Bjak

Chief Strategy Officer at Bjak (Hong Kong)

Bjak · Hong Kong·

Role details

Work type
Remote
Employment
Full-Time
Level
Executive

Bjak at a glance

Southeast Asia's largest online insurance comparison platform, letting users compare, buy and renew insurance and roadtax from 16 insurers in one place.

Bjak is a BNM-licensed online marketplace where Malaysians compare quotes from 16 insurers and takaful operators, then buy and renew car, motorcycle, travel, life, medical and home insurance online. It bundles roadtax renewal, roadside assistance, car repair booking and AI tools around the core comparison engine.

Job description

About ActAI

There are over 5 billion users using basic applications today such email, notes, tasks, calendar and they're not AI-native. Our mission is to build proactive applications for anyone in the world, who are not used to complex prompting. We aim to bring intelligence to conversations, errands, organising and workflows, with minimal to no prompting. Our product focuses on achieving high reliability for long-running workflows, persistent context, and real-world task completion. We believe products will greatly reduce hallucinations. Our objective is to organise anyone's life, allowing us all to spend time on valuable and meaningful things

About the Role

The Chief Strategy Officer will own Group strategy and major strategic initiatives across ActAI and its portfolio of businesses. The role will identify where the group should compete, invest and expand, and turn those decisions into executable plans. The role will also own group-level positioning and communications around major corporate developments.

What you will be doing

  • Develop Group strategy across existing businesses, new products and markets.
  • Evaluate new businesses, markets, competitors and industry shifts and recommend where the Group should invest.
  • Build business cases and financial models for new opportunities and major strategic decisions.
  • Lead strategic initiatives including market entry, partnerships, investments and M&A where relevant.
  • Track competitive developments and identify risks and opportunities across the Group.
  • Own Group positioning, corporate narratives and communications around major company developments.
  • Work with business leaders to translate strategy into specific priorities, investments and execution plans.

What you will need

  • Strong strategy experience in a technology company, high-growth startup, strategy, consulting investment environment or your own startup.
  • Experience developing and executing strategies with measurable business outcomes.
  • Strong commercial and financial judgement with the ability to evaluate markets, businesses and investments.
  • Strong analytical capability and ability to build business cases and financial models directly.
  • Excellent written communication and ability to turn complex business topics into clear narratives.
  • Experience with corporate development, investments, M&A or corporate communications is useful.
  • Hands-on operating style - able to research, analyse, write and drive strategic work personally.

Why work at Bjak

  • Culture: “Results first” – outcomes over effort; direct feedback; flat organization with minimal bureaucracy; high ownership and speed.
  • Work Environment: Remote‑friendly with a “distributed team of experts” and offices in Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, and the UK. Recruiting globally.
  • Engineering Focus: Lean, autonomous teams that prioritise product excellence and swift delivery.
  • Career Growth: Rapidly scaling company with 356 open roles (including Lead, Founder’s Office, iOS Engineer, DevOps, ML Engineer) – opportunities for impact and advancement.
  • Note on Employer Rating: Current Glassdoor-style rating is 2.3/5 (198 reviews) – potential concerns around work‑life balance and compensation. Candidates should verify recent employee sentiment during interviews.

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