Director, Strategic Projects APAC

Overview

The Director, Strategic Projects, APAC serves as a strategic partner to the SVP & General Manager, APAC and is responsible for leading high-impact initiatives that support the region's growth, transformation, and long-term strategic priorities. This includes business buy-back initiatives, market expansion opportunities, and other strategic priorities sponsored by the APAC leadership team.

Acting as an extension of the GM's office, this role partners closely with country GMs, regional functional leaders, and key global stakeholders to align priorities, accelerate decision-making, and drive execution across APAC.

The ideal candidate combines strong strategic and analytical thinking with a hands-on execution mindset. They are equally comfortable developing recommendations for senior leadership, influencing diverse stakeholders, and leading complex cross-functional initiatives that deliver measurable business impact.

What You'll Do

• Support evaluation and execution of strategic opportunities including business buy-backs, new partnerships, distributor transitions, and market expansion initiatives.
• Drive execution through influence across a complex matrix organization and monitor progress of strategic priorities and key business initiatives.
• Develop dashboards, reporting mechanisms, and governance processes to provide visibility on execution.
• Support regional business planning and strategic priority setting.
• Serve as a trusted thought partner to the APAC GM, bringing enterprise perspective, structured thinking, and challenge to key business decisions.
• Facilitate alignment across regional leadership teams on key initiatives and decisions.
• Coordinate strategic discussions, executive reviews, and leadership offsites ensuring focus on the highest-impact business issues and decisions.
• Ensure follow-through and accountability on key actions and organizational priorities.
• Identify opportunities to improve organizational effectiveness, simplify processes, and enhance decision-making.
• Champion continuous improvement and transformation across functions and markets, embedding scalable solutions and stronger operating disciplines across APAC.

What You'll Bring to the Table

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Science, Strategy, or a related discipline.
• 10–15 years of progressive experience in strategy, management consulting, corporate development, business transformation, commercial leadership, or strategic project management.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives with enterprise-wide impact.
• Experience supporting senior executives and partnering with leadership teams on strategic priorities and business planning.
• Exceptional project and change management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Proven track record of driving disciplined follow-through and delivers results through complexity and ambiguity.
• Strong executive presence and ability to engage credibly with senior leadership.
• Experience evaluating and executing strategic growth initiatives, including distributor transitions, partnerships, business buy-backs or market expansion initiatives preferred.
• Experience operating successfully in a regional or global matrix organization.
• Consumer, retail, wholesale, eCommerce, or branded product industry experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of the Asia market.