Senior Director, APAC Systems Engineering
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Job Summary
Senior Director APAC Systems Engineering
*Candidates for this role can be located in Australia Singapore or Japan
Role Overview
The Senior Director APAC Systems Engineeringis a senior executive leader responsible for driving technical strategy customer outcomes and regional growthacross Asia-Pacific. This role leads a high-performance Systems Engineering organization focused on cloud-managed networking advanced enterprise architectures and agentic AI-driven operations.
Operating as a strategic peer and partner to the SVP APAC Sales this leader co-owns regional successaligning technical vision go-to-market execution and customer engagement to accelerate revenue growth increase win rates and deepen strategic customer relationships.
Regional Leadership & Sales Alignment
- Lead and scale a geographically distributed APAC Systems Engineering organization
- Define and execute the regional SE strategy in tight alignment with the SVP APAC Salesand global SE leadership
- Act as a strategic advisor and thought partner to the SVP APAC Sales on pipeline strategy account prioritization and market expansion
- Align technical resources to regional sales motions strategic accounts and growth initiatives
- Establish a performance culture focused on customer outcomes revenue impact and execution excellence
Cloud Networking & Agentic AI Leadership
- Provide regional technical leadership across campus wireless data center WAN security and cloud-managed networking architectures
- Champion agentic AI-driven networking including autonomous monitoring optimization remediation and AI-assisted troubleshooting
- Ensure SE teams can clearly articulate how AI agents and closed-loop systemsreduce operational complexity and improve business outcomes
- Position cloud-native and AI-powered platforms as strategic enablers for digital transformation
Customer & Executive Engagement
- Serve as executive technical sponsor for the regions most strategic customers and partners
- Jointly engage with the SVP APAC Salesin executive-level customer discussions QBRs and strategic account reviews
- Lead complex architectural and transformation conversations with CIOs CTOs CISOs and Heads of Infrastructure
- Build trusted-advisor relationships that influence long-term customer roadmaps and platform adoption
Technical Excellence & Innovation
- Ensure consistent high-quality technical execution across designs demos architectures and POCs
- Establish best practices for cloud-native networking automation APIs and AI-integrated operations
- Provide structured feedback to Product Management and Engineering based on APAC customer and market insights
- Act as a visible regional thought leader on AI-powered autonomous networking
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Align with Global Systems Engineering leadership on strategy standards and operating models
- Partner closely with Sales Product Engineering Services and Support to improve customer experience and time-to-value
- Contribute to global AI platform and innovation initiatives
Talent Development & Culture
- Recruit develop and retain top cloud networking and AI-literate technical talent
- Build leadership bench strength and succession plans across APAC
- Coach senior SE leaders and engineers to operate effectively at both technical and business-outcome levels
- Foster a culture of continuous learning in cloud automation and agentic AI
Qualifications
- 15 years in enterprise networking cloud infrastructure or platform-based technology
- 7 years leading senior technical organizations including managers of managers
- Proven experience leading pre-sales or Systems Engineering teams in the APAC region
- Demonstrated success partnering with senior sales leadership to drive revenue and growth
Technical & Strategic Expertise
- Deep understanding of enterprise networking (campus wireless data center WAN security)
- Strong experience with cloud-managed and SaaS-based networking platforms
- Working knowledge of agentic AI concepts autonomous systems and closed-loop operations
- Ability to translate technical capability into executive-level business value
Leadership Attributes
- Strategic collaborative leader with strong executive presence
- Trusted partner to sales leadership with a shared ownership mindset
- Excellent communicator across technical business and cultural boundaries
- Customer-first outcome-driven and accountable
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
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Key Skills
- Go
- Lean
- Management Experience
- React
- Node.js
- Operations Management
- Project Management
- Research & Development
- Software Development
- Team Management
- GraphQL
- Leadership Experience
About Company
We provide networking solutions to power your business. Our flexible and scalable cloud networking services help optimize your network infrastructure.
