Business Director, SEA

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As pioneers in the AI economy, we live an AI-first culture internally while helping enterprise clients shift from manual workflows to AI-native orchestration—scaling custom agent solutions, AI-driven campaigns, and next-gen AI search capabilities. By connecting brand strategy, media, data, and emerging technology around the consumer, we build intelligent platforms and content ecosystems for the world’s leading brands. We foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where authentic collaboration fuels industry-changing work. Monks is seeking a Business Director to lead and grow business accounts across APAC from our Singapore office — acting as the strategic partner clients turn to for digital campaign strategy, creative, and production, and driving long-term account growth for major portfolios. Role & Responsibilities • As a Business Director at Monks, you are the first point of contact for our clients, who seek Monks for the strategy, creative and production of their digital campaigns. • You’ll work side by side with your clients to engage new production projects from the start, proposing transformational solutions, assessing feasibility and driving change for your brands • The work is centred around creating innovative digital work across the customer decision journey, working on both product launches and brand campaigns. • You are responsible for growing an essential FMCG company, working across various brands within it managing multiple business accounts, and making sure the work being produced exceeds the client’s expectations. • Delivering against monthly and annual targets, you help to grow business accounts into long-term success for all parties. Requirements • This senior role requires someone with at least 8 years of experience managing business accounts in digital advertising or production. • You have experience working with clients across the APAC market • You have extensive experience writing proposals and can propose solutions from a basic technical or a creative/commercial perspective. • With the backing of our senior producers and tech directors, you need to be confident in managing the business of digital production projects in a fast-paced environment. • You love to geek out when it comes to new technologies because while managing relationships is your foremost responsibility, you’ve got to grasp technology in a way that allows you to help scope and propose target-driving quotes and timings. • With your strategic mind and presentation skills, you can sell people on Monks by showcasing our cases, capabilities and culture to (potential) partners at every turn. #LI-CX1 About Monks Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc, where our culture centers on how we show up for the work and for one another. That begins with the commitment to strive for mastery—taking deep pride in our craft and creating work that sets the bar. In everyday execution, we drive momentum by choosing bold action rather than waiting for certainty. Above all, our teams are stronger together, bringing diverse perspectives into a unified team that communicates with clarity, trust, and mutual respect. This commitment to craft and innovation translates directly into widespread industry acclaim: Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services and a leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global Digital Marketing Agencies. It ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization (2025), Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2026 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in the Human-Machine Interaction Team category. Additionally, Monks.Flow earned AI-based Marketing Solution of the Year at the 2026 AI Breakthrough Awards and a 2026 Global Generative AI Award in the Agentic Marketing Innovation category. Finally, Monks achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner. We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.