Project Director - SEA

Role Purpose

The Project Director – Southeast Asia (SEA) is responsible for leading the planning, coordination, and successful execution of high-impact projects across the region, including strategic business expansion, acquisition integration, and operational transformation.

The ideal candidate brings strong leadership, regional expertise, and proven experience in managing multi-country initiatives and M&A activities.

This role requires excellent cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with organizational goals.

What you'll be doing in this role

Strategic Project Leadership

• Lead and manage strategic projects across SEA, including business expansion, new market entry, and operational transformation.
• Define and manage project scopes, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation in alignment with corporate and regional strategies.
• Develop clear project charters, KPIs, and execution roadmaps with measurable outcomes.

Acquisition & Integration Management

• Partner with corporate development and regional leadership to support M&A activities including due diligence, risk assessment, and synergy analysis.
• Lead the end-to-end project management of post-merger integrations, ensuring smooth transition across functions.
• Establish and implement  integration master plan, manage cultural alignment, and ensure business continuity during and after acquisitions.

Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Alignment

• Serve as the primary point of contact for project communications among executive sponsors, regional leaders, and key business functions.
• Collaborate closely with teams across Operations and Commercial to ensure cohesive execution.
• Manage customer, vendors, consultants, and government stakeholders where necessary.

Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Ensure that the assigned project activities comply with internal policies and local regulatory requirements.
• Identify and mitigate project risks and escalate critical issues to executive leadership as needed.
• Implement and maintain project governance structures, performance tracking tools, and reporting standards.

About you:

• Proven track record of success in sales, operations, and supply chain management with an industrial background
• Proven track record in leading a substantial P&L within a fast-paced environment.
• Proven track record in achieving aggressive sales targets. 
• Experience of Key/Strategic Account Management and proven track record in sales
• Strong leadership skills and coaching with experience in building, retaining and motivating a high-performance team 
• Demonstrate the ability to influence, challenge, negotiate, build credibility and work with integrity at all levels within the internal and external organisation 
• Understanding and experience of e-commerce solutions within a B2B environment 
• Understanding of procurement strategies within a business environment and able to articulate value solutions to support customer needs 
• A thorough understanding of the SEA business environment, broad industry knowledge, industry drivers and trends 
• Comfort with ambiguity, and in a dynamic and fast-moving work environment. 
• Ability to communicate complex processes, problems, and solutions in a simple, compelling an accurate manner. Think and lead strategically with a keen attention to detail. 
• Innovative and entrepreneurial approach and ability to develop efficient processes 
• Culturally sensitive and have strong emotional intelligence and able to work under pressure