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Sales Strategist, based in Indonesia
Work locations Jakarta RayaClosing Date: 20-8-11
Responsibilities:
Sales Strategist, Jakarta Indonesia
Objective of Sales Strategy
To be the umbrella arm support for Sales on the front end by focusing strategic efforts around client growth and business depth. The department has the big idea approach and opportunities for business growth will stem from the execution of these objectives. The most crucial of sections, this department will lay the groundwork for future revenue growth.
Day to Day Responsibilities - Sales Strategist
* Provide strategic counsel and digital solutions for Yahoo! advertisers in the region as well as supporting global advertisers’ campaign localization and execution
* Define vertical strategy and organize sales materials to assist both pre sales and account retention effort.
* Conduct sales analysis in order to plan and execute right sales strategy
* Develop key market monetization strategy and execution plan
* Manage clients’ brief, deliver solution/proposal within deadline
* Visit key advertisers in a regular basis to understand their strategies and needs
* Develop key vertical strategy to support sales pitch
* Adapt the latest research data into sales presentation to support vertical sales
* Organize case studies to ensure best practice will be shared within Y! SEA, at same time, constantly update best practice across Y! markets.
* Participate in product meeting, understand the latest product development and create sales presentation/sponsorship opportunity to promote Y! properties
* Conduct quarterly revenue analysis by advertiser category, reseller, properties, provide direction to sales team through data learning
* Tier clients monthly analysis
* Supervise brand study survey
* Initiate sales package, promotion offers to better monetize Y! properties
* Execution of Strategy and Management of Sales Production
Project Management
* Ongoing analysis with accompanying action plan and implementation.
* Monthly statistics and conversion reports.
* Weekly priority reports – internal use only.
* Ensure new pitches and client presentations are proactively being pitched to agencies and advertisers
Requirements:
Succes Metric
* Projects completed within appropriate timeframes
* Customer satisfaction – bi-annual survey to gather direct feedback from clients.
* Yahoo! satisfaction – bi-annual survey to gather direct feedback from sales, business units and Alliances.
* Growth of new verticals and business for Yahoo!
* Client retention and unmissed opportunities for revenue
Quality Engineer - Mobile
Work locations SingaporeClosing Date: 13-8-11
Responsibilities:
Quality Engineering - Mobile
Location: Singapore
Think about impacting 1 out of every 2 people online--in innovative and imaginative ways that are uniquely Yahoo!. We do just that each and every day, and you could too. After all, it's big thinkers like you who will create the next generation of Internet experiences for consumers and advertisers across the globe. Now's the time to show the world what you've got. Put your ideas to work for over half a billion people.
Functions
* You will be a leading contributor in helping define our Video/Mobile QE testing strategy to prioritized feature initiatives, test automation strategy, review product specifications, develop test harness, automate tests, execute test plans, and ACTIVELY participate in defining/selecting appropriate test tools which will help in delivering a high quality product.
* Having a lead- without-title mentality is critical for this job since it involves creativity, motivation and having the internal desire to execute Quality Assurance by way of Quality Engineering. This is not a manual-only testing/QE position
* You must see 2-way visibility as an important requirement as to any successful integration project with our internal and external business partners. You must exemplify excellent working communication skills (verbally and written) and possessing maturity to partnering well with teams.
* You will work closely with software developers to understand the product architecture and work on identifying, designing or enhancing existing test frameworks to support backend test development and unit tests.
* Must possess web-savvy technical experience in client-side (HTML, CSS, JS) and server-side (PHP, SQL, API) arenas
* Help develop tools for improving efficiencies in feature and automation testing.
* You will help develop and maintain automated test harnesses, identify test strategies, and automate test cases under guidance and input from lead/mgr as input
A successful candidate will have excellent working hands-on experience in front-end testing (beyond just clicking and visual verification), API level testing, developing new automated test suites, evaluating test coverage, security testing exposure and performance benchmarking
Requirements:
Experiences
* Required – 2-4 years of hands-on front-end QE testing experience possessing a sound toolset of knowledge with front-end debugging tools.
* Required – 2-3 years of outstanding track record as a professional technically competent Quality Engineer
* Web Service API testing. Good understanding of client/server technologies.
* Required - 2 years of hands-on (non-academic) OOO coding work experience in PHP, Java, C++. Phpunit and XML. Automation tools such as TestNG, Selenium, JMeter is highly desired.
* Required experience testing web-based mobile sites and/or video stream sites, mobile native apps, mobile devices and having good exposure with mobile automation solutions is essential (Robotium, UISpec, UIAutomation, Selenium2.0, etc.)
