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We are a financial news platform tracking startups, private equity, venture capital and other investments, initial public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions, and are on our way to becoming the go-to destination for deal activity in Asia.

We’re looking for people at all stages of their careers to bring different perspectives and practices to our teams. If you have a passion for cracking big business stories, tracking investments in your country or the region, a fascination for M&A, VC and PE, IPO activity or are keen on deal analytics, then reach out to us.

Send your resume to editor@dealstreetasia.com 

or connect with our editor-in-chief on twitter: @jojiphilip 

 
 
Applicants need to demonstrate a commitment to DealStreetAsia’s strategy, standards and mission. Understand the needs and behaviours of our audience, and share a familiarity with the variety of ways we reach readers with our journalism, events and data offerings.
 
We encourage applicants to thoroughly read the requirements for each job they consider. Be sure you’re not applying to a position in which you have no comparable experience, and that you fully understand the job description.
 
Submission of a cover letter with the application is encouraged. 
 
 
current opportunities

 

EDITORIAL & RESEARCH

 

SALES, EVENTS & MARKETING

Equal Opportunity Employer

DealStreetAsia is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Researcher, China

DealStreetAsia’s Greater China team publishes news, analysis and data-led stories. The team also tracks all funding rounds and related developments from local media and other sources, and communicates insightful story angles through these data points.

We are looking for a new team member in Greater China.

The role will involve data mining, curating content on the daily basis from the world of private equity, venture capital, startups, M&As and tech as well as content-visualisation tasks.

The ideal candidate for this position would have:

  • Good news judgement and multi-tasking. Should be able to write with clarity and accuracy under deadlines across content formats
  • Ability to monitor all regional and local sources for deals/funding developments and cross-check these developments.
  • Find data-based news angles in developing stories,
  • Comfortable in using spreadsheets to organise, analyze and visualize data
  • At least 2+ years experience in a newsroom/research firm;
  • Ability to build sources, analyse the potential of a story in a source-tip and produce exclusive stories
  • Ability and confidence to act rightly on breaking news

Interested candidates may send their CV, links to relevant works and a cover letter explaining why they want to join DealStreetAsia’s Greater China team to editor@dealstreetasia.com.

Shortlisted candidates may be asked to take a writing/analysis test before or after they are interviewed.

Singapore Reporter/s

In Singapore, we are looking to double our reporting team by this year-end to comprehensively cover the fast-moving world of funded startups and VC, PE & M&A deals. We want reporters who can tell our readers what is really happening in these sectors and why it matters to markets, companies and consumers. The ability to write precisely and urgently is crucial for these roles. Ideal candidates must have to ability to work in a collaborative, dynamic, and fast-changing environment. We want our new hires to be digitally savvy and ready to experiment with new forms of storytelling. Most importantly, we are looking for hard-hitting reporters who work well in a team. Collaboration and collegiality are a must.

→ Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).   

  • A journalist to break news stories and write analytical features on developments and trends in the private equity industry.
  • A reporter to track companies/startups that have raised private capital, and have the potential to become unicorns. SEA currently has over 40 companies with a valuation of over $100 million and under $1 billion.
  • A reporter who can get behind the scenes and reveal how funding rounds are put together, or why they’ve failed to materialise. She/he in this role will largely focus on long-format stories. 
  • A journalist to track special situations funds, distressed debt and private credit (from the PE angle) across Asia.

Data Analyst

The Company:

DealStreetAsia is a Singapore-headquartered, subscription-driven media company, covering all deals – private equity, venture capital M&As, listings and the business of startups across Asia.  We provide deals data, intelligence, and perspective on some of Asia’s most opaque markets to international and regional investors. We also track startups that are disrupting the status quo and playing an important role in the evolution of one of the fastest-growing regions of the world.

Team Overview:

The Data Analyst is a key member of the Data Team team reporting to the head of research. The data team is responsible for publishing regular company, regional and sectoral reports across the private capital markets. The team also maintains the Data Vantage database. 

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Acquiring corporate data from primary or secondary sources
  • Interpreting and analysing corporate data using quantitative and qualitative methods
  • Filter and “clean” data by reviewing news articles and industrial reports to identify relevant updates on the private equity and venture capital landscape
  • Produce charts to visualise data and trends using Excel, PowerPoint and Google Slides
  • Work together with the data team to prioritise workflow and information needs
  • Assist in the production of quarterly reports on startup funding and PE/VC fundraising.

Key Requirements for this Role:

  • Proven minimal 2 years of work experience as a data analyst or 5 years as a journalist covering business stories
  • Technical expertise regarding data models, database design development, data mining, and segmentation techniques
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organise, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
  • Adept at queries, report writing in English, and presenting findings
  • Able to work under tight deadlines.

Salary

US $1,000 to $1,500 per month

Research Analyst

DealStreetAsia seeks an experienced researcher to be a part of its Data Vantage team. This is a full-time position.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Design and develop monthly reports that provide objective and predictive analysis on a wide range of topics pertinent to private capital investment in Southeast Asia.
  • Plan and implement dissemination activities for the publication of results and findings from
    evaluation and research activities.
  • Provide oversight in all aspects of implementation of research carried out by all members of
    the Data Vantage team.
  • Provide assistance to the editorial team in designing and drafting data-led stories.


