Regional Director – GRI ASEAN

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🌐 Malaysia, Thailand, +3 more countries – Remote

🇲🇾 Malaysia – Remote 🇹🇭 Thailand – Remote 🇮🇩 Indonesia – Remote 🇵🇭 Philippines – Remote 🇻🇳 Vietnam – Remote

💵 RM202.2k - RM257.8k / year

⏰ Full Time

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👔 Director

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Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

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51 - 200 employees

🤝 Non-profit

💼 Consulting

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Consulting • Social Impact

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is an independent international organization that has pioneered sustainability reporting since 1997. GRI helps businesses and governments worldwide understand and communicate their impact on critical sustainability issues such as climate change, human rights, governance, and social well-being. This enables real action to create social, environmental, and economic benefits for everyone. The GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards are developed with multi-stakeholder contributions and rooted in the public interest, making it the provider of the world’s most widely used standards for sustainability reporting.

📋 Description

• Set and lead GRI’s strategy across ASEAN, translating global priorities into country strategies, implementation plans and measurable goals • Own the regional portfolio and prioritize countries, markets and opportunities • Drive measurable growth in uptake and meaningful use of the GRI Standards • Develop and execute a commercially viable regional business model • Identify and convert earned-revenue opportunities through GRI Community, GRI Academy, services, training and partnerships • Build and manage a diversified pipeline including institutional and grant funding, strategic partnerships and other resource mobilization • Shape country-level value propositions and adapt GRI offerings • Influence sustainability reporting developments with governments, regulators, stock exchanges and market institutions • Represent GRI as a senior external leader across ASEAN • Build strategic partnerships and multi-stakeholder platforms • Ensure delivery of the regional portfolio and funded programs while meeting contractual, legal, financial and quality requirements • Oversee proposals, progress reports and financial reports • Co-create the regional budget, oversee forecasting, expenditure and cost control, and allocate resources • Assess performance and manage operational, financial and reputational risk • Lead, coach and develop a high-performing regional team • Work across GRI’s global matrix and connect ASEAN priorities with global functions • Bring ASEAN intelligence into global decision-making and contribute to the evolution of GRI’s Regions operating model

🎯 Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in sustainability, business, public policy, international relations, development, management or a related field • An advanced degree is preferred • At least 10 years of progressively senior leadership experience in corporate sustainability, business and commercial development, international development, professional services or another relevant multi-stakeholder environment • Demonstrated success leading a multi-country strategy, portfolio and distributed team in ASEAN or a comparable complex regional context • Proven record of developing markets or business models and meeting financial targets through earned revenue, strategic partnerships, fundraising or other forms of resource mobilization • Senior-level experience influencing regulators, policymakers, stock exchanges, business leaders or other market-shaping institutions and turning relationships into measurable outcomes • Strong experience in financial management, budgeting, resource allocation, program oversight and risk management, including accountability for complex grants or partnerships • Established knowledge of ASEAN’s policy, business and stakeholder landscape • Strong understanding of sustainability reporting, impact reporting, ESG disclosure and the role of standards in policy and market development • Familiarity with the GRI Standards is highly desirable • Commercial judgment and entrepreneurial appetite • Strategic planning, prioritization and decision-making skills • Excellent influencing, negotiation, public-speaking and written communication skills • Diplomatic and culturally aware leadership • Excellent command of English • Proficiency in an ASEAN language is an advantage • Strong alignment with GRI’s mission, values and commitment to transparency and sustainable development • Legally authorized to work in the country for which applying and possess a valid work permit

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote and/or hybrid work • Flexible work schedule • Generous leave allowance • Access to the GRI Academy