Manager, Strategy & Business Development

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Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Petaling, Selangor
In-Office
Mid level
Automotive • Marketing Tech
The Role
The role involves driving commercial strategy for a data and AI platform and executing product strategy through strategic partnerships and cross-functional alignment.
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About the Role

You will be a senior member of the Integration Strategy team & CARSOME’s new data & AI platform, reporting directly to the Head of M&A & Ecosystem Strategy. This role is mission-critical to scaling our data & AI platform, and unlocking group-wide synergy value across Carsome, iCar, and WapCar.

You will drive:

  • Commercial Strategy & B2B monetization both externally and with our dealer ecosystem
  • Product strategy execution with cross-functional alignment
  • Strategic partnerships for data + commercial expansion
  • Group integration and synergy initiatives linked to OKRs and growth

You will shape how our data & AI platform delivers value to BFSI, OEMs, insurers, mobility partners, and our internal dealer ecosystem, leveraging data, AI, and insights to solve high-impact problems.

This role requires strategic thinking, customer obsession, commercial execution, and product fluency.

Your Day-to-Day
  • Drive commercial strategy and monetization models for the data & AI platform, including full ownership of account engagement and revenue delivery.
  • Collaborate closely with Product, Data & Tech to define customer-backward product requirements and build feasible product roadmaps.
  • Identify, negotiate & execute strategic partnerships — including data licensing and commercial solutions — to unlock high-growth channels in BFSI and automotive ecosystems
  • Lead synergy initiatives across Carsome Group (Carsome, iCar, WapCar) ensuring cross-functional alignment and timely milestone execution
  • Conduct detailed strategic analyses: market sizing, competitive intelligence, commercial underwriting, scenario planning
  • Maintain strategic dashboards and scorecards to track execution, KPIs and business performance
  • Build impactful strategy docs, business cases, and exec-level storytelling to support senior leadership decisions
Key Success Metrics
  • Revenue growth & commercial monetization
  • Strategic partnership pipeline velocity + conversion
  • Product adoption & data product utilization metrics
  • Synergy program delivery cadence & outcomes
  • Senior stakeholder satisfaction & influence impact
What Know-How
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Mathematics or related field; MBA a plus
  • 4–6+ years in management consulting, corporate strategy, business development, or product-led growth environments
  • Experience in B2B commercial execution and/or tech sector account management
  • Strong product + data acumen — comfortable with analytics platforms and data-driven business models & AI skills including vibe coding.
  • Demonstrated leadership driving alignment across diverse stakeholders
  • Analytical excellence with fluency in Excel, PowerPoint, and BI & AI tools
  • Entrepreneurial mindset — fast learner, comfortable with ambiguity, bias for action

Top Skills

Ai Tools
Bi Tools
Excel
PowerPoint
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The Company
1,737 Employees

What We Do

CARSOME is Southeast Asia’s largest integrated automotive e-commerce platform. With operations across Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, and the Philippines, CARSOME aims to digitize the region’s used car industry by reshaping and elevating the car buying and selling experience. The company provides end-to-end solutions to consumers and used car dealers, from car inspection to ownership transfer to financing, promising a service that is trusted, convenient, and efficient. CARSOME currently transacts around 100,000 cars annually and has more than 1,700 employees across all its offices. CORE VALUES: • Customer First • Your Problem is My Problem • Yesterday's Best is Today's Baseline • Think Big, Start Small • Do More With Less • Stay Grounded • Be an Owner For more information, please visit www.carsome.com. CARSOME Sdn Bhd (1101954-M)

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