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
About the role
The Senior Strategy Manager is a pivotal role in helping SEEK define and deliver its long-term vision, strategy and growth ambitions.
As a Senior Strategy Manager, you will be working on critical topics in either Product / Marketplace Strategy or Commercial Strategy, partnering closely with the senior leaders in those functions.
Day-to-day this role entails:
- Leading a significant part of a specific Strategy Centre of Gravity – becoming the ‘go-to’ person on a range of related topics for senior leadership and the broader organisation
- Developing and applying analytical frameworks and principles to investigate business issues, identify solutions and manage the implementation of agreed actions
- Creating situational awareness within the team and broader organisation – strategic metrics, key results, industry trends, competitor analysis
- Communicating defined strategies and its components with simplicity and impact to all levels of the organisation, including senior leadership
- Leading project delivery and process management, effectively managing and mitigating risks
- Collaborating in project teams alongside Product, AI and Commercial stakeholders to design, test and iterate future product or commercial solutions
- Being a vocal advocate for the strategy and providing guidance to execution teams to ensure alignment with the strategy
- Potentially having 1-2 task reports on projects
The Team
SEEK global Strategy team is composed of ~40 mostly ex-consultants from premier consulting firms. We offer an intellectually stimulating environment, a great team with a caring heart, a fun and inspiring environment and a great purpose to wake up to every morning. You will work closely with:
- The Heads of Strategy (Strategy Leadership team)
- The Director of Strategy, Product
- The Director of Strategy, Commercial
- The Group Executive, Product
Qualifications
The successful candidate will have:
- 5-8 years’ experience working in strategy-related roles, with 3-4 years in a top tier strategy consulting firm.
- Highly developed conceptual reasoning capabilities, analytical and problem-solving skills with proven ability to break down and frame strategic problems
- Experience in developing business level strategy and breaking this down into objectives, targets and initiatives
- Passion for growth strategy and excellent business acumen, and a track record of having worked and led complex and ambiguous strategic projects
- Track record of results – delivering results through cross functional teams
- Ability to influence and build support for fact-based recommendations with a diverse set of stakeholders
- A high learning orientation and a desire to become a global expert in online marketplace design and operations
- Experience in media, internet or tech industries would be viewed favourably
Additional Information
At SEEK we offer:
- Flexible hybrid work model
- Annual Performance Bonus Plan
- The opportunity to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per financial year
- SEEKer Support, a confidential service that offers employees up to six sessions with a mental health professional of your choice
- Tailored career development planning (including Education Assistance Program)
- Professional development sessions with industry leading guest speakers
- Frequent events including sports days, annual Christmas party, hackathon, and trivia
- 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.
SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.
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.