EXPERIENCE AND ATTRIBUTES

  • Advanced degree in economics, research methods, statistics, public policy, investigative
    journalism or other related fields.
  • Demonstrated experience in developing sampling designs, designing data collection
    methods and instruments, application of appropriate statistical analyses tools for multi-
    variable studies including use of qualitative and quantitative approaches in performance and
    impact evaluations and implementation research
  • Excellent writing skills in the drafting of proposals, evaluation protocols, statistical analysis
    plans and reports.
  • Excellent demonstrated ability to effectively interact with investors, fund managers,
    business founders, policymakers and other relevant stakeholders.
  • Excellent understanding of the private capital markets in the Mekong region is a plus.

Hong Kong Reporter/s

We are looking for seasoned journalists in Hong Kong as we expand operations to that city. The candidate/s in this role should have a fascination for the intricacies of deal making – M&A, venture capital, private equity, public equity, IPOs, investment banking – and must be able to write on these issues with insight for professionals. 

Ideal candidates will have experience in covering this space and must have a portfolio of well-written, thoughtful and impactful stories. The reporters in this role will be responsible for shaping our coverage of the region and will handle all issues related to the daily editorial flow. Our HK team will work out of the Nikkei/FT office. These positions, which will report to our HK editor, are open only to locals or HK permanent residents.

Hong Kong Editor

We are seeking a high energy, ambitious and young journalist, willing to invest their time and expertise to head and build our Hong Kong Bureau. The Hong Kong Bureau will be responsible for China and Taiwan, and will coordinate closely with reporters we hire in South Korea and Japan at a later stage, as DealStreetAsia expands to these markets. 

Candidates should have a fascination for the intricacies of deal making – M&A, venture capital, private equity, public equity, IPOs, investment banking – and must be able to write on these issues with insight for professionals, and for a global audience. Experience in having covered these segments, as well as an understanding of these markets are musts. 

The ideal candidate should be able to build a team and guide fellow reporters, in addition to leading DealStreetAsia’s news coverage with exclusive market-moving news and scoops. The person in this role will also be involved in helping plot the portal’s coverage of Chinese tech companies and unicorns as they go global, especially their investments into SEA and India. Candidates who’ve demonstrated experience in crafting strategy, and have an eye for identifying important stories, and can collaborate with the team on story framing and presentation, will be preferred. 

This person will be a member of the leadership team at DealStreetAsia. S/he will report to the Editor-in-Chief. This role is open only to an HK local or a permanent resident.

Malaysia Reporter

A reporter who can tell our readers first what is really happening in the private equity and venture capital sectors, and why it matters to markets, investors, and companies.

Editorial Interns

We are looking for Editorial Interns. Interns will primarily cover the startup tech scene – accelerators and incubators – as well as the venture capital space in Singapore, and can use the opportunity to build a strong portfolio. DealStreetAsia is committed to taking promising interns onboard as full-time journalists.

Events Manager / Conference Producer

The Events Manager / Conference Producer of DealStreetAsia will join an entrepreneurial team that is expanding the portfolio of world-class conferences for audiences in the Private Equity and Venture Capital industry.

The Events Lead will be primarily responsible for the production of our flagship Asia PE-VC Summit and ancillary events. The role requires a creative and strategic thinker with an understanding of the live event space and the key financial drivers, strong event production experience, a knowledge of and passion for the business and finance industry, as well as the technology and marketing tools that serve to attract audiences. 

Responsibilities:
  • Build the DealStreetAsia Events model, leading the largest Asia PE-VC Summit as the key event of the year and building more ancillary events
  • Oversee production for Asia PE-VC Summit, including managing logistics, contracts, vendors, promotion, marketing, website, ticketing, payment gateways, printed materials and technical aspects
  • Work closely with the Editor-in-Chief to plan and manage DSA events calendar, content format and speakers. (the events manager is not responsible for sourcing speakers and building the agenda, but managing panellists and execution of the agenda)
  • Plan content (with the Editor-in-Chief & editors) oversee production of communication (in collaboration with marketing team)
  • Manage and maintain LP (Limited Partners) relationships; drive LP attendance, be responsible for LP engagement
  • Manage sponsorships, events budget, including accounts receivable and invoice submission. (the events manager won’t be handling sponsorship sales, but should provide inputs to proposals and contracts being sent out by the sales team & is part of the execution team)
  • Be responsible for the events website – upload content, test flow, manage event pages, suggest best practices
  • Develop DSA video library and online content
  • Partner with advertising sales/ collaborating news publications to develop event sponsorship proposals and coordinate sponsorship activation with the sponsorship coordinator
  • Plan, support and run online events 
  • Oversee the events agency, coordinate withe events agencies and external vendors, manage costs and approve budgets
  • Handle the P&L for DSA’s event business – advice management of costs, margins
Required Skills / Background:
  • Outgoing, high-energy people person; Poised, proactive, extremely detail-oriented (seniority is not key)
  • Demonstrated ability to influence attract and maximize audience participation
  • Prior experience liaising with c-level decision makers is beneficial
  • Proven event production expertise and trade / event marketing expertise
  • Self starter with ability to work in a fast paced startup environment
  • Rapid learner who can engage with journalists, editors, speakers, sponsors etc.
  • Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and events simultaneously
  • Strong problem-solving skills – approaches problems logically with a solution oriented mindset and with good judgement to provide the appropriate outcome
  • Excellent communication skills – written and verbal
  • Experience with social media platforms a plus
  • Ability to give clear, concise direction
  • Solid command of Excel, PowerPoint/Keynote
  • Knowledge of HTML, CSS and Javascript a plus
  • Ability to work nights and weekends if needed
  • Ability to travel as needed

