Job Summary

The Technical (Data Centre Design) Program Manager will oversee the end-to-end delivery of data centre projects, including design review, construction, commissioning, and operational handover. This role ensures that all MEP engineering, construction, and operational requirements are met on time, within budget, and according to quality and compliance standards.

The position involves close coordination with multi-disciplinary teams — mechanical electrical, plumbing (MEP), civil, electrical, IT infrastructure, security and operations — to deliver hyperscale, colocation, and enterprise data centres.

This role is ideal for candidates with strong mechanical and electrical expertise, hands-on experience in hyperscale and Tier III+ data centres, and proven project management leadership.  This position can be based in Cyberjaya or Johor as a hybrid onsite structure is needed, and will require at least 30% travel to the other site and other regional travel when key meetings or coverage is needed.

 Key Roles & Responsibilities

1. Project Management & Execution

• Lead full project lifecycle: planning, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, energization, and handover.
  Develop, monitor, and maintain master project schedules, budgets, and resource plans.
  • Establish project governance framework, reporting cadence, and executive dashboards.
  • Identify project risks, maintain risk registers, implement mitigation strategies, and escalate critical issues.
  • Manage contract administration, variation orders (VO), claims assessment, and commercial negotiations.
  • Ensure contractor compliance with contractual milestones, performance guarantees, and LD provisions.
  • Support procurement strategy including evaluation of EPC / D&B / CM delivery models.
  • Manage long-lead equipment procurement (transformers, generators, UPS, chillers) including FAT oversight.
  • Prepare and present progress reports, KPIs, cost forecasts, and milestone updates to senior management and stakeholders.

       2. Engineering & Technical Oversight

• Review, approve, and coordinate technical designs: electrical, mechanical, HVAC, fire protection, security, and IT infrastructure.
  Validate system redundancy (N+1, N+2, 2N, 2N+1) and operational reliability requirements.
  • Ensure compliance with local regulations, utility requirements, and international standards (Uptime Tier III/IV, NFPA, IEC, TIA, ISO).
  • Coordinate with utility providers (e.g., TNB or regional utilities) for grid interconnection, energization, and regulatory approvals.
  • Oversee HV/MV infrastructure delivery, protection coordination, and energization strategy.
  • Supervise Testing & Commissioning (Level 1–5) including IST, FMEA validation, black building tests, and reliability verification.
  • Review power system studies (short circuit, load flow, arc flash) and reliability analysis.
  • Oversee vendor, contractor, and consultant performance to meet technical specifications and project objectives.

         3. Team Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Monitor CAPEX budgets, cost forecasts, and financial controls.
  Track procurement schedules and mitigate supply chain risks.
  • Review progress payment certifications and contractor claims.
  • Ensure performance bond, insurance (CAR/EAR), and risk transfer compliance.
  • Participate in tender evaluations and contract award recommendations.

       4.Team Leadership & stakeholder management

• Lead multi-disciplinary project teams, contractors, consultants, and internal engineers.
  Act as primary interface between clients, suppliers, utility authorities, and internal teams.
  • Mentor junior engineers and project staff, fostering knowledge transfer and operational excellence.
  • Ensure seamless communication and coordination across all stakeholders.
  • Support Director of Engineering in strategic planning and executive reporting.

         5. Compliance, quality & safety

• Enforce adherence to engineering standards, corporate governance, and safety regulations.
  Conduct QA/QC inspections to validate system installation and workmanship.
  • Support environmental, health, and safety (EHS) initiatives.
  • Ensure environmental permits and statutory compliance are maintained throughout project lifecycle.

      6.Operation and Handover

• Facilitate smooth transition to operations including as-built documentation, SOPs, MOPs, EOPs, and asset registers.
  Ensure operational readiness, maintainability, and uptime SLA compliance.
  • Support training of O&M teams and post-handover stabilization.
  • Validate performance metrics including PUE, WUE, and system reliability KPIs.

Job Functions & Competencies

Key Requirements

Education & Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Building Services Engineering.
• Preferred: CDCP, PMP, ATD (Accredited Tier Designer)

Experience:

• Minimum 10 years in data centre construction, commissioning, or hyperscale infrastructure projects.
• Experience with 275kV grid intake and campus-scale developments preferred.
• Proven delivery of large-scale Tier III+ or hyperscale DCs (50 MW+) in South East Asia.
• Hands-on experience with critical systems: chillers, CRAH/CRAC, UPS, generators, LV/MV electrical distribution, BMS/SCADA, fire protection systems.
• Experience managing EPC / D&B contractors and complex stakeholder environments.

Technical Skills:

• Knowledge of electrical, mechanical, sanitary, plumbing, HVAC systems, IT infrastructure, security system
• Familiarity with Uptime, TIA, NFPA, IEC, ISO standards.
• Experience in project management tools: Primavera P6, MS Project, or equivalent.

