Head of Strategic Growth, APAC

Job Description

Head of Strategic Growth, APAC | Confidential Employer

The Tone:
This is a leadership role at Moloco, located in Seoul, South Korea. Moloco builds advanced AI advertising solutions, aiming to democratize access to AI that has typically been reserved for large tech companies. This role is crucial for leading Moloco’s Strategic Growth team in the APAC region, directly helping Moloco Commerce Media customers build, launch, and scale their commerce media businesses successfully. The position involves acting as a trusted strategic advisor to senior customer executives and shaping Moloco’s regional business.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Location: In-person, Seoul, South Korea

• Team: Strategic Growth team across APAC, reporting to the VP of Business Development, MCM. Primarily based in Seoul.
• Mission: To help Moloco Commerce Media customers build, launch, and scale successful commerce media businesses.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Team Leadership: Lead, coach, and develop a team of Strategic Growth Managers and Directors across APAC, setting clear priorities and fostering a culture of high ownership and continuous development.
• Customer Growth: Enable retailers and marketplaces to build scalable commerce media businesses while accelerating their advertising revenue growth.
• Strategic Advisory: Partner with customer executives to define commerce media strategies, business plans, operating models, and go-to-market priorities.
• Partnership Development: Develop enduring relationships with senior stakeholders across customer business and technology organizations, positioning Moloco as trusted advisors.
• Business Influence: Shape Moloco’s APAC MCM business by representing customer insights and market trends to influence product strategy, regional investments, and go-to-market execution.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Executive-level experience in strategy consulting, ad tech, retail, commerce media, or enterprise technology businesses.
• Experience: 12+ years of relevant experience, including leading high-performing customer-facing teams and delivering measurable commercial or operational outcomes.
• Skills: Strong commercial acumen, demonstrated success advising executive stakeholders, deep understanding of digital advertising or retail media, strong analytical rigor, proven ability to influence and collaborate across cross-functional teams, fluency in both Korean and English.
• Bonus: Experience working with ML- and AI-enabled products and communicating their value to business stakeholders.