Role Title: Digital and Technology Business Unit Lead - Beauty and Wellbeing Greater Asia
Location: Philippines/Thailand
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
The Digital and Technology Business Unit Lead - Beauty and Wellbeing Greater Asia is the senior business partner accountable for shaping, prioritising and landing the Digital, Data and AI agenda for the Business Unit.
Sitting as a trusted advisor within the Business Unit (BU) Leadership Team, the role translates enterprise and Business Group (BG) technology strategy into a focused, value backed BU portfolio, ensuring strong adoption, measurable business impact and resilient service delivery.
WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE:
BU Digital & Technology Strategy Ownership
Own the BU level Digital, Data & AI strategy, aligned to BG Chief Digital and Information Officer (CDIO) direction and BU growth priorities.
Identify where technology can materially accelerate BU strategy, productivity, growth or margin.
Translate ambition into a clear, sequenced roadmap with explicit value and outcome measures.
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Reduce complexity by leveraging existing platforms and enterprise solutions.
Portfolio, Investment & Value Leadership
Act as the single point of accountability for BU demand prioritisation across Tech, Digital, Data and AI.
Shape investment choices, trade offs and sequencing in partnership with Global Data and Technology and BU leadership teams.
Track, communicate and course correct value delivery across the portfolio.
Drive rationalisation and decommissioning decisions where appropriate.
Business Partnership & Advisory
Serve as the primary Digital & Technology advisor to BU leadership, operating as a peer at senior forums.
Proactively surface opportunities, risks and dependencies impacting BU outcomes.
Act as first line escalation point for BU level technology issues and decisions.
Adoption, Change & Impact Realisation
Lead adoption and change management for GDT capabilities within the BU.
Ensure solutions are landed, embedded and used — not just delivered.
Build strong change and analytics capability connecting business opportunities, insights and tools.
EXPERIENCES & SKILLS:
Senior experience in business‑facing digital / technology leadership within complex, matrixed organisations.
Strong technical acumen in at least 2 Product Domains and proven track record of landing large‑scale digital or data‑led transformations with measurable business impact.
Strong commercial and business acumen, ideally within consumer goods or adjacent consumer industries.
Demonstrated ownership of portfolio prioritisation, value tracking and executive stakeholder management.
Deep experience leading adoption and change at scale. Strong influencer who connects strategy, people and execution
Experience working with senior stakeholders (WL4/5+ equivalent) across geographies , able to drive alignment of where to play digital strategies and how to win plans.
Proven track record of developing and sustaining high performing teams responsible for change management, adoption and strong partnering.
We highly encourage applicants to exclude information on age, gender, and school/s in view of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Unilever assesses candidates based on skills, performance, experience and leadership.
Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.
Job Purpose
The E-commerce Business Development Director is responsible for driving business growth, acquiring new clients, expanding revenue opportunities, and developing strategic partnerships across e-commerce, social commerce, and digital commerce services.
The role leads the end-to-end business development process, from opportunity identification, solution development, proposal preparation, commercial negotiation, and contract closure through to business handover.
Key Responsibilities
• Develop and execute business development strategies aligned with revenue and profitability
targets.
• Identify and acquire new clients across e-commerce, social commerce, digital marketing, live commerce, and related services.
• Build relationships with senior decision-makers and strategic business partners.
• Lead client meetings, business pitches, proposal development, pricing, and contract
negotiations.
• Translate client requirements into integrated commercial solutions.
• Work closely with Account Management, E-commerce Operations, Marketing, Content,
Creative, Live Commerce, Influencer, Finance, and other relevant teams.
• Manage sales pipeline, revenue forecast, conversion rate, deal value, and closing plans.
• Ensure proposed solutions are commercially competitive, operationally feasible, and
profitable.
• Identify cross-selling, up-selling, contract renewal, and account expansion opportunities.
• Develop partnerships with platforms, technology providers, agencies, logistics providers, and other ecosystem partners.
• Ensure effective handover of new clients to Account Management and operational teams.
• Monitor market trends, competitors, platform developments, and new business
opportunities.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Business Development team.
• Establish business development processes, reporting standards, and commercial governance.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, E-commerce, Digital Business, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of experience in Business Development, Commercial, Sales, E-commerce, Digital Marketing, or related fields.
• At least 5 years of experience in a senior management or leadership role.
• Proven track record in acquiring clients and achieving revenue targets.
• Strong understanding of e-commerce, social commerce, marketplace operations, and digital services.