Soft Skills & Leadership:

• Excellent leadership, team coordination, and stakeholder management.
• Effective communication, negotiation, and problem-solving under tight deadlines.
• Strong decision-making under tight deadlines and high-pressure environments.
• Fluent in English; native language preferred.

 Key Competencies

• Candidate should take full ownership of projects and provide hands-on technical and managerial leadership.
• Must be capable of delivering hyperscale, Tier III+, and colocation data centres
• Strong focus on mechanical & electrical engineering systems, commissioning, operational readiness, and uptime SLA compliance.
• Capable of managing large campus-scale developments and phased expansions.
• Ability to bridge engineering, commercial, and operational disciplines.

Overall:
This role requires a versatile engineering leader with strong technical depth, project management skills, and operational awareness. The ideal candidate will ensure safe, compliant, and timely delivery of high-availability data centre infrastructure, bridging design, construction, and operations.

Role: Marketing Program Manager

Years of Experience: Minimum 5 years 

Language Requirement: English 

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 

About the role: 

Inside Ideas Group is a rapidly expanding creative services agency with a twist – we provide our clients with bespoke dedicated agencies that operate from within their offices. We are building a team of individuals who have the ability and confidence to learn on the job and help the client transform their marketing capabilities. 

The Southeast Asia Google Ads Marketing team is looking for a passionate marketing program manager to drive projects delivering thought leadership initiatives and events to advertisers across various industries in Malaysia and across Southeast Asia.                                                                        

You’ll help shape and execute key thought leadership initiatives inspiring our most important advertising partners  to deepen their partnerships with Google. You will support the team to create thought leadership strategy, narratives and marketing execution for our Google Ads products across digital content and marketing (editorials, social), events and experiences. . You will also work closely with cross-functional teams such as Sales, Product Specialists, Research, Comms & PR, Legal, as well as external agencies, to bring these programs to life. 

What you will be doing: 

• Assist the Marketing Manager (MM) in developing innovative marketing strategies to engage large advertisers and drive adoption of Google's Ad solutions. 
• Independently lead or support MM in developing and executing  Google and/or external 3P partnerships events such as YouTube Works and key regional industry events etc                                   
• Develop thought leadership content and case studies across select Google Ads focus product areas (video, measurement, performance solutions) Manage amplification of content through internal channels such as industry events and editorials (Think With Google) and external partnerships (Advertising & Marketing magazine, Campaign Asia etc) )   
• Own, track and report results of various marketing programs 
• Manage external event and content agencies for delivery of assigned projects 
• Collaborate with cross function stakeholders on designated projects.         

What you need to be great in this role: 

• Ability to speak, read, and write in English  
• Excellent project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage, coordinate and track multiple simultaneous projects and deliverables in a highly dynamic and constantly changing context. 
• Structured and proactive, eye for constant innovation and improvement. 
• Skilled communicator with strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills, with the ability to comfortably communicate cross-functionally in a structured and clear manner to influence outcome. 
• Proactive, can-do attitude with a passion for innovation and thinking outside the box. 
• Ability to speak, read, and write in Malay 
• Prior experience in advertising, tech or marketing organization 
• Passion for and inquisitive about AI and new technologies 
• Understanding and knowledge of AI tools is beneficial, but ability to learn and digest benefits and features of AI tools is critical 

Req ID: 17401

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About Us 

MoneyHero Limited (NASDAQ: MNY) is a leading tech- and AI-powered personal finance aggregation and comparison platform that provides consumers with actionable insights to discover, compare, and choose the best financial products with confidence — bringing data intelligence and seamless digital access across insurance and banking solutions. The Company operates in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Philippines. MoneyHero had over 300 commercial partner relationships as at 31 December 2025, and had approximately 5.1 million Monthly Unique Users across its platform for the year ended 31 December 2025.

The Marketing team is a vibrant and creative group dedicated to amplifying our brand and driving the company’s growth. Our team members are innovative thinkers who excel in crafting compelling narratives and engaging campaigns. We thrive in a dynamic, collaborative, and international environment that fosters both personal and professional growth. By joining us, you'll have the opportunity to shape the company’s voice, influence market strategies, and tackle exciting challenges daily. Embark on a rewarding journey with us and make a significant impact in the world of marketing.

What We Offer 

You will be entitled to a competitive salary and attractive benefits, including:

• Annual leave, birthday leave, tenure leave, international remote work leave, and more
• Five-day work week. Our working arrangement requires employees to work in the office from Monday to Thursday. Friday will be work from home (WFH).
• Professional trainings, career advancement and internal mobility opportunities
• Competitive benefits including insurance and mental wellness program

About the Job

As the Senior Associate, Marketing for SingSaver, you will be responsible for end-to-end execution, and optimization of marketing campaigns within your assigned product vertical(s). You will work closely with the Marketing and Commercial teams to bring campaigns to life across multiple channels and markets.