* Strong knowledge in at least one scripting language such as PERL/Python is desireable
* Working experience developing web-based test suites and maintaining/execution QA automation tools including developing test automation framework for API and system back-end processes.
* Experience in HTML5, JavaScript, SOAP, SQL and Unix/Linux.
* Possessing good leadership qualities that embodies being a self-starter, team player, good working technical/ QA knowledge, self-disciplined, having sense of urgency and working effective written/verbal communication skills.
* Must be able to demonstrate a QA leadership personality since half the challenge is to communicate effectively to project team members of QE's plans, progress and challenges. This is certainly not a spectator/pure coding role but an active QE professional role requiring technical, functional and business exposure.
* Experience in load and performance testing of web applications is a plus
* BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent
Director of Information Security
Work locations SingaporeClosing Date: 13-8-11
Responsibilities:
Department Overview
Information Risk Management (IRM) at Yahoo is responsible for all aspects of Information Security and is centralized to meet that goal. With a broad range of requirements, IRM is broken down into five main functions, Threat Response, Strategy and Planning, Infrastructure Resiliency, Product Security and Security Management. Yahoo’s Information Risk Management group consists of experts in many fields to ensure that Yahoo’s data and technical resources are protected and available.
As the Director of International Paranoids, you will lead a team to design and implement controls to mitigate the threats that Yahoo and our customers face. Your team will drive security process maturity across the international company locations to ensure security is included in all relevant processes.
Overview of tasks
* This position will be in the Security Governance team in Information Risk Management within SE&O
* Developing controls to mitigate threats for the entire company
* Driving projects to implement needed controls to mitigate the threats
* Participating, via governance, in the projects that are happening that are of security importance
* Developing and driving security standards across the company
* Designing and implementing mature process hooks into company processes to ensure risk is identified, remediated and/or accepted
* Assist in the overall IRM implementation of a mature risk model and driving it into roles and responsibilities within your group
* Assist and drive with an ongoing companywide communications program to promote the concept of security awareness
* Assist in facilitating compliance with established IRM policies, procedures and security controls
Requirements:
* 10+ years of information security experience
* 5+ years experience as a leader of security organizations
* Bachelor Degree, preferably in Computer Science
* Significant experience with security regulations in compliance legislation and other directives including PCI, Sarbanes-Oxley, ISO 27001 and OWASP
* Excellent experience in various risk and control models and demonstrated capability in implementing them in a large enterprise environment
* Demonstrated experience performing general security risk assessments at the business unit or department level.
* Have a solid working knowledge of networking technology and tools, firewalls, proxies
* Excellent technical writing and presentation skills
* CISSP, CIMP, SANS desirable
Tax Accountant based in Singapore (contract)
Work locations SingaporeClosing Date: 27-8-11
Responsibilities:
* Support tax planning initiatives in APAC including restructuring and transfer pricing documentation. Interact with tax advisors and Corporate on planning issues.
* Coordinate with Controllership to ensure local compliance requirements are met.
* Tax Provision – review tax provision prepared by local entities and interact with Corporate to communicate the tax provisions.
Requirements:
* Qualified accountant or lawyer (or equivalent tax qualification) with at least 8 years experience in public accounting and/or Corporate Tax
* Excellent communication skills – particularly in translating tax technical material for non-tax audience
* Strong project management skills/multi-tasking ability
* Practical, pragmatic attitude
* International (some or all of: restructuring, transfer pricing, M&A) experience
* US tax knowledge a plus
* Ability to work independently
Software Engineer - IOS, based in Singapore
Work locations SingaporeClosing Date: 26-08-11
Responsibilities:
Job Purpose:
To design and develop the next generation Mobile iOS applications for Video and related products
Description:
We are looking for an energetic, creative and passionate senior engineer to join the mobile app development team based out of Singapore. If you are looking for a company where you can have the freedom and liberty to express your creativity while having fun with development, this is the right position for you! Qualified candidate must be strong in UI Development, as well as demonstrated success in iOS application development.
