Vice President, Strategic Planning and Business Development

  • Full-time

Company Description

WORQ is a flexible-office and community company, with products in coworking spaces, community app, enterprise solutions and looking to grow its offerings to better service and innovate the real estate market. As an innovation firm in this industry, WORQ is a venture capital-backed startup invested by Cradle, 500 Start-Ups, Phillip Capital, Space Matrix ( a sister company of Jungle Ventures ), as well as private investors from Goldman Sachs and Temasek. Winning 5 awards including, Voted the Best Coworking Space of Malaysia by the Malaysia Rice Bowl Startup Awards in 2017, Coworker Member’s Choice Award winner in 2018, Outstanding Incubator / Coworking Space Winner in 2018, Coworker Member’s Choice Award winner for Kuala Lumpur category in 2019 and Coworker Member’s Choice Awards winner with 100,000 sqft of space and growing, housing over 281 companies, we have been able to fuel collaboration on a scale never seen before in Malaysian entrepreneurship history. 

WORQ’s fast growth in a sustainable manner has garnered the continued support and investment from the VC world including its latest third round of financing completed amidst COVID-19 with backing from seven follow-on investors, signifying investor confidence in its potential. Its sustainability and risk management is bar none and endorsed by six of the major banks in Malaysia extending loan offers to WORQ, passing the stringent risk test of traditional banks. With a strong base, WORQ is poised to capitalize on the fast-growing flexible office market to reach its vision of making people prosper by working together. It's a massive dream, and we're working passionately to fulfill it. We can't do it alone though - this is where you come in.

Job Description

Job Description:

  • To strategize and implement strategic best practices to help the growth of the Company.
  • To manage and support strategic planning for segments and products
  • To implement and oversee new product launches, special projects and business development through developing and maintaining relationship with key customers and partners for the purpose of revenue generation
  • To manage various business projects that drive revenue, increase productivity and improve processes through project and organizational skills.
  • To assist and support the founders and other HODs with hitting KPIs and supporting the team
  • To promote and exemplify company culture and vision to all stakeholders
  • To lead or work closely with multiple teams, ensuring each team has the right strategy, resources, systems and structure to get the job done
  • To assist the founders and other members of the management and HQ team with various tasks, as required on ad-hoc basis

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
  • Minimum of 5 years of working experience is required for this position with proven track record of success stories
  • Experience in Consulting or Investment Banking, or individuals from engineering background with a strong business mindset will be an added advantage
  • Ability to work independently in a fast paced environment
  • Team management skills and project management capability

Additional Information

Bonus points if you have:

  • Leadership abilities and charisma with team management
  • A sharp mind and a positive attitude
  • Critical thinking skills is a must for this position
  • An entrepreneurial mindset or have started a business of your own a plus