This role is highly execution-driven and requires strong project management, data-led decision-making, and AI-tool familiarity to ensure campaigns deliver profitable customer acquisition and engagement.

The Senior Associate, Marketing will be responsible for:

• Campaign Planning
• Review and interpret campaign briefs to ensure deliverables are clearly defined and aligned with objectives.
• Assist in creative direction and copywriting, including copies for website banners, social posts, emails, and paid ads, including creative documentation and campaign materials.
• End-to-End Execution
• Manage end-to-end campaign timelines and execution, creative workflows, and approval processes with internal and external stakeholders, including set up of email campaigns and creative roll-out on internal channels
• Coordinate with Vertical Marketing Manager to ensure local market execution and adaptation and ensure all creatives meet SingSaver’s brand and design guidelines, with keeping track of statuses on internal dashboards and trackers.
• AI & Data-Driven Optimization
• Use AI-powered tools to automate campaign brief and targeting, creative messaging testing allocation.
• Monitor funnel metrics (applications, approvals, VTAs and conversions) and optimize for issued targets.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Coordinate across teams, including Growth Marketing, Commercial, Paid Ads, and Content, to ensure alignment and timely campaign delivery.
• Ensure all campaign assets and offer details are accurate, compliant, and up to date before launch and monitoring of live campaigns to ensure accurate representation of offers and creatives across SingSaver’s marketing touchpoints.
• Performance Management
• Track campaign metrics and contribution.
• Produce post-campaign analysis with insights and recommendations for continuous improvement.

In this role, we are looking for someone with:

• 2+ years of marketing and campaign experience, including campaign management and digital media planning experience
• Familiarity with AI marketing tools (e.g., predictive targeting, automated bidding, content generation, attribution).
• Strong analytic skills and understanding of digital ecosystems such as web analytics tools (Google Analytics), social media marketing applications (Facebook) and digital display marketing platforms (Google Ads)
• Strong cross-functional project management skills and proven ability to deliver on time and on budget
• Analytical mindset; able to link campaign metrics to P&L impact.
• Self-motivated, proactive team player with innovative ideas to inspire customer loyalty and adoption

Success Metrics:

• Vertical campaign metrics and contribution to revenue/GP.
• CAC/LTV improvement and issued conversion rates.
• Partner satisfaction with campaign execution.
• Speed and efficiency of campaign delivery.

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This is a fully remote role to be based in Malaysia. We will prioritize candidates who are based in Malaysia and do not require a work visa sponsorship.

About Us 

MoneyHero Limited (NASDAQ: MNY) is a leading tech- and AI-powered personal finance aggregation and comparison platform that provides consumers with actionable insights to discover, compare, and choose the best financial products with confidence — bringing data intelligence and seamless digital access across insurance and banking solutions. The Company operates in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Philippines. MoneyHero had over 300 commercial partner relationships as at 31 December 2025, and had approximately 5.1 million Monthly Unique Users across its platform for the year ended 31 December 2025.

The Marketing team is a vibrant and creative group dedicated to amplifying our brand and driving the company’s growth. Our team members are innovative thinkers who excel in crafting compelling narratives and engaging campaigns. We thrive in a dynamic, collaborative, and international environment that fosters both personal and professional growth. By joining us, you'll have the opportunity to shape the company’s voice, influence market strategies, and tackle exciting challenges daily. Embark on a rewarding journey with us and make a significant impact in the world of marketing.

What We Offer 

You will be entitled to a competitive salary and attractive benefits, including:

• Annual leave, birthday leave, tenure leave, international remote work leave, and more
• Five-day work week, remote work arrangement
• Professional trainings, career advancement and internal mobility opportunities
• Competitive benefits including insurance and mental wellness program

About the Job

As the (Senior) Associate, Marketing for SingSaver, you will be responsible for end-to-end execution, and optimization of marketing campaigns within your assigned product vertical(s). You will work closely with the Marketing and Commercial teams to bring campaigns to life across multiple channels and markets.

This role is highly execution-driven and requires strong project management, data-led decision-making, and AI-tool familiarity to ensure campaigns deliver profitable customer acquisition and engagement.