Commencement Date: May 2023

  • 2 to 3 years of experience preferred
  • Salary – depending on experience
Benefits 

Our benefits vary depending on location, but we are committed to providing competitive salaries and commissions, as well as an inclusive environment to develop your career. Examples of benefits include; flexible leave policy, flexible working (including working from home), medical insurance (in Singapore), among others. 

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace

DealStreetAsia is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We believe that a supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves at work and have the flexibility they need to meet their personal needs. 

About DealStreetAsia

DealStreetAsia™ is a Singapore-headquartered media company that covers the private capital industry (private equity, venture capital, M&As, listings) and the business of startups across Asia. We are a subscription-backed digital media and data company, producing journalism, data and analytics worth paying for!  

We are now a Nikkei company. In mid-2019, Nikkei Inc, the owner of Financial Times picked up a controlling stake in DealStreetAsia. 

Our flagship annual event, The Asia PE-VC Summit is held in Singapore, and has quickly gained a reputation for being one of the most sought after gatherings of principals from the world of private capital investing, and startups in the region. 

Sales & Partnerships Lead (Partner Content, Commissioned Research, Ads, and new businesses)

Are you excited by prospecting sales leads?

We are looking for a mature and proactive candidate with 5 plus years of experience to join our fast-growing media start-up in a sales role.

He/she will report to the Commercial head and be in charge of business development (sales) and account management across Commissioned Research, Partner Content, ads and Sponsorship offerings, as well as identifying and implementing new businesses. 

You will be key to scaling DealStreetAsia’s non-editorial business, and be central to the company’s growth. Besides, you’ll pay a critical role in shaping our non-editorial products and services.

The person in this role should identify client requirement and produce high-quality proposals and presentations. While you will also be involved in wider marketing and partnership activities, this is primarily a sales role. 

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of thorough sales responsibilities; identifying different departments at clients, meeting them on a regular basis, planning, presenting/pitching, closing and overseeing the executions of commissioned research, partner content solutions and ads. Client sectors here are broad-ranging, including VC and PE firms, funded startups, conglomerates, service providers, law firms, tech companies, Government, luxury, and  banks & financial institutions. 

This is a hunter role. You are expected to have a strong rolodex of contacts to hit the ground running. Contacts with leadership in private equity, law, management consulting, venture capital, funded startups and growth companies will allow you to make fast gains. You will be expected to build a solid pipeline and work your leads relentlessly from initial contact through contract signing.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Business development:

Initiating and developing trust based client relationships and commercial opportunities, underpinned by an ambition to grow our business and meet stretch commercial targets.

Client engagement:

Meet with senior leadership, understand their requirements, and work out potential offerings – Commissioned Research, Partner Content, bespoke events, roundtables, sub-events within the DSA summit, and a range of other business solutions. Ensure we deliver sustainable and tangible results for clients.

– Providing thought leadership, deep expertise and relevant solutions across all existing non-editorial business streams

– Conduct research to identify prospects, generate leads and schedule new business meetings

– Close sponsorship deals around the company’s annual conferences, networking evenings and webinars

– Work with the marketing team to ideate campaigns that communicate our multiple offerings and ensure messaging consistency across all channels

– Represent the firm at events and network with industry executives

– Record sales activities in the CRM

EXPERIENCE AND ATTRIBUTES

– 5+ years proven experience in media sales and business development

– Understanding of editorial, content, alternate capital sector to propose solutions to clients (Understanding of the private equity and venture capital sector an advantage)

– Understanding sales process and funnel

– Flawless verbal and written communication in English

– Ability to create and deliver decks and proposals; High attention to detail 

– Good interpersonal and relationship-building skills – ability to participate in meetings and network with key decision makers

– Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) and experience with CRM tools (e.g. HubSpot, Salesforce)

– Interest in media, marketing, finance, tech and/or start-ups 

– Ability to work independently and manage own time

Benefits 

Our benefits vary depending on location, but we are committed to providing competitive salaries and commissions, as well as an inclusive environment to develop your career. Examples of benefits include; flexible leave policy, flexible working (including working from home), medical insurance (in Singapore), among others. 

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace

DealStreetAsia is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We believe that a supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves at work and have the flexibility they need to meet their personal needs. 

About DealStreetAsia

DealStreetAsia™ is a Singapore-headquartered media company that covers the private capital industry (private equity, venture capital, M&As, listings) and the business of startups across Asia. We are a subscription-backed digital media and data company, producing journalism, data and analytics worth paying for!  SWe are now a Nikkei company. In mid-2019, Nikkei Inc, the owner of Financial Times picked up a controlling stake in DealStreetAsia. 

