Regional Strategy & Planning Lead, GrabWheels

Get to know the Team:

GrabWheels is Grab’s Personal Mobility Device (PMD) sharing business. It is a critical enabler of Grab’s vision to provide a full suite of efficient, shared and electric mobility options for its customers. GrabWheels is an internally incubated startup and is thus part of Grab Ventures, which builds strategic new businesses for Grab.

Get to know the Role:

The GrabWheels Strategy & Planning (S&P) team provides critical support for Grab’s Personal Mobility Device business (GrabWheels) to develop its long term objectives and set its course. As the Regional Strategy & Planning Lead, you will be leading the development of all strategy development & planning, budgeting, management communications and selected strategic initiatives. This person is based in Jakarta, Indonesia or Singapore.

The day-to-day activities:

• Strategy Development & Planning: Lead the development of  strategic business priorities / direction, based on internal & external analysis. This would be supported by a robust financial model, leading to country/ business line specific operating plans and budgets. Develop and execute a strategy planning cadence that is aligned across the internal cross functional stakeholders. 

• Functional/ country strategies: Lead and/ or support the development of functional and/ or country level strategies, that are aligned with the corporate strategy. 

• Board / Investor Management & Reporting: Lead the development of key updates for the board/ investors on a quarterly basis or as required. 

• Fund Raising: Support and/ or lead fund raising activities. This includes developing management presentations and deal negotiations. 

• Market intelligence: Identify, synthesize and communicate external market trends and competitor activities

• Strategic initiatives/ projects: Lead the identification and prioritization of strategic initiatives that will drive significant impact for the business. Where necessary, lead the end-to-end execution of the entire initiative/ project.

• Corporate Metrics: Lead the identification and tracking of corporate metrics. Ensure the metrics of senior management is aligned with corporate metrics.

• Management Meetings: Facilitate regular cross-functional senior management meetings, including ensuring key agenda/ topics are discussed in a timely fashion

• Team Management: Grow/ manage a small S&P team in line with business growth

• Frequent travel within South East Asia expected

The must haves:

• At least 8 years of top tier strategy consulting experience

• Follow on experience working in a strategy, corporate development or similar role in a corporate/ company is a plus

• Experience working in a startup or early stage tech company is highly preferred

• An exceptional track record of working with various stakeholders and delivering results

• Multi-tasking and able to work under pressure and constantly changing environment

• Effective written and spoken communication skills

• Fluency in spoken and written Bahasa Indonesia or another South East Asian language is a plus

• High level of resilience and grit