Business Manager – APAC & Middle East (COO Support)

Are you passionate about operational excellence and strategic execution across diverse markets?

Do you thrive in a fast-evolving, cross-cultural environment, partnering with senior leaders to drive business impact?

Are you ready to play a mission-critical role supporting the COO and enabling regional success?

Join SoftwareOne as a key contributor supporting the COO and regional operations in APAC & Middle East.

As Business Manager to the COO for APAC & Middle East, you will enable operational excellence, strategic alignment, and regional execution. You will coordinate business operations, support regional strategy, and facilitate stakeholder engagement to ensure the successful delivery of key initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

Partner with the COO to plan, track, and execute strategic and operational priorities across the region.

Coordinate and monitor regional business plans, OKRs, and performance scorecards.

Manage the regional operating rhythm, including leadership meetings and business reviews.

Drive compliance with governance standards and ensure timely reporting.

Track progress of transformation programs and escalate issues as needed.

Support budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis with finance.

Prepare communications, executive briefings, and support leadership events.

Manage the COO’s schedule and support preparation for strategic engagements.

Handle sensitive information with confidentiality.

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Strategy, Operations, or related field (MBA or equivalent preferred).

Experience in business management, operations, or strategic planning, ideally within tech, consulting, or enterprise services.

Strong understanding of APAC and/or Middle East markets and business practices.

Familiarity with software, cloud, or digital transformation business models.

Strong financial literacy and experience supporting P\&L or commercial management activities.

Executive-level presence with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Highly structured thinker with the ability to drive clarity and alignment across diverse teams.

Culturally aware and able to engage effectively across geographies.

Highly reliable, self-driven, and comfortable operating with limited supervision in high-pressure situations.

Tech-savvy and comfortable with dashboards, project tracking tools (e.g., Power BI, Smartsheet, Excel), and collaboration platforms (e.g., Teams, SharePoint)

SoftwareOne is a leading global software and cloud solutions provider that is redefining how companies build, buy and handle everything in the cloud. By helping clients to migrate and modernize their workloads and applications – and in parallel, to navigate and optimize the resulting software and cloud changes – SoftwareOne unlocks the value of technology. The company’s 9,300 employees are driven to deliver a portfolio of 7,500 software brands with sales and delivery capabilities in 60 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, SoftwareOne is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange under the ticker symbol SWON. Visit us at https://www.softwareone.com/en