The (Senior) Associate, Marketing will be responsible for:

• Campaign Planning
• Review and interpret campaign briefs to ensure deliverables are clearly defined and aligned with objectives.
• Assist in creative direction and copywriting, including copies for website banners, social posts, emails, and paid ads, including creative documentation and campaign materials.
• End-to-End Execution
• Manage end-to-end campaign timelines and execution, creative workflows, and approval processes with internal and external stakeholders, including set up of email campaigns and creative roll-out on internal channels
• Coordinate with Vertical Marketing Manager to ensure local market execution and adaptation and ensure all creatives meet SingSaver’s brand and design guidelines, with keeping track of statuses on internal dashboards and trackers.
• AI & Data-Driven Optimization
• Use AI-powered tools to automate campaign brief and targeting, creative messaging testing allocation.
• Monitor funnel metrics (applications, approvals, VTAs and conversions) and optimize for issued targets.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Coordinate across teams, including Growth Marketing, Commercial, Paid Ads, and Content, to ensure alignment and timely campaign delivery.
• Ensure all campaign assets and offer details are accurate, compliant, and up to date before launch and monitoring of live campaigns to ensure accurate representation of offers and creatives across SingSaver’s marketing touchpoints.
• Performance Management
• Track campaign metrics and contribution.
• Produce post-campaign analysis with insights and recommendations for continuous improvement.

In this role, we are looking for someone with:

• 2+ years of marketing and campaign experience, including campaign management and digital media planning experience
• Familiarity with AI marketing tools (e.g., predictive targeting, automated bidding, content generation, attribution).
• Strong analytic skills and understanding of digital ecosystems such as web analytics tools (Google Analytics), social media marketing applications (Facebook) and digital display marketing platforms (Google Ads)
• Strong cross-functional project management skills and proven ability to deliver on time and on budget
• Analytical mindset; able to link campaign metrics to P&L impact.
• Self-motivated, proactive team player with innovative ideas to inspire customer loyalty and adoption

Success Metrics:

• Vertical campaign metrics and contribution to revenue/GP.
• CAC/LTV improvement and issued conversion rates.
• Partner satisfaction with campaign execution.
• Speed and efficiency of campaign delivery.

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Title: Regional Manager, APAC Data Center Operations

The Regional Manager, APAC Data Center Operations will work directly with the Regional Directors to monitor, maintain and support EdgeConneX data centers throughout the APAC region. This requires leading scheduled preventive maintenance activities, performing unscheduled maintenance, and supporting any customer requests.  He or she will also help manage facility expansions and improvement, new MEP capacity expansions or repairs, and utility upgrades. While an IT background could be helpful to complement the leadership needed, the background coveted is in MEP.  This position reports to the Regional Director of APAC Data Center Operations and will be expected to work closely with the other Regional Managers (across other regions), peers in other departments, Customer Installation Project Managers and with contract vendors to accomplish their tasks.  While this position can be based in Cyberjaya or Johor, travel could be as much as 50%.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support the Regional Directors in implementing and managing the Preventive Maintenance program at each of our sites and act as on-site lead for any emergency maintenance done at the EDCs

• Ensure all customer SLA requirements are met and maintained.
• Manage a team of highly skilled engineers. Support hiring activities for new developments.
• Work with our computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) and other systems to ensure they are up to date and have the correct information.
• Effectively manage, supervise, and evaluate contract technical labor
• Identifying areas of improvement to our existing facilities, particularly efficiency and PUE
• Evaluate and improve the security of data center facilities
• Conduct routine, ongoing assessment of the building systems operations
• Ensuring compliance with all safety procedures as well as utilization of protective equipment
• Maintain ongoing communication with tenants, owners, property management and vendors
• Travel can be up to 50% of the time

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Commitment to organizational excellence and constant awareness to seek opportunities to improve processes/quality of deliverables
• Superb ability to successfully prioritize and manage multiple projects and responsibilities
• Superb ability to meet committed timelines, leveraging assistance/input from peers
• Strong and effective team player in working with various disciplines and peer groups; can cover all gamut of tasks required to ‘getting a job done’
• A high level of commitment to customer service to both co-workers and clients
• Ability to respond effectively, verbally and in writing, to sensitive issues, complex inquiries or complaints
• Ability to interact effectively with managers, clients, customers and the general public
• Translate company goals/KPI’s towards the team and bring the team to the next level.

Experience/Education

• 10+ years of experience in facility operations or engineering functions
• 5+ years of experience in Management function
• Familiarity with power- and mechanical equipment, HV and LV switchgear and different brands of generators
• Significant data center operations experience, to include detailed knowledge of UPS/PDU/RPP/CRAC/Generator and Security and Fire/Life Safety systems
• Experience with multiple PM cycles for Data Center equipment
• Experience with trouble ticketing systems and Method-of-Procedure processes
• Ability to recommend improvements to dispatch and reporting processes and systems used for contract technical labor
• Experience with Change Management and CMMS systems
• The ability to:
• Comprehend, analyze, and interpret complex project documents, including AutoCAD, Visio and PDF documents
• Write and evaluate maintenance procedures

• Develop installation standards and project tracking/management documents

• Experience in the Construction or Real Estate environments a plus
• Education level - Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent
• Safety for Operational Supervisors (OSHA 30)

Your Role as a Test Automation Lead (Signage): 

As the Test Automation Engineer you will be responsible for test automation to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of test coverage for Appspace product suites. This is achieved through designing, developing and maintaining test automation.

