Head of Execution

About the Role
You will turn company priorities into clear plans and make sure they get done. You will run day-to-day operations and stay hands-on with code and cloud work when the team needs it. You will report to the CEO and CTO and own delivery from planning to follow-through.

What You Will Own

• Weekly and monthly execution plans across engineering, ML and business teams

• Task boards, standups and progress tracking, with blockers flagged early

• Hands-on coding for internal tools, fixes and integrations

• Cloud and tooling cost tracking and optimisation

• Pilot and customer delivery with technical and commercial teams

• Vendor, provider and subscription management, including billing, ownership and renewals

• Compliance and data governance processes (PDPA, data requests, breach response, provider data retention)

• Grants, credit programs and partner programs (AWS, Google Cloud, Singapore schemes)

• Hiring and onboarding, from job posts to screening to offers

• Investor, partner and customer materials such as data rooms, decks and pricing sheets

• Internal documentation, SOPs and company records

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years in operations, program management or technical program roles, ideally at a tech startup

• Hands-on coding experience in a modern language

• Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure and CI/CD (AWS preferred)

• Comfortable with Git, code reviews and reading production logs

• Experience working with engineers and non-technical teams

• Strong written English, clear communication and structured thinking

• Comfortable with ambiguity, changing priorities and no existing playbook

• Able to manage many threads at once and close each one

Strong Plus

• AI, SaaS or API product experience

• Experience managing cloud costs

• Experience with PDPA, GDPR or similar compliance

• Grant or startup program applications (EDG, Startup SG, AWS Activate)

• Experience in Southeast Asian markets or multilingual teams

• Hiring and recruiting experience

Who Will Thrive Here

• You take ownership without being asked

• You are happy to switch between planning and getting your hands dirty

• You write things down and keep records clean

• You stay calm when production breaks

• You follow up until it’s done

This Role Is Wrong For You If

• You need detailed instructions every day

• You prefer a narrow, fixed scope

• You want a purely managerial role with no hands-on work

• You are uncomfortable with fast changes and pivots

What You’ll Get

• Direct work with the CEO and CTO

• Full ownership of how the company operates

• Meaningful equity in an early-stage company

• Remote-first work with a team across Southeast Asia

• This is an equity-only role. No salary is provided at this stage.

About VALSEA
VALSEA is speech intelligence infrastructure for Southeast Asia, built for the accents, dialects and code-switching that other AI tools miss.