Required Skills
* Candidate needs to have a strong background and knowledge of the iOS SDK
* Strong background with Cocoa
* Must have professional experience with Objective-C
* Strong UI Design experience
* Experience with MacOS development and/or C/C++ is a plus
* 6+ years of demonstrated industry experience
* BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent
Requirements:
* The ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment
* Fast learner and strong sense of ownership of all the platforms and products
* Excellent communication – should be able to communicate with various teams globally
* Excellent problem solving and debugging skills
* Strong understanding of product quality and performance standards
* Ability to take initiative and be innovative
Project Manager - Custom Solutions Team, based in Singapore
Work locations SingaporeClosing Date: 26-08-11
Responsibilities:
This position will drive the completion of multiple parallel web site development projects to committed live to site dates. The Project Manager will work cross organizationally with Project Management, Engineering, Operations, Marketing and QA to facilitate the tracking and resolution of resource requirements, project activities, and commitments. In this role, the Project Manager will work to improve the Custom Branded Solutions team through process definition and implementation as well as agreed project templates. Projects can be global.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
This individual will be a Project Manager in Project Management group within the Custom Solutions team. The position of "Project Manager" includes coordinating and scheduling Operations cross-functional resources and tasks in support of significant initiatives focused within Custom Solutions Team. This individual must be able to handle a number of simultaneous projects and tasks and must demonstrate a sense of urgency and ownership to drive issues to completion.
Project management tasks including, but not limited to:
* Managing multiple web site development projects with set timelines simultaneously.
* Defining project schedules and resource requirements based on planning methodologies, deliverables, schedules, and tasks.
* Facilitation, coordination and project management of cross-functional team tasks and activities.
* Interpretation of validated scope and translation to resource requirements and activities.
* Facilitating scope validation meetings.
* Working with functional managers to book required resources to project teams.
* Working with cross-functional teams including Sales and Engineering to ensure project task accuracy and drive resolution of issues and constraints across timezones.
* Evolving project management process and tools to increase efficiencies of Project Management as a whole.
* Communicating planning and schedule status, issues and risks in a timely manner.
* Identifying and resolving problems, planning issues, and project changes. Escalation of unresolved issues requiring senior management attention.
* Leading project teams and projects to overall success.
The position of Project Manager requires a working knowledge of successful business practices including project management, problem solving, process improvements, requirements definition, and current Internet-based technology. Experience leading and participating in technical and cross-functional projects is required.
Requirements:
Required skills and background experience include:
* 5-8 or more years experience with web site creation and advertising projects.
* Experience in managing engineering scrums/sprints including large-scale projects required. Prefer experience with large Internet, web-based projects.
* Experience in problem solving, process improvement methods, and business re-engineering methodologies
* Proven track record in process definition and improvement initiatives.
* Strong verbal and written communication skills.
* Experience in project management process; knowledge of project management software tools, templates and management techniques.
* Advocate of project management discipline and practices, Project Management Office experience a plus.
* Ability to work with and communicate to teams to create and modify project plans and resource schedules.
* Strong communication, presentation and facilitation skills required.
* Ability to communicate technical concepts and plans.
* Experience in gathering requirements from users and facilitating the creation of technical requirements and specifications.
* In-depth experience with MS Project to build and maintain project plans.
* Demonstrated attention to detail through project management related work. Tracking and attention to detail are critical in this role.
* Able to plan and prioritize multiple tasks effectively.
* Keen to learn and adopt new technology and principles.
* Superb analytical skills: both technical and process improvement oriented.
* Able to work both independently and as a team member.
* Able to independently drive projects through to completion
* Analytical and have good problem solving skills Ability to achieve project goals in a fast paced environment with multiple conflicting priorities
Sales Manager, based in Singapore
Work locations SingaporeClosing Date: 24-08-11
Responsibilities:
Job Description:
The Sales Manager will be responsible for developing and executing on a direct advertiser acquisition, retention and development strategy for Singapore. Specifically, this person will be responsible for providing thought leadership and identifying, analyzing and managing sales related programs and initiatives to accelerate growth and profitability in the market. The broad set of responsibilities requires this person to have excellent communication and presentation skills, the ability to think strategically, and the willingness to be flexible to address the variety of projects that will arise.
This person will work in conjunction with sales support team (client service/sales planning/sales strategy) to maximize revenue opportunities with top advertisers, provide superior customer service & develop a strong industry presence.The Sales Manager should already understand the needs and key metrics of direct advertisers and have strong relationships within the Internet industry. This person is expected, through their advertising experience, to provide expert knowledge of the market/advertisers and help clients meet their marketing objectives.
Responsibilities:
* Develop strategic, C-level advertising partnerships with 3rd parties who are focused on specific verticals
* Prospect, qualify, negotiate and close deals in an aggressive time frame as to hit revenue goals
* To work with Client Service, Sales Planer, Ad Ops teammates on a daily basis to ensure communication is clear, open and concise on client campaigns including a complete handover of client campaign objectives and directions so that the teams will be able to work independently to achieve those.