A Day in the Life of a Test Automation Lead (Signage): 

• To contribute and work with a small team of Test Automation Engineers to design, develop and maintain test automation frameworks, test automation test suites and test harnesses.
• Mastery of the test automation domain.
• Reduce technical debt by analyzing test automation codes and enhancing the same by code refactoring.
• Work closely with the QA Manager and Management to implement Test Automation strategies, and to work in initiatives that improve processes and/or procedures that contribute to performance effectiveness and efficiencies.
• Provide technical support and guidance in test automation for the projects team you work on to ensure successful delivery of the same.
• Management of in-house testing tools and associated source code.
• Champion test automation best practices and processes.
• Communicate work progress and all (work related) pertinent information in an accurate and timely manner to the Management.

What You’ll Need: 

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 2 years’ working experience in an agile software development environment and experience in test automation.
• Proven hands-on experience in test automation frameworks and tools
• Experience in back-end (API level) - Integrated API (e.g: code-based) & API testing (e.g: Postman, Axios, Rest Assured), 
• Experience in front-end (UI) test automation - web automation (Selenium/Playwright)/  & mobile app automation (Appium)
• Experience in one/more of the following is an advantage -  TypeScript, Javascript, NodeJS, C#.Net, JSON
• Experience in version control tools (i.e: Git)
• Experience in Cloud-based software platforms & Microservices Architecture (i.e: Google Cloud Platform) is a plus
• Experience with SQL/noSQL databases (i.e: MongoDB) is a plus
• Experience in cross browser testing & mobile testing tools (i.e: BrowserStack) is a plus
• Experience in performance testing tools (i.e: JMeter) is a plus
• Familiar with continuous integration, build & deployment practices and tools (e.g: Bamboo, Jenkins) 
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong organization skills – ability to handle a dynamic environment
• Ability to prioritize and manage own time
• Positive and professional approach at all times
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Initiative and ability to demonstrate a proactive approach to tasks
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines

The Perks of Working for Appspace:

For all our KL based team members, we offer a variety of benefits from competitive salaries, medical, dental and vision coverage, mental health resources, a 14 week maternity leave program and transport/parking allowance.

Additional perks include:

• 20 Days PTO
• Flexible work schedules
• Remote work opportunities
• Paid company holidays
• Appspace Quiet Fridays (No non-essential internal meetings scheduled)
• A casual dress work environment 

• Act as the APAC Affiliate Manager on multiple blue-chip clients within Neo’s regional Affiliate Marketing team.
• Develop relationships with stakeholders within clients and large affiliate partners.
• Have an analytical approach whilst working on reporting and performance metrics to draw insight and make strategic recommendations to clients to optimize their affiliate program
• Identify and recommend new opportunities to grow the business and increase efficiency for clients 
• Responsibility for financial management from an external perspective, monitoring client budget and spend
• Educate partners unfamiliar with affiliate to enable them to work with our clients
• Pro-actively approach and recruit new publisher partners
• Build and deliver strategy alongside the client and Affiliate Director
• Compiling and presenting results to the client
• Meet and host affiliate partner events

• Experience in managing and mentoring junior affiliate staff.
• Analytical and numerate, with strong communication skills. The candidate must be comfortable presenting to large groups of people and senior clients
• In-depth knowledge of affiliate / partnership marketing and the best practice on how affiliate programs are managed
• Strong new business and performance delivery track record
• Commercial awareness and proficiency in managing client scopes and profitability
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Seeks ownership and readily accepts accountability
• Some familiarity with reporting platforms (affiliate networks/tools) and how they are used to manage campaign performance
• Proven ability to develop strong internal and external business relationships
• Educated to university degree level
• A minimum of 4 to 5 years digital marketing experience with a preference for 3 of these years to be in an affiliate marketing focused role
  
  

Why Join Selkirk Sport?

• Lead brand design for the #1 brand in pickleball—an industry on the rise.
• Work on high-impact projects seen by millions.
• Collaborate with a fast-moving, innovative brand design team.
• Enjoy a high-energy work environment where your ideas shape the future of the sport.
• Competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities for growth.

LOGISTICS & INFORMATION

Location: Tilting Futures is seeking a Program Manager for Take Action Lab: Environment & Sustainability in Penang, Malaysia. For this role, we are only accepting applicants with significant lived experience and legal authorization to live and work in Malaysia. 

Start date: The ideal start date is 1 May, 2026.

Compensation: The compensation for this contract role is RM9,000-RM13,000 per month. This range reflects the full compensation, as contractors are responsible for managing their own taxes, benefits, and other related expenses. We value transparency and are happy to discuss further details with candidates during the application process. 

