You will be based in Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila or Singapore office.

You will be working closely with our Southeast Asia regional and country managing partners to ensure smooth day-to-day operations, as well as to design and execute operations initiatives, for individual locations and related functions.

As the administrative and operations leader, you will lead a team of 5-8 functional managers, as well as FTEs and contractors across various non-consulting support functions e.g. Office Services, Executive and Team Assistants, Translation & Interpretation and Visual Graphics. Along with it, you will collaborate with firm/regional leaders e.g. in Finance, Human Resources, Real Estate, Security, IT to align and integrate processes and practices as per firm defined standards and guidelines.

You will be a thought partner / peer to the regional and country managing partners in developing and executing strategic initiatives for Southeast Asia offices (ASO) and individual locations.

You will lead and manage operations and oversee ASO's non-consulting related support functions, excluding Finance and Human Resources. This includes providing leadership and support to managers of the following functions - Office Services, Executive and Team Assistants, Translation & Interpretation and Visual Graphics.

In the area of Operations and Administration process, you will help align and integrate the office with the firm's administrative and operational networks, processes, and policies, including introducing best practices in administrative and operational support processes. Part of this includes ensuring the smooth running of all external operations and administrative interactions across the office. You will develop and take accountability for the annual budgets of the various functions, review and propose appropriate office cost and capital investment levels, as well as manage the real estate portfolio including rent negotiations and sourcing new locations together with the firm's Real Estate team. You will also work with our IT team in the implementation of firm wide IT infrastructure and advancements. You will review travel policies and make sure that the office travel and expense policy is current and followed. You will also be responsible for office security, post-pandemic operating and return to office models, disaster recovery and business continuity plans in conjunction with the firm's Crisis Management team.

Always going beyond business-as-usual, you will be expected to innovate / transform functional support models (e.g., through technological or process improvements) to continuously enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

In the area of People leadership, you will be expected to coach, develop and mentor the functions, operations and administration teams, whilst leveraging and distributing deliverables to provide growth opportunities to team members.