Issue #5

Welcome to Issue #5. It's a somber week for tech - tech giants like Amazon, Stripe, and Lyft have announced layoffs and hiring freezes, which echoes the layoffs from APAC startups that happened in recent weeks.

Our thoughts are with the talented people who have been laid off during this period. We hope the right new opportunity comes your way soon 🤞🏽

If you know someone who's looking for a role, please send this newsletter to them, and we hope it helps in their job search. If you're hiring for senior positions, please fill out this form and we'll feature your role in the next edition.

We check the job post links the day we send out the newsletter to make sure they're active. However, if you're looking at this post in the archive, some of these job posts might be closed and the links might not be active.

EXPANSION / STRATEGY

• Head of Go-to-Market Sidekicker. Jobs platform for casual and temporary staffing, backed by the staffing firm SEEK. Role works closely with CEO and Head of Acquisition to develop and then optimise the GTM and enablement strategy for each vertical in the business. Total funding:$24M.📍Melbourne 🇦🇺

• Head of Growth & Partnerships Sugarbox Networks. Hyperlocal content delivery network and edge compute platform with $68M funding.📍Bangalore 🇮🇳

• Head of Sustainability Terrascope. A joint venture with BCG Digital Ventures and public agribusiness company Olam Group. Role is in-house thought leader on ESG topics and trends.📍Singapore 🇸🇬

MARKETING / COMMS

• VP, Community Engagement Athena. Founded in 2020 by founder of unicorn Thumbtack, Athena provides executive assistants as a service.📍Remote 🌏

• Director of Digital Strategy GitLab. Open-core company that operates GitLab, a DevOps software package that combines the ability to develop, secure, and operate software in a single application. Series E. Total funding: $268M. Backed by Goldman Sachs, ICONIQ Capital, and Alkeon Capital.📍Remote 🌏

• Regional VP, Branding Lazada. One of the largest e-commerce operators in SEA. Total funding: $5.5B. Majority owned by Alibaba.📍Singapore 🇸🇬

• CMO/VP, Marketing Propseller. Proptech startup that aims to use data to make real estate transactions more efficient. Raised 12M Series A led by Vertex Ventures.📍Singapore 🇸🇬

PRODUCT

• Product Management Director (Monetization) Envision Digital. AI-enhanced IOT solutions to help organizations manage the production of renewable energy and orchestrate efficient consumption across their operations to reduce overall carbon footprint and achieve net zero carbon emissions. Raised $210M Series A. Investors include Sequoia and GIC.📍Singapore 🇸🇬

• VP, Product Growth Palta. Global health & wellbeing tech company with $139M in funding. Products include Flo (AI-enabled female health app), Simple (leading intermittent fasting app), and Zing (personal fitness trainer).📍Remote 🌏

• Senior Manager, Digital Products Visa. Global digital payments provider. Role supports Risk, Data, Network, Money Movement and Crypto products. Listed NYSE: V.📍Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾

REVENUE / BD

• Director of Platform Sales, SEA Airwallex. Business banking and cross-border financial services. $800M Funding. Investors include Sequoia Capital China, Lone Pine Capital.📍Singapore 🇸🇬

• GM, Marketplace Canva. Graphic design platform that is used to create social media graphics, presentations, posters, documents and other visual content. Global leadership role leading 300+ team members across five groups, 22 teams, and spanning 20+ countries. Funding: $572M. Investors include AirTree Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Square Peg Capital.📍Sydney 🇦🇺

• Director of eCommerce Hello Health Group. Health & wellness information site localized for 9 markets across Asia. Founder is ex-Rocket Internet 📍Ho Chi Minh 🇻🇳

• VP Sales Karta Gift Cards. Gift card platform which aims to simplify the gift card experience by making it more accessible for merchants and consume. Total funding: $12.5M. Investors include Commonwealth Bank.📍Sydney 🇦🇺

• Global Deal Strategy Director MongoDB. A public cloud computing database company with the most popular NoSQL database. Listed NASDAQ:MDB. 📍Singapore, Remote 🇸🇬

• Technical CEO, Palta Brain Palta. Global health & wellbeing tech company with $139M in funding. Products include Flo (AI-enabled female health app), Simple (leading intermittent fasting app), and Zing (personal fitness trainer). 📍Remote 🌏

• Senior Director, Software Growth Razer. Razer designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, financial services, and gaming hardware. Raised $200M. Role drives global PC gaming strategy 📍Singapore 🇸🇬

• SVP, Charles River Development (CRD) Managing Director, APAC StateStreet. Large financial services company and bank with fintech arms. Role reports to the President/CEO of Charles River Development, responsible for APAC budgets and P&L 📍Singapore 🇸🇬

• ASEAN Regional Director, Sales Whatfix. SaaS based platform which provides in-app guidance and performance support for web applications and software products. Whatfix helps companies to create interactive walkthroughs that appear within web applications. Role will be responsible for ASEAN GTM and revenue. Series D. Total funding: $140M. Investors include Cisco Investments, Eight Roads Ventures, and Softbank's Vision Fund 📍Singapore 🇸🇬

• Head of Business Zenius. Edtech company founded in 2004, but has raised Series A and B rounds in past two years from firms like Openspace Ventures and Alpha JWC. Role has full P&L responsibility of Zenius's lifelong learning business 📍Jakarta 🇮🇩

STRATEGIC FINANCE

• Head of Finance Manatal. B2B SaaS for staffing and recruiting. Raised $5M in seed funding earlier this year. Investors include Sequoia Surge 📍Bangkok 🇹🇭

• CFO Palta. Global health & wellbeing tech company with $139M in funding. Products include Flo (AI-enabled female health app), Simple (leading intermittent fasting app), and Zing (personal fitness trainer).📍Remote 🌏

TALENT / ORG DEVELOPMENT

• Director, Learning & Development Nium. Global B2B payments platform. Role can be based in Singapore or Bangalore. Series D. Total funding: $285M. Investors include Visa, Temasek, and Global Founders Capital.📍Singapore 🇸🇬, Bangalore 🇮🇳

WEB3 ROLES

• Head of B2B Marketing Cake DeFi. Decentralised finance services provider and fast-growing fintech platform. Manages over $1B assets. Has also launched a $100 million venture capital fund to accelerate the growth of Web3, eSports, fintech, and gaming startups.📍Singapore 🇸🇬

• Sales Director, Australia Fireblocks. Enterprise-grade platform delivering a secure infrastructure for moving, storing, and issuing digital assets & cryptocurrencies. Raised $550M Series E in early 22. Investors include Sequoia Capital, Coatue, and DRW Venture capital.📍Australia 🇦🇺

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