Events Lead (Sponsorships & Sales)

The Events Lead of DealStreetAsia will join an entrepreneurial team that is expanding the portfolio of world-class conferences for audiences in the Private Equity and Venture Capital industry. 

The Events Lead will be primarily responsible for all revenue streams linked to our flagship Asia PE-VC Summit and ancillary events. The role requires a creative and strategic thinker, with a strong affinity for sales, and an understanding of the live event space, especially the key financial drivers. It requires knowledge of and passion for the business and finance industry, as well as the technology and marketing tools that serve to attract audiences. You will need a strong network of contacts in the startup, PE/VC and finance industries.

You will identify, prospect and source sponsorship and partnership opportunities as well as maximize (corporate) ticket sales for the event.

Responsibilities
  • Build the DealStreetAsia Events model, leading the largest Asia PE-VC Summit as the key event of the year and building more ancillary events
  • Lead event sponsorship proposals / advertising sales & coordinate sponsorship activation with the sponsorship coordinator
  • Oversee (non-content) production for Asia PE-VC Summit, including managing logistics, contracts, vendors, promotion, marketing, website, ticketing, payment gateways, printed materials and technical aspects
  • Create customised sponsorship/partnership proposals for potential clients. Working with the commissioned research and partner content team for customised reports, bespoke events within the flagship summit
  • Work closely with the Editor-in-Chief to plan and manage DSA event calendar
  • Oversee event marketing and communication
  • Manage events budget, including accounts receivable and invoice submission
  • Work with the marketing manager to develop DSA video library and online content
  • Support and lead on the improvement of all event processes
  • Demonstrate expertise in event production, vendor negotiation, event contract procedures, logistics, and audience management
Required Skills / Background 
  • Strong sales and partnerships background to drive events revenue
  • Outgoing, high-energy people person; Poised, proactive, extremely detail-oriented 
  • Demonstrated ability to influence attract and maximize audience participation
  • Prior experience liaising with c-level decision makers
  • Proven event production expertise and trade / event marketing expertise 
  • Self starter with ability to work in a fast paced startup environment 
  • Rapid learner who can engage with journalists, editors, speakers, sponsors, etc. 
  • Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and events simultaneously 
  • Strong problem-solving skills – approaches problems logically with a solution oriented mindset and with good judgment to provide the appropriate outcome 
  • Excellent communication skills – written and verbal 
  • Experience with social media platforms a plus
  • Ability to give clear, concise direction 
  • Solid command of Excel, PowerPoint/Keynote 
  • Ability to travel, work nights and weekends if needed 
  • 3 to 5 years of experience preferred
  • Salary will be based on experience, seniority, plus commissions
  • Immediate
Benefits

Our benefits vary depending on location, but we are committed to providing competitive salaries and commissions, as well as an inclusive environment to develop your career. Examples of benefits include; flexible leave policy, flexible working (including working from home), medical insurance (in Singapore), among others. 

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace

DealStreetAsia is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We believe that a supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves at work and have the flexibility they need to meet their personal needs. 

About DealStreetAsia

DealStreetAsia™ is a Singapore-headquartered media company that covers the private capital industry (private equity, venture capital, M&As, listings) and the business of startups across Asia. We are a subscription-backed digital media and data company, producing journalism, data and analytics worth paying for!  

We are now a Nikkei company. In mid-2019, Nikkei Inc, the owner of Financial Times picked up a controlling stake in DealStreetAsia. 

Our flagship annual event, The Asia PE-VC Summit is held in Singapore, and has quickly gained a reputation for being one of the most sought after gatherings of principals from the world of private capital investing, and startups in the region. 

Media Strategist

DealStreetAsia is indispensable to the investment and startup community. As a premium subscription based service, we provide the biggest breaking news stories, private investment deals data, intelligence, and perspective on some of Asia’s most opaque markets to international and regional investors. We track startups that are disrupting the status quo, and playing an important role in the evolution of one of the fastest-growing regions of the world.

Collaborating with marketing and external agencies, this position should be a design thinker who can push the boundaries of audience engagement for the custom branded content that Partnerships create across our practice engagement. Our Partnerships department sits across four core practice areas, advertising sales, events sponsorship, content marketing and commissioned research. You will be a part of our diverse team of nearly two dozen writers, researchers and marketers, who live and work in key markets across the region, including Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia, and India. 

How you will contribute:

Audience analysis

  • Design, build and operate a DealStreetAsia audience monitoring process across our subscriber base and social media following 
  • Analyze our audience’s media consumption habits by segment
  • Analyze our audience’s path to discoverability for our high value branded content and sponsored programs 
  • Analyze pre & post campaigns trends, A/B testing results across our ad campaigns, events registration, and digital content marketing programs 
  • Monitor SEO and user engagement and suggest content optimization
  • Identify and match key opportunities of engaging segments of our client’s target audience within DealStreetAsia, and a look-alike audience who are not yet subscribed.

Advisory & design

  • Collaborate with our events and digital marketing teams on a marketing plan to promote custom events and content to the target audience segment
  • Advise our Partnerships team on the viability of media campaigns on proposal
  • Design a winning and comprehensive digital and social media campaign that best appeals to, and engages our clients’ target audience segment
  • Partner with appropriate media outlets to syndicate branded content 
  • Ensure that media campaigns targets are met across all our events, digital ad campaigns and branded content programs.

