Business Unit Head, Malaysia

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Hiring Remotely in Malaysia
Remote or Hybrid
Entry level
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Software • Financial Services
The Role
Lead the Malaysia business unit end to end, owning P&L, strategy, product development, team building, execution, growth, revenue, and profitability. The role involves identifying customer and commercial opportunities, partnering with product, engineering, and design teams, launching and improving products, building partnerships, and scaling operations. Candidates should have experience building or scaling products or businesses, owning measurable outcomes, and leading cross-functional teams. Fintech, consumer technology, or AI experience is advantageous.
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About Doit

We are focused on reinventing how people spend, save, invest, exchange, travel, and more. Our objective is to build tools that will help people get more from their money and become an expert at ease. We believe AI will help make finance smart, assessible and safe.

 

We are looking for the most talented and driven people we can find. We are looking for people who work for their passion, not counting hours. Who loves building great next-generation products, not status quo. Who cares about redefining how everyone around us can get the best financial applications, not for an exclusive few. We have teams working around the world, with over 20 nationalities and growing from our offices and remotely. Join us and build a better future for our society.

 

In 2019, we built the first mobile-first, insurance platform, enabling insurance to be accessible online by millions in the region. Today, it's the leading insurance platform in Southeast Asia.

The Role

We are looking for a Business Unit Head to build and lead a business from end to end.

You will own the P&L, product, team and execution. You will identify opportunities, decide what to build, hire the team, launch and improve products, and drive growth and profitability.

This is a hands-on operating role with direct accountability for business results.

 

What You'll Be Doing

  • Own P&L, business strategy, targets and overall performance

  • Identify customer needs and commercial opportunities, and decide what products and features to build

  • Work directly with product, engineering and design teams to build and launch products

  • Build the team - hire strong people, set clear goals and manage performance

  • Drive user growth, engagement, revenue and profitability

  • Build partnerships and operations required to launch and scale the business

  • Make decisions quickly, solve problems directly and own execution from idea to results

What We're Looking For

  • Strong track record building, launching or scaling a product, business or business unit

  • Experience owning P&L, revenue, growth or other measurable business outcomes

  • Strong product and commercial judgement

  • Ability to work across product, engineering, operations and commercial functions

  • Experience building and leading strong teams

  • Hands-on approach - comfortable moving between strategy and detailed execution

  • Strong ownership, speed and ability to operate with limited structure

  • Experience in fintech, consumer technology or AI is an advantage

Location

This role is based in Malaysia. This is a hybrid role. You are expected to work from our Malaysia office at least 3 days per week.


Language

English is our main working language across global teams. Strong English communication is required.


Interview Process:

Our process is designed to move fast:

  1. Online assessment or practical task

  2. Role-specific interview

  3. CEO / final round

     

For strong candidates, we aim to complete the process and make an offer within 1 week from the start of the interview process.
Candidates who complete assessments quickly will be prioritized.

Skills Required

  • Strong track record building, launching, or scaling a product, business, or business unit
  • Experience owning P&L, revenue, growth, or other measurable business outcomes
  • Strong product and commercial judgment
  • Ability to work across product, engineering, operations, and commercial functions
  • Experience building and leading strong teams
  • Hands-on approach and comfort moving between strategy and detailed execution
  • Strong ownership, speed, and ability to operate with limited structure
  • Strong English communication skills
  • Experience in fintech, consumer technology, or AI
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The Company
HQ: Petaling Jaya
253 Employees
Year Founded: 2019

What We Do

Our mission is to develop technology based solutions to improve financial inclusion. We develop new & innovative platforms & services globally. For example, we are the first platform to simplify and digitise comprehensive life and medical insurance, supported by AI agent. BJAK is the largest insurance platform in Southeast Asia. If you enjoy building cutting edge platform-ecosystems that gives equal access to financial services to everyone at scale, join us

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