Head of Strategy (Prior experience in top tier consulting firm)

Kuala Lumpur Permanent RM36,000 - RM800,000 per year
  • Salary and level negotiable depending on experience
  • Potential to assume regional C-suite role

About Our Client

Our client is a household brand of trust with a strong established presence in the financial, conventional and digital economy. Listed in global stock exchange, they are also well known as an employer providing progressive employment opportunities within their diversified businesses in the Essential Services Sector plus digital businesses. With a strong executive management/leadership team, industry-respected independent board members, consistent profitability backed by their brick and mortar businesses with extensive global and regional presence, they are now looking for a team of experts to build both the digital bank/digital insurance business

Job Description

  • Assuming the role of Head of Strategy and deputising the CEO in advising the leadership team, board and founders on future strategy and directions
  • Contribute digital/technology transformation knowledge and expertise on a large corporate scale as the main advisor and strategist of digital financial services for the entire group
  • In collaboration with a team of experienced C-Suite from different business lines within the consortium/conglomerate in laying strong business commercial and governance framework for future growth and scaleability of the digital banking/digital insurance businesses
  • Identify synergies across the conglomerate/consortium, at group-level to bridge the various profitable and consistently well performing businesses/revenue streams of all the diversified business lines
  • Leveraging on the resources and other expertise of the entire consortium for success of the digital banking/digital insurance business
  • Stakeholder management (internal and external) including regulatory relationship management and business partnering with other division heads to advise on digital/tech transformation strategy and implementation
  • Project management in ensuring overall success strategic initiatives including potentially assuming executive leadership position within the company

The Successful Applicant

  • Demonstrated track record in top tier strategic consultancy firms is COMPULSORY
  • Professionals with experience within top tier consultancy firms plus internal corporate strategy/leadership experience are strongly encouraged to apply.
  • Insurance, Insuretech, Banking, Deposit taking, Payments, Lending, Transactions, Financing or Fintech experience is an ADDED ADVANTAGE
  • Prior involvement (whether directly or indirectly - including driving digital/technology transformation initiatives) aimed at balancing scaleability, business growth and operational excellence
  • Excellent track record in ensuring success of large scale growth, scaling up and transformation projects

What's on Offer

  • Salary and level negotiable depending on level of experience
  • Potential to assume regional C-suite role
Contact
Elaine Kong
Quote job ref
JN-122022-5884216

Job summary

Function
Digital
Subsector
Digital Subsector
Industry
Financial Services
Location
Kuala Lumpur
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Elaine Kong
Job reference
JN-122022-5884216

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