Application process: This is an outline of our typical hiring process. Depending on the needs of the role, the individual stages may change. Only qualified applicants will be advanced at each stage.

1. Submit an application: it will be reviewed by real humans, not bots! 
2. Screening interview: a quick “get to know you” call
3. Candidate exercise: a chance for us to learn more about you and for you to understand some of the expectations of the role
4. Hiring manager interview: you’ll chat about your exercise and meet this role’s supervisor.
5. Senior Leadership Interview: we are a small organization and our leadership is deeply invested in making sure we hire the right folks for each role.

We highly recommend reviewing our careers page for the most detailed information on our hiring process & philosophy, and to learn more about what it’s like to work at Tilting Futures.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Will you sponsor a Malaysian work visa application?

We are unable to sponsor a Malaysian visa application. All applicants must already be legally able to live and work full-time in Penang, Malaysia.

Will I have to travel to the United States in this role?

You may be asked to travel to the United States 1 time per year, for 1-2 weeks per visit, to attend staff-specific retreats or training seminars. In these cases, we will support your application for an American B-type visitor visa should you not have one already.

Do you have an office in Penang?

Yes, our office is located in Gelugor. 

ABOUT THIS ROLE

As Program Manager, you’ll be the on-the-ground leader guiding students through a transformative, real-world learning experience while cultivating the local partnerships that make it possible. We are looking for a strategic thinker who is able to center the student experience, develop effective systems, and nurture relationships with our partners and stakeholders. If you’re energized by empowering young people, building community, and driving impact at the intersection of education and social change, this role is your chance to make a lasting mark.

The Program Manager reports directly to David Arenas, Director of Global Programs. The other primary stakeholders for this role are Jennifer Lofing Boyle (VP, Programs), Marc Seidel (Senior Manager, Risk Management), and Rebecca Warren (Senior Manager, Teaching, Learning, & Enrollment). Get to know them here.

YOUR OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPACT

Oversee and lead Take Action Lab’s (TAL) experiential learning: Design, facilitate, and manage powerful learning experiences by developing experiential learning activities in line with TAL’s curriculum. 

• Lead trainings, orientations, and learning and reflection activities with students.
• Provide mentorship and coaching to students through their experience. Identify the learning moments of their experience and support their personal development. 
• Identify learning opportunities and develop relationships with local leaders/communities in Penang that support TAL’s learning outcomes and add value to students’ immersion in Penang.
• Manage TAL’s in-country budget.

Manage partnerships: As Tilting Futures’s lead in Malaysia, proactively develop relationships and maintain close contact and communication with local partners.   

• Ensure smooth program planning and implementation with partners by fostering collaboration, providing support, and proactively addressing any challenges.
• Proactively cultivate relationships with partners who can help us achieve our program goals in Malaysia.
• Escalate administrative and/or operational issues impacting the long-term sustainability of the program.

Oversee students’ program preparation: In collaboration with your team, develop, implement and maintain student onboarding systems that ensure:

• Students are prepared for their time in Malaysia, through information sessions, written documentation, and timely responses to student and family inquiries.
• Visas, travel plans, and other important information are properly tracked.
• Proactive corrective action is taken with students who are not on track to participate in the program. 
• Local partners receive timely information to allocate students’ apprenticeships and housing.

Lead Incident Management & Emergency Response: In collaboration with your team and specialized partners, support students’ socio-emotional health and learning, and provide effective response to health and safety incidents and emergencies. 

• Deliver training to students in risk mitigation, and health and safety protocols, with support from the Global team. 
• Lead the team managing health & safety incidents, coordinating with partners, team, and global staff in decision making, response and reporting, and leading response in escalated incidents.
• Provide student emotional support during any hospitalization or other major incidents.
• When on emergency duty, be available and remain within cell service at all times.
• Directly communicate with students’ families during escalated incidents, in coordination with the Global Programs Team.

Manage a high performing team: Build and lead a high-performing team passionately committed to empowering youth and driving impactful programs. 

• Hire, train, and retain a diverse, high-performing team.
• Supervise and develop staff and contractors through 1:1s, coaching, feedback, and evaluation.
• Foster a positive, Tilting Futures values-aligned team culture and ensure the Malaysia-based team is well integrated into the global organization.
• Guide the team to deliver high-quality, consistent program implementation.
• Support ongoing professional development for all team members.