* To build up a robust list of clients to ensure a constant growing revenue stream.
* To ensure client campaigns are executed with a focus and a clear drive for success.
* To ensure new client pitches and meetings are met within turnaround timelines
* To work with Sales director on broadening pipe through new calls, meetings, pitches
* Hit revenue targets quarterly
* Broaden the sales pipe
Requirements:
Skills/Qualifications:
* 5~8 years in sales, internet sales experience preferred.
* BA/BS or equivalent.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Fluency in written and spoken English.
* Exceptional problem solving and conceptual thinking ability.
* Results driven – dedicated to setting and achieving quantifiable goals for self, team and all projects.
* Extremely proactive with strong bias for action.
* High energy level.
* Ability to see big picture while effectively managing details.
* Ability and desire to work in a fast-paced, fun, demanding environment.
* Strong familiarity with the Internet media landscape and online business models a plus.
* Ability to work cross-functionally and drive towards goals.
* Ability to lead and/or coordinate multiple projects simultaneously
Other Qualifications
* Ability to set a vision and execute effectively and efficiently.
* Passion for marketing and the Internet.
* Experience in off-line advertising/media, online advertising/media, channel marketing, strategic marketing and/or consulting is strongly preferred.
* Results driven, ambitious individual.
* Willingness to go above and beyond the job description and evolve over time
* Intuitive/creative thinker. Comfortable operating in a fast paced environment.
* Ability to adapt to a changing environment quickly and easily.
* Extremely proactive. Problem identifier and solver.
Events Producer & Editor Lifestyle, based in Philippines
Work locations SingaporeClosing Date: 14-8-11
Responsibilities:
The Editor will be responsible for developing and managing content on the Philippine news website (ph.news.yahoo.com). He or she will also work across various teams at Yahoo!, including Sales, Business Development and Marketing, thus strong communication skills is a plus.
This role comes under the Yahoo! Philippine Editorial team but he or she needs to be able to work independently. The editor reports to the country editor for the Philippines who is based in Manila.
RESPONSIBILITIES
* Develop and assemble content for the news website
* Assemble special coverage and sales-driven web pages
* Identify key topics to develop to support audience and editorial initiatives
* Oversee news and lifestyle websites
* Identify and on-board potential content to support needs of various stakeholders
* Oversee design and assembly of special advertising pages
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
* Deliver and develop content required by various stakeholders
* Support the achievement of revenue and audience targets
Requirements:
DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
* At least 5 years of online journalism experience
* Good grasp of digital publishing and basic web design
* Good working knowledge of digital marketing and advertising
* Able to work and lead various teams across various markets
* Able to juggle and multi-task
* Great time management skills
* Comfortable working with a team
* A great sense of humor
Digital Marketing Associate Manager, based in Singapore (Contract)
Work locations SingaporeClosing Date: 18-8-11
Responsibilities:
The Associate digital Marketing Manager role requires an individual with a strong background and understanding in all areas of online marketing including PC, mobile marketing and barter.
This position will develop and execute digital marketing strategies which includes digital media planning, ad network acquisition and selection, Yahoo! display/SEM, Google SEM, eDM marketing. Together with consumer marketing, he/she has to build brand equity, effectively position the organization in the market and engage and inspire its key audiences. Additionally, this position manages the day-to-day planning, operations and executions of all online campaigns.
Major Responsibilities:
* Capture all BU requests, work with the Manager to prioritize and communicate scheduled initiatives
* Knowledge of system tools and ability to pick up the use of new system tools and implement them
* Analyze and optimize campaign delivery and performance
* Analyze consumers’ online behaviors and identity online trends to develop localized SEA campaigns
* Project manage campaigns, interface with support teams (operations, analysts), traffic media / creative requests
* Work with agency for media buy and creative development
* Ownership of multiple campaigns to delivery outstanding performance
* Knowledge training and best practice sharing to across team
* Present marketing decks to stakeholders regarding to campaign performance, optimization and learning
* Proactively create initiative projects to drive valuable contribution to the team
Requirements:
* 5-7 years of marketing experience.
