Head Of Marketing, Apac

Head of Marketing, APAC (Australia, Singapore)
Join Shopify as the Head of Marketing, APAC (Australia, Singapore).
About Shopify
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About the Role
We are searching for a marketing leader to drive our up-market growth across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. As the Head of Marketing, Asia Pacific, you will lead marketing's contribution to our regional business goals. This is a pivotal leadership role on the APAC Senior Leadership Team (SLT), serving as the voice of marketing and a key architect of our regional strategy. You will lead through a combination of direct team management and cross-functional influence to ensure Marketing exceeds its pipeline goals. Your mission is to build a world-class marketing function that delivers predictable, scalable pipeline and drives revenue.
This is life-defining work that directly impacts people's lives as much as it transforms your own. This is putting the power of the few in the hands of the many. This is a future with more voices rather than fewer.
What You'll Do
Set the Regional Strategy: As a member of the APAC SLT, co-own the regional revenue targets and develop the overarching marketing strategy to drive market penetration and meet our growth goals.
Lead & Develop Your Team: Directly lead, coach, and inspire a high-performing regional team focused on ABM and local campaigns, fostering a culture of accountability and impact.
Represent Marketing Results: Take accountability for total regional marketing performance. Build partnerships with global teams—including Partner, Events, Brand, and Performance Marketing—to rally the cross-functional team behind APAC's priorities.
Immerse in the Data: Hunt for funnel insights to refine marketing strategies for distinct customer segments and countries. Analyze program performance to scale efforts, optimize marketing mix, and achieve KPIs.
AI Reflexivity: Lead the team in leveraging AI to drive efficiency and impact.
Communicate & Influence: Communicate insights, learnings, results, and recommendations to stakeholders at all levels on a regular cadence, ensuring alignment and celebrating progress.
Be the Voice of the Region: Translate global campaigns into locally resonant expressions for APAC and provide market feedback to global teams.
What You'll Bring
A significant track record of B2B marketing leadership within the APAC technology or SaaS sector, with a history of exceeding pipeline and revenue targets.
Deep expertise in building demand generation engines, particularly ABM, in partnership with Sales and Partnerships.
A hands-on leader who is a deep craft expert and works with the team alongside them.
Proven ability to build, coach, and inspire high-performing teams; a leader who develops leaders.
Ability to thrive in ambiguity, be solutions-oriented, and juggle multiple high-impact projects while rallying teams behind solutions.
Mastery of leading in a matrixed environment and driving results through direct reports and cross-functional influence.
Deep proficiency in modern marketing technology and data systems.
About You
Moving at our pace brings change, complexity, and ambiguity—and a little chaos. Shopifolk thrive on that and are comfortable being uncomfortable. Shopify is not the right place for everyone. Consider if you can:
Care deeply about what you do and about making commerce better for everyone.
Excel by seeking professional and personal hypergrowth.
Keep up with an unrelenting pace (the week, not the quarter).
Be resilient and resourceful in the face of ambiguity and thrive on change.
Bring critical thought and opinion.
Use AI tools reflexively as part of your workflow.
Embrace differences and disagreements to get things done and move forward.
Work digital-first for daily work.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Marketing and Sales
Industries
Software Development
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