Who we are looking for:

  • A consummate media maven who demonstrates wizardry across social media and digital media outlets
  • An erudite technologist who keeps themselves immersed and informed of the latest media monitoring and planning platforms and engagement trends
  • Current audience engagement experience both online and offline campaigns and events
  • 3-4 years experience in a PR, media agency or a publisher
  • Working experience with SEO optimization, and ad campaign monitoring
  • Problem solving approach with complex audience pattern recognition and consumption habits anticipation 
  • Technical experience in copywriting, and an understanding of media planning and monitoring applications
  • Fluent communicator of novel ideas across departments.

Salary commensurate with experience. Range is between SGD 3,000 to $5,000 inclusive of CPF and benefits for eligible employees

Please send submit a resume and cover letter outlining your skills and capabilities as they relate to this role to admin@dealstreetasia.com 

DealStreetAsia is part of the Nikkei Group, and we value diversity. We are committed to equal opportunities and creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. We welcome applicants regardless of ethnic origin, national origin, gender, gender identity, race, colour, religious beliefs, disability, sexual orientation, age or marital status.

Product Manager

DealStreetAsia is looking for someone to enhance the user experience for our readers and subscribers.

You should be data-driven and have the ability to turn qualitative and quantitative data into insightful action plans and strategies. We are looking for someone who can turn our goals into reality by working with us on our product and growth roadmap. The ideal candidate will be passionate about journalism and the company’s mission of building a world-class media organization powered by our subscribers.

As our Product Manager, you will take ownership of the design and development of our products, and unite various teams to achieve our goals. This role could eventually lead to the CTO position. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Chart the long-term product vision and strategy, keep team focused and on track
  • Drive innovation across event and subscription benefits for readers while creating new products users can benefit from
  • Plan and execute the product roadmap. Work with engineers and marketers on features
  • Define metrics to track product success with an eye toward continuous improvement and experimentation
  • Oversee the user research process and feedback channels for all products, ensuring that our users’ voices are heard
  • Be the communicator by removing roadblocks and bringing clarity to the team

 

EXPERIENCE AND ATTRIBUTES

  • Prior product experience with multimedia, consumer and/or subscription products; At least 2 years of proven product management and/or growth experience; experience in zero-to-one product development
  • You need to know how to run sprints and familiar with agile planning
  • Excellent communicator with a growth mindset
  • Be data-driven, always digging deep into numbers to chart and support important decisions
  • Focused on the user and able to identify needs 
  • Turn features in prototypes quickly and with clear specifications
  • Experience with launching media products
  • Numerate and analytical with high emotional intelligence
  • Have front-end engineering skills and can set up and run your own growth experiments is a plus
  • Ability to read and dissect data (SQL, Excel and HTML skills) and knowledge of using Google Analytics & Google Data Studio

 

WHY WORK FOR US?

Founded in 2014 and now under the Nikkei Group of companies, DealStreetAsia is the region’s leading publisher of news on PE, VC, M&A, IPOs and start-ups. Our growing global readership comprises executives from the deals and investment space (investors, corporates, SMEs, start-ups, fund managers, advisors, law firms…) across ASEAN, India, the US and Hong Kong.

Since 2016, DealStreetAsia organises the flagship ‘Asia PE-VC Summit,’ helping our audience understand the changing megatrends in the deals and investment space across sectors and countries.

A young and vibrant team with a non-hierarchical structure, we are looking for someone who can contribute his/her skills to the success of our firm.

Only applications with a cover letter will be considered. Suitable candidates will be invited to an interview.

Office Manager

DealStreetAsia is looking for an experienced office manager to handle HR admin, basic bookkeeping, quarterly filing and other related functions. This role will be responsible for being an internal champion and a central point of contact for all company staff and key vendors.

Your role is to create and maintain a pleasant work environment, ensuring high levels of organizational effectiveness, communication, key-record keeping and coordination among departments.

You should be mature and capable of multitasking with various stakeholders to support our core back office functions.  

DealStreetAsia is now majority owned by Japan’s Nikkei Group, which is among the largest media companies globally.  The company, launched in 2014, now has around 35 employees across 8 countries. It is a subscription-media company, whose other business arms include non-editorial content and annual summits in Singapore and Indonesia. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

●Liaising with relevant parties for regular secretarial filings

●Organizing materials for quarterly board meetings

●Managing all human resource needs for company staff (running payroll, processing claims and maintaining personnel records, onboarding, offboarding)

●Ensuring that all company invoices are paid on time.

●Responsible for petty cash, bank reconciliation, payables and receivables for regular bookkeeping

●Keeping abreast of MOM regulatory changes with regards to employment related matters

●Assisting in events management logistics (planning and organizing staff flight bookings and accommodations, applying for visas)

●Coordinating with sales, subscriptions and other teams – providing updates when payments are in

●Helping the CEO and managers in all admin-related functions

●Stay Organized – ensure the structure and processes we have in place are maintained

●Sustain company culture; Be technologically flexible

EXPERIENCE AND ATTRIBUTES

●Interest or experience as an HR professional

●Previous experience in (basic) accountancy is a plus point.