WHO WILL THRIVE IN THIS ROLE

We are looking for more than just hard skills; we want teammates who will add value to our organizational culture by bringing these mindsets to their work:

• Strategic Thinker: Understands the broader context to design meaningful experiential learning opportunities that integrate curriculum with local immersion.
• Decisive Leader: Acts with confidence and agility to address program needs and make timely decisions on the ground.
• Sound Judgment: Evaluates complex situations to form well-informed decisions that prioritize student well-being and program success.
• Clear Communicator: Articulates ideas effectively through both spoken and written communication, ensuring alignment among global, local, and student stakeholders.
• Team Player: Collaborates seamlessly with in-person and remote teams to achieve shared goals and deliver exceptional programming.
• Mentor and Coach: Develops and supports team members to enhance their skills and performance through feedback and guidance.
• Empathetic Connector: Builds trust and rapport by understanding and responding to the needs and emotions of students, partners, and team members.
• Student-Centered: Prioritizes and proactively addresses the needs, safety, and well-being of students throughout their immersive experience.
• Resourceful Problem-Solver: Identifies creative solutions to overcome challenges and optimize program delivery in a dynamic environment.
• Self-Driven Professional: Demonstrates initiative and perseverance to ensure program excellence and sustained impact.

The following are required:

• 5+ years of experience facilitating outdoor education, experiential learning and/or youth development programs for youth ages 17-25. 
• Experience managing and developing staff from different backgrounds. 
• Experience developing and delivering participatory training sessions and thematic seminars for different audiences e.g. youth, community stakeholders, non-profit organizations.
• Experience cultivating and managing program partnerships.
• Undergraduate degree (Bachelors or similar) in Education, Cultural Anthropology, Social Work, International Development, or other relevant field.
• Legally able to live and work in Malaysia full time.
• Familiarity with Malaysia’s social impact sector.
• Spoken and written fluency in English.
• All routine immunizations and vaccinations, including COVID-19, must be complete and up to date according to WHO guidelines.

Bonus points if have/are:

• Experience managing health and safety protocols
• Basic first aid training
• Bilingual or multilingual familiarity with any of the following languages: Malay, Mandarin and/or Tamil

YOUR LEGACY

As Program Manager, you will help equip young people from around the world to tackle global issues through a one-of-a-kind hybrid immersive experiential learning program in Penang. By fostering strong partnerships and delivering a transformative student experience, you will play a key role in shaping the program’s success and impact.

A DAY IN THE LIFE

Day-to-day activities will depend on the stage in the program cycle: planning season & immersion experience.

Planning season: daily activities during this stage include identifying and developing in-person learning activities that support the curriculum competencies and learning outcomes; prepare and roll out training for local partners; prepare orientation materials and resources for students’ onboarding to the program; provide feedback & input for future iterations of the program. In addition, this stage includes monitoring and tracking students’ pre-departure tasks (e.g. visa applications, travel plans, health and safety forms, housing & apprenticeship allocations). 

Immersion experience: this is the most dynamic stage of the cycle while students are immersed in Penang. Day-to-day activities will include: managing communications with the local operational partner; leading reflection/learning activities for students; supporting and managing health and safety incidents; planning and executing activities that build community and a sense of belonging to Tilting Futures.

Position: Program Coordinator, Take Action Lab: Environment & Sustainability

Location: Tilting Futures is seeking a Program Coordinator for Take Action Lab: Environment & Sustainability in Penang, Malaysia. For this role, we are only accepting applicants with significant lived experience and legal authorization to live and work in Malaysia.

Start Date: The ideal start date is 15 May, 2026

Compensation: The compensation for this contract role is RM5000-7750 per month. This range reflects the full compensation, as contractors are responsible for managing their own taxes, benefits, and other related expenses. We value transparency and are happy to discuss further details with candidates during the application process.

Application process: This is an outline of our typical hiring process. Depending on the needs of the role, the individual stages may change. Only qualified applicants will be advanced at each stage.

1. Submit an application: it will be reviewed by real humans, not bots! 
2. Screening interview: a quick “get to know you” call
3. Candidate exercise: a chance for us to learn more about you and for you to understand some of the expectations of the role
4. Hiring manager interview: you’ll chat about your exercise and meet this role’s supervisor.
5. VP, Programs Interview: we are a small organization and our leadership is deeply invested in making sure we hire the right folks for each role.

We highly recommend reviewing our careers page for the most detailed information on our hiring process & philosophy, and to learn more about what it’s like to work at Tilting Futures.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Will you sponsor a Malaysian work visa application?

We are unable to sponsor a Malaysian visa application. All applicants must already be legally able to live and work full-time in Penang, Malaysia.

Will I have to travel to the United States in this role?

You may be asked to travel to the United States 1 time per year, for 1-2 weeks per visit, to attend staff-specific retreats or training seminars. In these cases, we will support your application for an American B-type visitor visa should you not have one already.

Do you have an office in Penang?

Yes, our office is located in Gelugor.

ABOUT THIS ROLE

As part of the team in Penang, the Program Coordinator helps bring to life the Take Action Lab program for our students. They will play a key role in creating a positive student experience by facilitating curricular and extracurricular activities, supporting student wellbeing and learning, and leading administrative tasks for student onboarding, program management and record keeping. A mostly student-facing position, the Program Coordinator will play a central role in creating a unique, cultural immersion experience for our students. 

