Principal, Corporate Strategy & Investment

Company Description

About SEEK

SEEK operates market-leading online employment marketplaces, including Jobstreet and Jobsdb in Asia. SEEK has been helping people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and helping organisations succeed for over 25 years.

Founded and headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, SEEK has grown into a multinational technology company with over 3,300 employees and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

SEEK’s presence spans Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Additionally, SEEK has minority investments in employment marketplaces in China, South Korea and Bangladesh.

SEEK develops and applies innovative data and technology tools to facilitate high-quality matching and improve reliability of marketplace information.

In 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, SEEK was recognised as one of Australia’s Top Ten Places to Work in Technology in the AFR BOSS Best Places to Work awards. SEEK was also named a 5-Star Employer of Choice by HRD Asia in 2024 and won four accolades at TalentCorp’s Life at Work Awards 2023 in Malaysia.

Job Description

We welcome applications from all SEEKers based in any of our APAC offices (seekers' only privilege), otherwise our preferred location will be at either Melbourne or Kuala Lumpur

Reporting into one of our Strategy Directors in the Corporate Strategy and Investments (CSI) team, the Strategy Principal (CSI) role will support SEEK’s employment marketplace business in defining and driving towards its long-term vision and growth ambitions at the highest level.

The Corporate Strategy and Investments (CSI) team helps articulate and align our strategic and financial activity across SEEK. We are responsible for:

• Defining and shaping SEEK’s corporate strategy: the markets we compete in, the models we operate, and our long-term vision and priorities.
• Aligning our strategy and corporate/financial targets.
• Managing our investment portfolio – investment criteria, asset management, acquisition and divestment – in line with our strategy. We sometimes get involved in the strategy and operations of businesses we own, in support of this.

The Principal role is a senior position within the team. We operate by running ‘projects’ across the above areas of responsibility, and our emphasis changes through the year depending on the needs of the business. You might be asked to work on any or all of them. We are looking for someone who can define what needs to be done and work with and through the business – both the CSI team, and colleagues across SEEK – to get to an outcome.

Key Responsibilities

You will be expected to:

• Orchestrate ongoing dialogue with and decision-making by executive-level stakeholders.
• Synthesise clear and valuable narratives, insights and solutions, based on robust information analysis and stakeholder engagement, and “connect the dots” across SEEK, our industry and broader macroeconomic environment.
• Identify and drive an agenda on complex, ambiguous topics – scoping workplans and leading delivery with high integrity, quality and attention to detail.
• Lead investment management activities, including target scanning, prospect analysis, value driver mapping, valuation forecasting, scenario planning and business case development, portfolio relationship management and review, and transaction process scoping and oversight.
• Design and deliver key elements of SEEK’s investment portfolio management, corporate planning and communications – taking full delivery responsibility where appropriate.
• Write and present crisp, compelling materials for executive, board-level and external audiences.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will have:

Multi-year experience working in strategy-related roles, with more than one year at engagement manager level or above in a top-tier strategy consulting firm, or equivalent top tier PE/investment banking firm or technology leader industry experience.

• Highly developed analytical and problem-solving skills with proven ability to break down complex strategic problems through hypothesis-driven analysis.
• Experience leading work streams autonomously, including taking responsibility for team deliverables and managing teams of analysts or subject matter experts.
• Strong executive communication skills, including developing Board-level materials and presenting to senior leadership.
• Versatility to alternate between strategic leadership and detailed analysis as projects require.

Direct experience working on M&A transactions or similar corporate development activities (including thesis, valuation and due diligence), and demonstrated understanding of the end-to-end process.

• Strong quantitative analysis capabilities, particularly in financial modelling and valuation.
• Experience with transaction due diligence across commercial, financial, and operational workstreams. Strong preference for people with experience on multiple transactions.
• Ability to assess strategic fit, synergies and identify integration opportunities and challenges.
• Understanding of deal execution processes and stakeholder management in transaction contexts.

Strategic thinking with business acumen and collaborative execution.

• Track record of solving ambiguous strategic problems (where to play, how to win) with fact-based approaches.
• Demonstrated ability to establish relationships and influence senior stakeholders across diverse functions.
• Comfort with ambiguity and data-driven experimentation in fast-changing environments.
• Passion for technology and marketplace businesses, with intellectual curiosity and a high learning orientation.

We will consider candidates that do not strictly meet the work experience criteria but can nonetheless demonstrate equivalently high potential on the other requirements above.

Other Qualifications, Skills and Experience

The skills and experience to be successful in this role include:

• Track record of high achievement.
• Highly articulate, able to make arguments in a compelling manner.
• Bias to action, pragmatic, and big-picture orientated.
• Ability to break down problems and develop solutions concisely.
• A logical thinker with great quantitative and abstract reasoning skills.
• Ability to succinctly and persuasively communicate at the most senior level of the organisation with passion.
• A high learning orientation, with intellectually curiosity and a passion for solving complex problems.
• Collaborative and empathetic work style, with a sense of humour.
• High degree of humility and good alignment with SEEK’s culture and purpose.

Additional Information

• Annual Performance Bonus Plan
• Flexible hybrid working arrangement
• The opportunity to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per financial year
• Casual dress – every day

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.