●Proficiency in Microsoft office (Excel, Word, Outlook in particular)

●Excellent people and personal skills; Ability to maintain composure and deal with sensitive material.

●Organization and the ability to multitask to complete a wide variety of tasks.

●Essential that person in this role be an optimist, have the initiative and anticipation of needs, always have an active interest in the company’s well-being, be accessible (at all times during office hours and even outside office hours during emergencies or when there is a crisis),  and should have the ability to adapt and learn.

Working Start Date: 1 January 2024 

WHY WORK FOR US?

DealStreetAsia is the region’s leading publisher of news on PE, VC, M&A, IPOs and start-ups. Our growing global readership comprises executives from the deals and investment space (investors, corporates, SMEs, start-ups, fund managers, advisors, law firms, among others) across ASEAN, India, the US and Hong Kong.

Since 2016, DealStreetAsia organises the flagship ‘Asia PE-VC Summit,’ helping our audience understand the changing megatrends in the deals and investment space across sectors and countries.

A young and vibrant team with a non-hierarchical structure, we are looking for an executive who can contribute his/her skills to the success of our firm.

This is a work from office position: DealStreetAsia shares an office with its parent firm – Nikkei Asia, and the Financial Times – at Mapple Tree, Anson Road. 

If this sounds like you, please submit your CV and cover letter to admin@dealstreetasia.com. Only applications with a cover letter will be considered. 

Suitable candidates will be invited to an interview.

About DealStreetAsia

DealStreetAsia™ is a Singapore-headquartered media company that covers the private capital industry and the business of startups across Asia. We are a subscription-backed digital media and data company, producing journalism, data 

and analytics worth paying for!

Sales & Marketing Head - Hong Kong

As DealStreetAsia expands to HK, we are looking for a sales and marketing executive, who will be our representative there, to help people understand what makes our product different and worth paying for. The person in this role should match our ambition of building Asia’s largest and most reputed vertical media company, and be able to unlock new opportunities for growth in the business. As this will be the first non-editorial hire in HK, we are looking for a self-starter with the ability to work under pressure and make independent decisions. This means developing new, innovative sales initiatives to put our brand and products in front of future clients. This will be an end-to-end role  – from pre-sale process to post sale activity and ensuring that all the deliverables are met – the successful candidate will be knowledgeable in all aspects of the sales process and will serve as a team liaison with other revenue functions internally, and clients (externally).

This position will report to Director, Sales

Key Responsibilities:

  • Prospecting for new clients – for our subscriptions, data services, events tickets sales and sponsorships – via both phone calls and emails at high volume with an eye toward exceeding expectations. 
  • Actively seeking out new potential client accounts and making the first contact with those accounts to generate interest
  • Passing on leads to marketing, subscriptions, events & sales executives and helping them close deals. 

Required Skills:

  • The person is this role will have 2+ years in sales, and we will prefer candidates with experience working with media/SaaS and enterprise companies. 
  • The ideal candidate should have experience across both inbound and outbound channels, with a preference toward cold outbound outreach, and also have expertise with CRMs, CRM reporting, and sales automation tools. 
  • The role requires excellent writing, communication and presentation skills. 

Product Head

As DealStreetAsia looks at hitting the next level, a big part of that journey will be enhancing the experience for our readers and subscribers. The ideal candidate for this role will be passionate about journalism and the company’s mission of building a world-class media organization powered by our subscribers.You would need to understand user needs and determine our competitive position in the market, and be responsible for evaluation, improvement of the product and user experience on a continuous basis. You should have the ability to build a vision for where DealStreetAsia needs to be from an IT infrastructure and experience perspective to bring innovative products to our readers. You will develop and execute a plan for how to move towards the company’s vision, and communicate progress to the team and relevant stakeholders.

You will be based in Singapore and will report directly to the Editor-in-Chief, working closely with the Director of Sales. 

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop a product plan with long term goals in mind that enables us to quickly take ideas, test them, and turn them into compelling user experiences that we can launch and learn from
  • As DealStreetAsia expands, drive innovation across events and subscription benefits for readers while creating new products for readers to benefit from
  • Define metrics to track product success, with an eye toward continuous improvement and experimentation
  • Continuously think about how to build user habits into the experience
  • You will collaborate with editorial, research and data, and our events team and develop the product roadmap
  • You will help DealStreetAsia identify, define and build the essential products with global potential to meet new market opportunities. 
  • You will be given broad leeway and autonomy to define the product and business model, to build the team, and devise and manage the overall execution plan.

Required Skills

  • Prior product experience with multimedia, consumer, and/or subscription products; Experience in zero-to-one product development entrepreneurial environments
  • Natural ability to create something brand new 
  • Ability to cross-functional teams with multiple stakeholders, and steering engineering, design and editorial partners to focus on the most impactful work
  • The ability to balance strategic thinking with the nuts and bolts of getting features out the door
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills

Events Marketing Manager

The Events Marketing Manager of Deal Street Asia will join an entrepreneurial team that is building a new portfolio of world-class conferences for top audiences in the Private Equity and Venture Capital industry.

DealStreetAsia events are editorial products – which leverage the editorial strength of the brand in Asia and marry that with the potential of high-end targeted events for premium PE VC audiences. Content is an important part of differentiating in this event crowded industry.

