--- title: 'Business Development Director - Digital Media at Monks' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/business-development-director-digital-media-monks-singapore-cqtjv9082xew' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-12' --- # Business Development Director - Digital Media at Monks - **Company:** Monks - **Location:** Singapore - **Posted:** 2026-08-13 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12 - **Apply:** https://www.monks.com/careers/6142686004/job?gh_jid=6142686004 ## Job description Please note that we will never request payment or bank account information at any stage of the recruitment process. As we continue to grow our teams, we urge you to be cautious of fraudulent job postings or recruitment activities that misuse our company name and information. Please protect your personal information during any recruitment process. While Monks may contact potential candidates via LinkedIn, all applications must be submitted through our official website ([monks.com/careers](http://monks.com/careers)). The Opportunity We are looking for a dynamic, high-performing Business Development Director based in Singapore with experience selling marketing technology, and/or other professional tech-based services to enterprise brands. You will be expected to provide a consultative experience to customers, deep-diving into business needs and challenges, then develop strategic and technical solutions that can effectively address client requirements. You will be responsible for driving growth in existing and new client relationships – navigating upsell/cross-sell opportunities as well as managing the end-to-end sales cycle from prospecting, nurturing lead opportunities to contract negotiation, and deal closure. ## Responsibilities - Reporting to the MD APAC, you will own your sales pipelines and all opportunities in your portfolio - Providing consultative expertise across platform capabilities, marketing strategy, and analytics to Medium to Large Enterprises - Taking sales from prospecting to close - both for outbound sales efforts and inbound referrals/leads/partners - Accountable for strategic account planning and customer relationship management - Recognizing/answering the RFP and communicating with customers - Organize and manage for RFI/RFP and prepare/create sales pitch - Work with capability leads on growth strategies across various markets ## Requirements - With 7+ years of martech/adtech in your pocket, you will bring consultative expertise to all client conversations to help derive real business value from client partnerships in the making - Experience working in a new business sales role; specifically selling into enterprise organizations across SEA preferred - Have regional experience in local markets with a good understanding of cultural nuances for client communication and relationship management - Strong knowledge working with major ad-tech / mar-tech stacks, inclusive of marketing automation, CRM, DSPs, ad servers, social or web analytics platforms - Hand on experience on the tools is highly preferred - Strong verbal, visual and written communication skills, particularly in blending analysis and narrative to create compelling slide presentations and business proposals ## About the Team - You will be working with a young and dynamic team of professionals who are trained to be both technical and strategic in the delivery of projects and solutions to clients - Resources and talents from our global and regional offices will be made available to you and interactions across markets will be a norm - There will be opportunities to learn new skills and deepen existing ones through collaborations with our talented team of media experts, data and analytics specialists as well as leadership in a flat organizational structure as well as our continuous-learning programs and resources ## #LI-CX1 ## About Monks Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4 Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global Marketing and Technology Services to redefine how brands interact with the world. Through Monks.Flow, its flagship AI ecosystem for marketing orchestration, Monks transforms marketing into a growth engine, collapsing timelines and connecting brands to culture in real time. By deploying bespoke intelligent agents across disciplines and delivering culturally relevant, high-impact creative and digital solutions, Monks solves key critical business challenges across the entire brand enterprise to help brands sustain long-term impact. Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services, 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, Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2025 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in both the Organizational and AI Product categories. As a trusted partner to cutting-edge innovators in tech, Monks earned titles such as Optimizely Experimentation Partner of the Year (2025), runner-up for the Adobe Firefly Partner Award (2024), and Workato’s AI Visionary Customer Impact Award (2024). Additionally, 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. ## About Monks ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Monks is a global digital-first marketing, technology services, and consulting company that connects content, data, and digital media to help ambitious brands grow. - **Entity Type**: Public (Wholly owned subsidiary of