* Strong knowledge of online strategies and tactics, branding and latest digital technologies, tools and best practices
* A proactive attitude of meeting commitments
* Adept at communicating in a cross-functional, team-oriented environment
* Strong project management skills
* Strong attention to detail and organization
* Self-starter and able to work in a fast-paced environment
* Proven capability in managing multiple projects and meet deadlines with a focus on results
* Candidates should be comfortable interpreting marketing data and working with numbers
* Must be able to take stress and heavy workload
* Proven strategic planning, tracking and analytical skills
Senior Apps Engineer (Android), based in Singapore
Work locations SingaporeClosing Date: 15-8-11
Responsibilities:
Description:
We are looking for an energetic, creative and passionate senior engineer to join the video mobile app development team based out of Singapore. If you are looking for a company where you can have the freedom and liberty to express your creativity while having fun with development, this is the right position for you! Qualified candidate must be strong in UI Development, as well as demonstrated success in Android application development.
Requirements include the following
* The ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment
* Fast learner and strong sense of ownership of all the platforms and products
* Excellent communication – should be able to communicate with various teams globally
* Excellent problem solving and debugging skills
* Strong understanding of product quality and performance standards
* Ability to take initiative and be innovative
Requirements:
Required Skills
* Must have strong knowledge and solid experience of Java
* Experience with Android development process
* Experience with J2ME/BB development is a plus
* 6+ years of demonstrated industry experience
* BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent
Partner Operations Supervisor, based in Singapore
Work locations SingaporeClosing Date: 15-8-11
Responsibilities:
Digital media and online advertising plays a vital role within any marketing mix and Y! Search Marketing has a fantastic career opportunity for you!
Yahoo Search Marketing is looking for a specialistto join the Yahoo! Search marketing Business Development team to support our Partner Distribution Channel. Your superior project and account management experience will directly impact the success of our South East Asian search-marketing partners.
This position is suited for you if you have in-depth experience in customer-facing product operations, a track-record of providing great service to strategic clients, and the ability to understand products at a technical level. You will also need a deep understanding and knowledge of online advertising products and syndication specific to the Search Engine, Online Portal or Internet Service Provider space. Lastly, you should be comfortable working at a very detailed level on partner accounts as well as understanding the big picture.
Responsibilities:
* Provide Sales Support to local Southeast Asia Y!SM Business Development team to ensure the growth of the YSM distribution business.
* Participates in the channel team’s activities with Business Development, which includes: partner performance analysis, implementation optimizations, product brainstorming, and building deep strategic relationships with key partners.
- To identify and develop opportunities, negotiating commercial terms for new, renewal and further business.
* Manages all phases of a partner’s operational life cycle: from early-stage deal support, through product implementation, ongoing review of partner performance, and account management.
- Work closely with TPM’s/developers to understand custom requirements and deliver viable solutions to partners
- Forecasting existing and potential client base to feed into finance and business planning team
* Provides ongoing partner account management and cross-functional support for our Partner Channel Partners by working closely with Business Development, Product Management, Marketing, and Engineering.
- Able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment quick to learn and apply knowledge to business situations
* Responsible for the deployment and support of Yahoo! Search Marketing products including Sponsored Search, Content Match, Domain Match and new Y!SM/Y! products.
- Staying up to date with digital trends and Y!SM products/ developments to promote its benefits to partners and overseeing new product launches
- Good understanding of digital marketing including display, ad exchanges, digital tracking and analytics
Requirements:
* Degree/Diploma in Computer Science or equivalent.
* 2 - 3 years of work experience with emphasis on account management and technical product experience.
* Prior experience with an Online Search or Portal company or an ISP, as well as prior management experience in a high-tech environment, is desired.
* Relationship skills: ability to rapidly build deep and effective working relationships with a wide range of people- internally and externally.
* Judgment: proven track-record of strong business and management judgment.
* Operational and Product knowledge: ability to understand operational and product issues from both internal and external perspectives.
* Problem Solving Skills: Must have excellent and creative problem solving skills; able to quickly and effectively address any issues and drive them to resolution. Ability to create coherent approaches to complex problems and to lead diverse functions to solve these problems together.
* Communication skills: Must have strong communication and presentation abilities.
* Quantitative skills: Demonstrated competence in quantitative analysis coupled with ability to make logical business decisions based on findings. Must exhibit a strong balance between quantitative and qualitative skills.
* Proven ability work effectively in a fast-paced, interdisciplinary and fun environment. Team player is a MUST.
* Use of DTP Programs e.g. Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Dreamweaver etc
* Good working knowledge of MS Excel and Access.
* Understand the principles of TCP/IP networking and DNS.
* Understanding of HTML & Web Programming. Previous web-development experiences an advantage.
* Understanding the uses and integration of XML
Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.
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