The Events Marketing Manager will be primarily responsible for the production of our flagship Asia PE-VC Summit and ancillary events. The role requires a creative and strategic thinker with an understanding of the live event space and the key financial drivers, strong event production experience, a knowledge of and passion for business and finance industry, as well as the technology and marketing tools that serve to attract audiences.

Responsibilities

  • Build the DealStreetAsia Events model, leading the largest Asia PE-VC Summit as the key event of the year and building more ancillary events

  • Oversee production for Asia PE VC Summit, including managing logistics, contracts, vendors, promotion, marketing, website, ticketing, payment gateways printed materials and technical aspects.

  • Work closely with the Editor in chief to plan and manage DSA event calendar, content format and speakers.

  • Plan content and oversee production of communication.

  • Manage sponsorships, events budget, including accounts receivable and invoice submission.

  • Develop DSA video library and online content.

  • Partner with advertising sales/ collaborating news publications to develop event sponsorship proposals and coordinate sponsorship activation with the sponsorship coordinator.

Required Skills

  • Proven event production expertise and event marketing expertise

  • Self starter with ability to work in a fast paced startup environment

  • Rapid learner who can engage with journalists, editors, speakers, sponsors etc.

  • Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and events simultaneously

  • Poised, proactive, extremely detail-oriented with a creative streak to build new event formats

  • Strong problem-solving skills – approaches problems logically with a solution oriented mindset and with good judgement to provide the appropriate outcome

  • Excellent communication skills – written and verbal

  • Ability to give clear, concise direction

  • Solid command of Excel, PowerPoint/Keynote

  • Knowledge of HTML coding a plus

  • Ability to work nights and weekends if needed

  • Ability to travel as needed

Director, Sales

As DealStreetAsia moves into its next phase of growth, we are looking to bring on board a senior executive to drive all revenue and marketing functions (sales, marketing, subscriptions, data products and events),  and guide the direction of the organization in every facet of the design and execution of our go-to-market strategies.

Apply for this role only if you are fired up about our offerings, future plans and the potential niche vertical media offers  – the ideal candidate will need to be a go getter, hustler, persuasive, and effective communicator, who will live, breathe and drive the next 5 years of DealStreetAsia’s revenue life. You have to be all in! 100%!

At the current phase of the company’s growth, the role combines all revenue functions – so you’ll have to demonstrate proficiency developing and driving product revenues and mapping long-term company growth areas.  You will play a key role in all non-editorial hiring we make, and work with the team on all current deals, optimize the sales process and tactics of the company and help define our go to market strategy.

This role requires strong leadership skills and people management experience – sales, marketing, events roles will report into you. It also requires strong working proficiency with marketing automation systems. Having a financial background will be a plus. 

While we are looking for an experienced hand, you don’t need to be a sales director in your current company to apply. Instead, we are looking for an executive who has a terrific understanding of the media space, and is willing to work within the ethics and standards the company has set for itself. We, therefore, need an ambitious, creative, hardworking people manager who’s excited to jump in and build the business. Previous senior level experience building out a sales and marketing organisation will be a plus. 

You must also know how to interact and collaborate with the editorial department. At DealStretAsia, we put editorial integrity first. You should be able to help put the best tools and processes in place to maximize efficiency through a strong operating rhythm, and also work collaboratively across virtually every function to create alignment and implement various strategic projects designed to drive revenue at a rapidly growing media company. 

This role will report to the Editor-in-Chief. 

Key responsibilities 

  • Lead the team responsible for all revenue functions – bring in high levels of quality, accuracy, and process consistency
  • Work alongside all revenue-related roles to establish and maintain scalable processes within the sales and customer lifecycle in order to maximize revenue growth. 
  • Evaluation, improvement, and implementation of all tools and software
  • Drive annual planning process for sales, marketing, subscription teams and budget goals 
  • Ensure the integrity of data and data flows in Salesforce, HubSpot, and other sales and marketing support tools. 
  • Own the leads handover process and actively manage the intersection of marketing and sales 
  • Support leadership in understanding of pipeline, forecasts, retention, and other KPIs while bringing best in all non-editorial roles; to support leadership in maximizing sales and retention

Deliver and execute on strategic projects and serve as the primary conduit for cross-functional work

Required Skills

  • Intelligent strategist/big-picture thinker that recognizes opportunity for revenue growth
  • Self-starter that learns quickly and can navigate a fast-paced environment
  • Builder that enjoys implementing streamlined processes
  • Ability to prioritize & multi-task with exceptional time-management skills
  • Relationship-builder that is able to work with various stakeholders and solve challenges in both macro and individual settings 
  • Strong team-first attitude, committed to developing your people
  • A get-stuff-done attitude

India Reporters

We are looking for a bunch of hard-hitting reporters who work well in a team. We expect the people in these roles to be able to write clearly and evocatively, embrace a range of story forms, including breaking news, narrative stories and explainers, develop and maintain a network of sources as well as deliver original and exclusive work on a daily basis. They will be required to explain the PE/VC, M&A and the broader deals landscape to both regular readers and our (paid) subscribers, and should also be able to tell our global audience how these deals affect communities, corporate culture and consumers. This involves being able to break news about the biggest, most important deals and to write authoritative on-the-fly stories when deals get announced. These positions will be based in India and candidates selected for these roles will report to the India Editor.