S4 Capital plc, LSE: SFOR) - **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom - **Founded**: 2001 - **Founders**: Wesley ter Haar, Gin Roberscheuten, Terrence de Kat (formerly Terrence Koeman) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Advertising Services, Marketing & Technology Consulting, Digital Content Production - **Target customers**: B2B, primarily large Enterprises and global brands (Partners with 24 of BCG's 50 most innovative companies, including Netflix, Meta, HP, Dove, and Mondelēz) [monks.com] - **Mission or purpose statement**: To be a catalyst for change in the industry and communities through technological innovation, creativity, and impactful work, aiming to "win the decade" by making best-in-class work and being the best place to work. [monks.com/careers] ## Products & Services - **Monks.Flow (AI Platform)**: An AI-powered operating system designed to orchestrate marketing and technology into unified, intelligent systems for real-time brand management. [linkedin.com] - **Marketing Orchestration**: A service that boosts efficiency and creativity to accelerate marketing results at any scale. - **Glass Box Media**: A service offering total visibility and control for smarter, more impactful media investments. - **Technology Services**: Modernizing infrastructure, accelerating product and platform innovation, and delivering next-generation customer experiences. - **Content Production**: A global studio model blending strategy, talent, and production for effective content with cost savings. - **Data & AI Consulting**: Services focused on transforming data to fuel customer experience, including AI-powered tools for creative asset production. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available for the subsidiary. Parent company S4 Capital plc has a public market cap. - **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of **$1.5 Billion** (as per LinkedIn data) [linkedin.com] - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Parent company S4 Capital plc (Founded by Sir Martin Sorrell). Key Technology Partners include Salesforce, Meta, NVIDIA, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Marketing Platform, and Google Cloud. [monks.com/what-we-do] - **Growth Signals**: Despite a -6.4% YoY headcount decline (now 4,787 employees), the company maintains a massive global footprint across 62 countries. It is actively investing in its AI transformation, highlighted by the "Monks.Flow" platform. The company recently rebranded from MediaMonks to Monks in 2024, signaling a strategic shift. [linkedin.com] ## Competitive Advantages - **Scale & Global Reach**: Operates in 62 countries, giving it a unique ability to execute complex, global campaigns from a single P&L. [linkedin.com] - **AI-First Approach**: Has aggressively moved into AI-powered services, including training custom AI models for clients (e.g., Dove's Real Beauty campaign) and building its own AI operating system (Monks.Flow). [monks.com/what-we-do] - **"One P&L" Model**: Unlike traditional holding companies, Monks offers a unified, non-siloed approach to content, data, and media, which it markets as "foundationally different." [monks.com/careers] - **Premium Client Roster**: Partners with 24 of BCG's 50 most innovative companies, including tech giants like Meta, Netflix, and HP, creating a strong "halo effect" for talent and capabilities. [monks.com/what-we-do] ## Strategic Focus - **AI Acceleration**: The company's clear priority is embedding AI across its entire workflow ("from strategy to supply") and scaling its "always-on agents" to change how work is done. - **Winning the Decade**: Pushing to become the dominant digital partner for brands by unifying marketing and technology into one performance system. - **Radical Transparency**: A focus on data-driven performance and clear measurement, moving away from traditional opaque agency models. ## Why Work Here - **Culture of Innovation**: Describes itself as a "digital-first" powerhouse that is "disrupting the industry." The emphasis on AI and technology suggests a challenging, forward-looking environment for engineers and data scientists. [monks.com/careers] - **Diversity, Equity & Inclusion**: The company explicitly states a commitment to being a "catalyst for change" with a purpose-driven culture focused on DEI. [monks.com/careers] - **Global & Hybrid Work Environment**: With offices in over 30 cities globally (including London, New York, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Singapore, Buenos Aires, and Tokyo), the company offers significant opportunities for international exposure and likely supports a hybrid work model. [monks.com/careers, linkedin.com] - **Focus on Engineering & Tech**: With job postings for roles like "Fullstack Engineer," "Implementation Engineer," "Battery Test Engineer," and "AI Craft Director," the company is actively building its technical practice, offering opportunities to work on complex systems at scale. [linkedin.com] - **Warning**: The company states it will never ask for payment as part of the recruitment process. [monks.com/careers] ## Sources 1. [Monks Official Website](https://www.monks.com/) 2. [Monks Careers Page](https://www.monks.com/careers) 3. [Monks LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/monks) 4. [Monks "What We Do" Page](https://www.monks.com/what-we-do) 5. 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