We are looking for someone who is energized and enthusiastic about youth leadership development, builds relationships, and can navigate dynamic, new environments.

This role reports to the Take Action Lab Program Manager, Malaysia and works closely with the Program Operations Coordinator, and two other Program Coordinators in the Take Action Lab team. They must be based in Penang, Malaysia.

YOUR OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPACT

Co-create the Take Action Lab experience: Design and facilitate a unique immersion experience anchored in our principles of experiential learning

• Support the design of transformative experiential learning activities in line with TAL’s theme and curriculum goals
• Participate in building TAL’s training modules & ensure students’ adoption
• Guide and facilitate group learning activities around the Penang area 
• Prepare and execute an orientation and re-entry program for participants
• Prepare and maintain orientation and onboarding materials

Support the wellbeing and development of inspiring young leaders: Work directly with the students to guide and facilitate their immersion learning experience in Penang

• Support community engagement strategy and activities during the virtual and immersive segments of the program; Foster a safe and productive learning environment; Guide the cohort community-building experience 
• Act as a mentor and cultural broker for the students during the pre-departure and immersion experience; maintain regular check-ins with a sub-cohort of students
• Support students’ wellbeing as part of the team responding to behavioral, health, and safety incidents
• Monitor student engagement and surface issues for problem-solving

Build local partnerships: Develop good working relationships with program partners

• Liaise with local partners to ensure logistics run smoothly
• Support the delivery of partner training, monitoring and evaluation
• Identify and liaise with local partners and activities that can contribute to students’ learning objectives
• Facilitate program closing events with local partners; Celebrate and acknowledge partner contributions to the program and the students’ experience

Keep program stakeholders organized and informed: Support administrative tasks for student onboarding and offboarding and regular reporting

• Act as students’ first point of contact and support during their pre-departure preparation and throughout their immersion; Support student and family communications strategy throughout the program, including but not limited to responding to inquiries, drafting and editing resources, managing online community engagement platforms 
• Support the maintenance of systems for organizing local activities and students’ information
• Analyze data to track depth of student engagement, spot patterns, and surface learnings
• Manage materials and logistics for program events, in collaboration with the team and local partners

WHO WILL THRIVE IN THIS ROLE

We are looking for more than just hard skills; we want teammates who will add value to our organizational culture by bringing these mindsets to their work:

• Connected to our mission: Something in your own life experience drives your passion for Tilting Futures’ mission and vision.
• Information seeker: You investigate thoroughly to get relevant information.
• Detail oriented: You show rigorous and meticulous attention to detail.
• Empathetic: You identify with the feelings, ideas and attitudes of others.
• Personable: You have a friendly, approachable and outgoing style.
• Adaptable: You adjust easily to new or changing circumstances.
• Team Player: You work well within diverse groups to achieve common goals.  
• Student-Oriented: You are attentive and responsive to student needs.
• Initiative: You act proactively to achieve results.
• Resourceful: You find alternative solutions to overcome problems or limitations.

The following skills are required:

• Experience facilitating and designing learning experiences for youth (aged 17-21)
• Experience facilitating one-on-one and group reflection and discussion with youth in support of learning and development objectives
• Experience working or living with people from different cultural backgrounds
• Familiar with Penang’s social impact and environment sector
• Legally able to live and work in Malaysia full time
• Comfortable using and learning new technology; Enjoy finding new ways to use technology for greater impact
• Effective communicator: written, verbal and Google slide presentations
• All routine immunizations and vaccinations, including COVID-19, must be complete and up to date according to WHO guidelines

Bonus points if have/are:

• Basic First Aid Training
• Proficiency with Airtable, Slate, MS Office, Google Suite
• Bilingual or multilingual familiarity with any of the languages spoken by Penang’s diverse cultural communities
• A US Visa (for occasional travel to the USA)

YOUR LEGACY

Bring your youth development experience and knowledge of Penang and Malaysia to make your mark on a one-of-a-kind youth learning program for a global cohort of curious and inspired students. 

DAY IN THE LIFE

Day-to-day activities will depend on the stage in the program cycle: planning season & immersion experience.

Planning season: This stage includes monitoring and tracking students’ pre-departure tasks (e.g. visa applications, travel plans, health and safety forms, housing & apprenticeship placements). In addition, you will support the development of in-person learning activities that support the curriculum competencies and learning outcomes; deliver training for local partners; prepare orientation materials and resources for students’ onboarding to the program. 

Immersion experience: this is the most dynamic stage of the cycle consisting of a 12-week student immersion in Penang. Day-to-day activities will include: liaising with the local operational partner to organize logistical support; leading reflection/learning activities for students; supporting health, safety and behavioral incidents; planning and executing activities that build community and a sense of belonging to Tilting Futures.