India Editor

The India editor will be responsible for DealStreetAsia’s coverage of a wide range of important stories across tech & funded startups, unicorns, VC and private equity, and must have an ear for stories that will interest our global audience. 

On any given narrative or breaking news, the ideal candidate will be the one who can take the lead on determining what stories we tell, which reporters will work on it, and the angle we take such that our work provides context and perspective for audience, both in the country and abroad.

We value: Aggressive reporting. Sharp and precise writing. High journalistic standards.

This editor must have managed reporters and edited news and character driven features in the past, and should be able to work well under tight deadlines.

The job requires strong organisational and communications skills, creative ideas for framing pieces, deft editing hands and a discerning eye for good writing.

The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills and the ability to inspire others to do their best work. Digital experience is a must, while print experience will be a plus. 

This position will be based in India and will report to the Editor-in-Chief. This person will be a member of the leadership team at DealStreetAsia.

Myanmar Reporter

As Myanmar opens up again for business, will this be yet another false start? The reporter chosen for this position will work closely with the editorial team in SEA, as well as our editors, to plan longer-term coverage on Myanmar. She/he must explain the big picture view of the country to our subscribers.

The right candidate should be able to produce a mix of important scoops, hard-hitting investigations, news analyses and trend stories, along with profiles and features.

The ideal candidate will also help the SEA team handle urgent releases. This position will be based in Myanmar and will report to our Southeast Asia Editor.

Thailand Reporter

At DealStreetAsia, we believe Thailand’s tech and startup ecosystem is finally poised to take off. The person in this role will work with our SEA team and news editors and take the lead in setting the editorial agenda for our Thailand coverage. Knowledge of venture capital/startup ecosystem, finance, or tech is a plus but not mandatory.

The reporter who joins us in Bangkok will be expected to do a combination of breaking news (original and exclusive work), narrative stories and explainers, for the local audience, our ASEAN readers and our global subscriber base. This position will be based in Bangkok (Thailand) and will report to the Southeast Asia Editor.

Singapore Reporter/s

In Singapore, we are looking to double our reporting team by this year-end to comprehensively cover the fast-moving world of funded startups and VC, PE & M&A deals. We want reporters who can tell our readers what is really happening in these sectors and why it matters to markets, companies and consumers. The ability to write precisely and urgently is crucial for these roles. Ideal candidates must have to ability to work in a collaborative, dynamic, and fast-changing environment. We want our new hires to be digitally savvy and ready to experiment with new forms of storytelling. Most importantly, we are looking for hard-hitting reporters who work well in a team. Collaboration and collegiality are a must.

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).   

  • A reporter to track companies/startups that have raised private capital, and have the potential to become unicorns. SEA currently has over 40 companies with a valuation of over $100 million and under $1 billion.
  • A reporter who can get behind the scenes and reveal how funding rounds are put together, or why they’ve failed to materialise. She/he in this role will largely focus on long-format stories. 
  • A journalist to track special situations funds, distressed debt and private credit (from the PE angle) across Asia.

Singapore Reporter/s

In Singapore, we are looking to double our reporting team by this year-end to comprehensively cover the fast-moving world of funded startups and VC, PE & M&A deals. We want reporters who can tell our readers what is really happening in these sectors and why it matters to markets, companies and consumers. The ability to write precisely and urgently is crucial for these roles. Ideal candidates must have to ability to work in a collaborative, dynamic, and fast-changing environment. We want our new hires to be digitally savvy and ready to experiment with new forms of storytelling. Most importantly, we are looking for hard-hitting reporters who work well in a team. Collaboration and collegiality are a must.

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).   

  • A reporter to track companies/startups that have raised private capital, and have the potential to become unicorns. SEA currently has over 40 companies with a valuation of over $100 million and under $1 billion.
  • A reporter who can get behind the scenes and reveal how funding rounds are put together, or why they’ve failed to materialise. She/he in this role will largely focus on long-format stories. 
  • A journalist to track special situations funds, distressed debt and private credit (from the PE angle) across Asia.

Singapore Reporter/s

In Singapore, we are looking to double our reporting team by this year-end to comprehensively cover the fast-moving world of funded startups and VC, PE & M&A deals. We want reporters who can tell our readers what is really happening in these sectors and why it matters to markets, companies and consumers. The ability to write precisely and urgently is crucial for these roles. Ideal candidates must have to ability to work in a collaborative, dynamic, and fast-changing environment. We want our new hires to be digitally savvy and ready to experiment with new forms of storytelling. Most importantly, we are looking for hard-hitting reporters who work well in a team. Collaboration and collegiality are a must.

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).   

  • A reporter to track companies/startups that have raised private capital, and have the potential to become unicorns. SEA currently has over 40 companies with a valuation of over $100 million and under $1 billion.
  • A reporter who can get behind the scenes and reveal how funding rounds are put together, or why they’ve failed to materialise. She/he in this role will largely focus on long-format stories. 
  • A journalist to track special situations funds, distressed debt and private credit (from the PE angle) across Asia.