CEO's Team Intern

"Being a CEO's Team, you will be my extension - eyes and brains and legs on a normal day. If you are good, you will almost be my body double. On other days, you will have to be the SWAT team to parachute in to resolve a situation with multiple stakeholders, or laser in to execute on an opportunity as a one-man army. In this role, you will almost have to be able to synchronise with me - you will need to be super smart, super driven, have a good balance of analytical and communication skills, and a good balance of taking-charge/making judgment calls and consulting advice from me or others. You will have unlimited exposure and growth opportunity, if you know how to capitalise on it (if u are asking what are those, then you are the wrong guy, pls don't apply)” - Ming, Co-Founder 99 Group and CEO New Markets We are looking for a talented and motivated CEO’s Team/Black Ops intern to learn the ropes in becoming the right hand to the CEO. You will master a needle-moving role, laying out pathways towards our mission to help 600 million people in Southeast Asia to find a place where they can call home. Part strategist and part implementer, you will learn the ins-and-outs of this critical and challenging position which carries a high degree of latitude and requires close collaboration with team members to ensure activities within the organization align with specified corporate objectives and priorities. We are looking to grow someone who feels comfortable communicating and assisting in the execution of strategic initiatives, from development to successful completion, under the guidance of senior leadership and the CEO. If you thrive on accountability for delivery of strategic plans, maintaining alignment across organizational units, have a knack for simplifying and streamlining processes to maximize efficiency, are analytically-savvy and find energy through end-to-end project management, have the ability to anticipate issues and proactively recommend pragmatic solutions to problems, are a relationship builder and dependable partner that can manage details and eliminate surprises, are adept at message development and storytelling, and consistently role model empathy, high integrity and personal accountability, we want to journey, develop and invest in you. What you'll do: - Support special projects - Collaborate with cross-functional teams including technology, strategy, operations, product teams to test and implement initiatives. - Support in developing a pulse on the organization, identifying areas where change is needed and advising the CEO and other senior leaders on opportunities to drive a high-performance culture. - Plan, research, develop and review internal and external communications from the CEO, including but not limited to memos, videos, quarterly company updates, press releases, blog posts and presentations. - Create compelling internal and external presentations that leverage data to tell a story, including the preparation of correspondence, presentations, talking points and proposals - Establish and maintain a broad and deep network at all levels across teams. Interact with front line staff and middle management to stay abreast of organizational concerns and needs, and communicate this feedback to the CEO and other senior leaders. - Treat sensitive information with the utmost discretion and confidentiality. This information includes, but is not limited to: personnel information and detailed financial information - Recommend and implement simplified and streamlined processes to increase agility and improve efficiency - Collect and analyze company metrics to provide insight to the company - Ensure that the CEO is as efficient and effective as possible by anticipating needs and providing operational support - Articulate and evangelize the CEO's vision and track progress against all organizational goals - Perform other duties as required or assigned, including high priority projects that need general support. What you have/are/will be: - Experience in either product management, growth marketing, software development, finance, consulting or business development (or founding a company) is a bonus - Have an excellent command of both written and spoken English. - Extremely versatile, dedicated to efficiency and productivity - Excellent analytical ability with a detail-oriented attitude - Strong track record and bias of excellence in execution - Truly enjoys a dynamic startup environment where every day is different and each challenge is different - Sense of complete ownership and comfort with owning projects end to end - Able to dive comfortably into most/any area of the business or product - A “can-do-it-all” attitude is a must; to bring multi-tasking to mastery level - Take a solution-focused approach to all tasks - A confident and well-rounded communicator - both verbal and written - High EQ - able to connect and work well with a spectrum of individuals across departments - Tech-savvy and effic