helping shape regional strategy, frame key choices, and provide clear, actionable recommendations
- Support the prioritisation of investment decisions across APAC by evaluating and comparing projects and markets, applying consistent decision criteria, and helping leadership understand trade‑offs and risk.
- Lead financial and strategic analysis for new and existing initiatives, including business planning, forecasting, ROI, NPV, payback, and sensitivity analysis, with a focus on decision‑making.
- Support the development and performance management of existing joint ventures (including Japan and Bangkok), working with local teams to analyse results, develop KPIs, and assess what's working, what isn't, and why.
- Contribute to transactions and new projects beyond modelling, including input into commercial and deal structuring, JV economics, risk and incentive alignment, and scenario analysis to support negotiations with partners and stakeholders.
- Support the evaluation and development of the APAC project pipeline by identifying, assessing, and helping structure new opportunities across venues, entertainment districts, and related businesses.
- Incorporate regulatory, policy, and government considerations into project and market assessments, recognising the importance of public‑sector engagement and market‑specific risk across APAC.
- Maintain a portfolio‑level view of performance across APAC, identifying trends, emerging risks, and opportunities, and supporting strategic or operational course‑corrections where needed.
- Develop and refine shared tools, frameworks, and best practices that support consistency, scalability, and knowledge sharing across markets and with AEG International, drawing upon AEG's best practice elsewhere where relevant
- Coordinate with internal global AEG teams (strategy, finance, legal, development) and external advisors to support due diligence, market research, and project execution.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with joint‑venture partners and key external stakeholders across the region.
- Support the preparation of materials for senior management and Board discussions, distilling complex analysis into clear messages and recommendations.
- Operate effectively across multiple concurrent priorities, using judgement to focus effort where it adds the most value, and adapt quickly as priorities evolve.
- Undertake other strategic and analytical projects as required and travel across the region when needed.
