Business Operations Manager

Tencent; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tencent in Singapore is seeking a senior business development professional to shape and execute commercial growth across APAC, focusing on advertiser and publisher monetization. You will work with product and engineering teams to optimize platform capabilities and drive regional expansion.

The role requires a strong track record in performance advertising, ad tech, and data-driven decision making, with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally in a fast-paced, multi-time-zone environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in performance advertising, ad tech, commercialization, client solutions, or growth operations.
• Strong understanding of the digital advertising ecosystem including demand- and supply-side metrics.
• Ability to translate data into actionable business insights.

Responsibilities

• Define and Execute Commercial Growth Strategy: Identify key opportunities across APAC markets and develop scalable commercialization strategies.
• Drive growth across advertiser spend (demand-side) and inventory monetization (supply-side), delivering measurable improvements in revenue, scale, and platform efficiency.
• Build Scalable Industry Solutions: Translate advertiser and publisher insights into actionable product and operational improvements.
• Partner with Product and Engineering teams to enhance platform capabilities, improve system efficiency, and develop scalable, competitive industry solutions and best practices across markets.
• Drive Customer Acquisition with Sales Teams: Partner closely with Sales to execute growth strategies for both advertisers and publishers.
• Support opportunity qualification, solution design, and deal execution to improve conversion efficiency and accelerate regional business expansion.
• Own Client Success and Monetization Outcomes: Manage end-to-end success for advertisers and publishers across APAC.
• Drive performance improvement through product adoption, optimization strategies, and operational support, ensuring long-term business success and value creation for both clients and the platform.

Skills

Performance advertising

Ad tech

Growth operations

Data-driven mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Ownership

Bilingual English/Mandarin

Time-zone flexibility

Tools

DSP/SSP

Ad networks

Mobile advertising

Job description

Business Unit

Corporate Development Group (CDG) as the platform for the company's new business incubation and new business exploration, CDG is responsible for promoting development and innovation for important areas such as financial technology and advertising, as well as marketing services, including payment and financial applications. As a professional support platform, CDG also supports the company and various business groups in strategic planning, investments and mergers, investor relations and corporate global communications, marketing and public relations, and more.

What the Role Entails

• Define and Execute Commercial Growth Strategy: Identify key opportunities across APAC markets and develop scalable commercialization strategies.
• Drive growth across both advertiser spend (demand-side) and inventory monetization (supply-side), delivering measurable improvements in revenue, scale, and platform efficiency.
• Build Scalable Industry Solutions: Translate advertiser and publisher insights into actionable product and operational improvements.
• Partner with Product and Engineering teams to enhance platform capabilities, improve system efficiency, and develop scalable, competitive industry solutions and best practices that can be replicated across markets and verticals.
• Drive Customer Acquisition with Sales Teams: Partner closely with Sales to execute growth strategies for both advertisers and publishers.
• Support opportunity qualification, solution design, and deal execution to improve conversion efficiency and accelerate regional business expansion.
• Own Client Success and Monetization Outcomes: Manage end-to-end success for advertisers and publishers across APAC.
• Drive performance improvement through product adoption, optimization strategies, and operational support, ensuring long‑term business success and value creation for both clients and the platform.

Who We Look For

• 5+ years of experience in performance advertising, ad tech, commercialization, client solutions, or growth operations. Experience with ad platforms, DSP/SSP, ad networks, or mobile performance advertising is strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of the digital advertising ecosystem, including demand-side advertising (campaign performance, ROI optimization) and supply-side monetization (inventory yield, fill rate, eCPM).
• Familiar with performance‑driven advertising models and optimization frameworks.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with a data‑driven mindset.
• Ability to translate data into actionable business insights.
• Strong cross‑functional collaboration, communication, and execution skills.
• High ownership and ability to operate independently in a fast‑paced environment.
• Ability to communicate bilingually (English / Mandarin) to deal with stakeholders from HQ and international teams
• Comfortable working across multiple time zones and managing regional travel as needed.
• Strong adaptability to ambiguity and changing priorities.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with strong bias for action, impact, and scalability.

Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent

As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.