• Experience in strategic pitching, solution development, pricing, and contract negotiation.
• Strong commercial, financial, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Good command of written and spoken English.
About The Role
As Business Solution Lead, you're the senior operator who turns complex brand problems into Ripples solutions — and then closes them. Reporting directly to the CCO with no team beneath you, you're deliberately a solo seat: we rebuild the bundle for every client we win, and the scoping, pricing, and pitch are senior work that doesn't scale by adding juniors.
You'll work the CCO's named account list and the deals that come in through senior channels — brands that need to buy an
end-to-end solution across our seven service lines (Commercial Live, Fulfillment, Affiliate, Shop Management, KOL, Video
Production, and — selectively — Marketing), not a point service. You'll partner with delivery leads to build the right mix (not
the biggest one), price it, prove we can staff it at margin, pitch it to brand leadership, and hand delivery to the cluster manager
at signature. The commercial relationship stays with you — for the next deal, and the next.
Your five-step mandate:
1. Target — Work the CCO's named account list and meet existing clients to find the next service line.
2. Solution — Build the bundle with delivery leads across our seven service lines. Right mix, not biggest mix.
3. Feasibility — Price the package. Prove we can staff it and deliver at margin.
4. Pitch — Present to brand leadership and close the commercial terms.
5. Hand over — Cluster manager takes delivery at signature. The commercial relationship stays here, for the next
deal.
Key Responsibilities
1. Win new clients — solutioning, then the pitch
• Turn a brand's problem into a Ripples bundle — scoped across seven service lines and made real by pulling in the
right delivery leads early.
• Work the accounts the CCO names — the deals we decide to go after, not only the ones that come in.
• Present to the brand's senior leadership and close the commercial terms.
• You own new-business PC1.
2. Grow the clients we have — upsell and cross-sell
• Sit with existing clients and their cluster manager to find the next service line, then scope and close it.
• Keep the commercial relationship after the cluster takes delivery, so there is always someone whose job is the next
deal.
• You own the client relationship.
3. Prove we can deliver it — package feasibility
• Price the package, confirm we can staff it, and model the margin before anything is promised.
• Say no — to a bad-fit brief, an unbuildable scope, or a price that only works on paper.
• You own what we promise.
Qualifications
Must-have — no offer without these
• Consulting mind: 5+ years with a management consulting skillsets — or the same structured problem-solving
muscle built elsewhere.
• Commerce fluency: Background in commercial, retail, or e-commerce. People from the sector pick up seven
service lines far faster.
• Client-facing: You've sold and presented to senior client stakeholders, and can hold the room without being carried.
• Numbers: You build and defend a feasibility model. You read a P&L. You aren't talked out of the maths.
• Agile: Small team, no support layer. You go the extra mile because the job needs it — not because someone asked.
Strongly wanted — the tie-breakers
• AI fluency is a baseline expectation, not a bonus. You actively use AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, image/video generators, analytics co-pilots, automation tools) in daily work —research, modelling, deck-building — as your
default, not a claim.
• Language: Fluent English is required. Chinese or Korean is a real plus for the brands we're chasing.
• Range: You move between a founder conversation, a delivery lead's staffing plan, and a pricing model in the same
day.
• Judgement: Willing to say no to a bad-fit brief — including one that came from the top.
How We'll Assess You
Four steps. We test the work, not the CV.
1. Scoping case — We give you a real brand brief. You build the bundle and defend why those service lines and not
the others.
2. Feasibility — You price it, staff it, and show the margin. We push on the assumptions.
3. Pitch — You present the solution to a panel, as you would to the client.
4. AI demonstration — You show how you used AI to get there — the tools and the thinking, not a claim.
Red flag: A relationship-only seller who needs someone else to build the scope. This isn't that seat.
What You'll Get
• Direct report to the CCO — one of seven at that layer — with a mandate to build a brand-new function that shapes
how Ripples wins the next tier of business.
• End-to-end ownership of the deals that matter most: from scoping to signature to onboarding, across seven service
lines and some of Thailand's most complex brand engagements — global sportswear, consumer electronics,
dermatology beauty, and FMCG.
• New-business PC1 target set at appointment— a clear number, a direct line of sight to impact.
• Work at the leading edge of AI-powered commerce — building ways of working that most agencies haven't
figured out yet.
• Fast-track your career in a hyper-growth commerce company (20 → 200+ in two years).
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