Founded in Switzerland in 1968, Zühlke is owned by its partners and located across Europe and Asia. We are a global transformation partner, with engineering and innovation in our DNA. We're trusted to help clients envision and build their businesses for the future – to run smarter today while adapting for tomorrow’s markets, customers, and communities. Our multidisciplinary teams specialise in tech strategy and business innovation, digital solutions and applications, and device and systems engineering. We excel in complex, regulated spaces including health and finance, connecting strategy, tech implementation, and operational services to help clients become more effective, resilient businesses.
If you share our values and want to do the best work, for the right reasons, we can offer you the chance to do it on a global scale and play a real role in shaping our exciting journey.
Responsibilities
We are looking for an ambitious and commercially minded CEO to lead the APAC Region. This is a broad leadership role with end-to-end responsibility for the performance, growth and development of the APAC region.
1. The CEO will have full accountability for the performance of the APAC region.
Key responsibilities include:
· Own and deliver the regional P&L, setting revenue and profitability targets across countries and ensuring delivery against Zuhlke Group financial expectations.
· Manage the regional cost structure and investment priorities, balancing growth opportunities with sustainable profitability.
· Establish clear financial and performance expectations across the Regional Leadership Team and hold individual leaders accountable for their contribution to the overall regional P&L.
· Identify opportunities to improve business performance, scalability and operational effectiveness across the region.
2. The CEO will translate the broader Zuhlke Group strategy into a clear and actionable regional growth agenda.
· Translate Group strategy into an APAC-specific business plan, defining market priorities, growth opportunities and investment choices across the region.
· Identify where the region has the greatest potential to grow and establish clear priorities for capturing those opportunities.
· Define client segmentation, market focus and regional growth initiatives across Singapore and Hong Kong, and other markets within the region.
· Assess the existing business model and identify opportunities to strengthen or evolve the organisation as it scales.
3. The CEO will have overall accountability for the commercial and sales strategy of the region.
· Define and drive the regional commercial strategy, ensuring a clear link between market opportunities, sales priorities and the overall growth ambition.
· Review the existing sales and commercial approach and refine, accelerate or redesign it where required.
· Strengthen pipeline development, client acquisition and expansion of existing strategic relationships.
· Build and maintain relationships with key clients and senior external stakeholders across the region.
· Remain personally involved in strategically important commercial opportunities, including supporting the team in key client meetings and negotiations where senior sponsorship can make a difference.
· Strengthen the organisation’s market positioning and oversee the local evolution of the brand and value proposition to better resonate with clients in individual markets.
4. The CEO will lead a diverse Regional Leadership Team.
· Build a high-performing and collaborative Regional Leadership Team with shared accountability for the success of the region.
· Coach and develop individual leaders, enabling them to take on greater responsibility as the business scales.
· Establish clear expectations, accountability and a strong performance culture.
· Take a hands-on approach to leadership, working alongside and supporting the team where required.
5. As the senior leader for the APAC region, the CEO will act as the key interface between the region…