Manager - Consulting APAC

Are you passionate about automotive technology? Do you want to influence and impact industry decisions by providing global clients with insights and analysis on the disruptions facing the industry to support their Product Planning/market entry? Do you thrive in a fast-paced technical environment with variety and challenge? You’ll work with our industry experts on CASES (Connected car, Autonomous vehicles, Shared mobility, Electrification and Security) projects.

If you love technology, the automotive industry, and the intersection of where these two overlap - we have an exciting career opportunity for you!

Interested to know more? Read on… this could be the next career move for you!

• Shape and manage high-quality, technically accurate client deliverables, ensuring timely and effective execution.
• Lead and support the team’s delivery of complex technical solutions while maintaining high standards of quality and client relevance.
• Balance technical delivery demands with attention to detail, risk management, and business objectives.
• Build and sustain long-term relationships with clients and technical partners, identifying areas where additional technical value can be added.
• Leverage domain knowledge in areas such as EEA, SDV, or other technical disciplines to solve complex client challenges.
• Manage and mentor team members, driving their professional growth through technical development and coaching.
• Contribute to internal initiatives, including tools, processes, and capability-building to improve technical delivery.
• Identify and address technical risks early, implementing mitigation measures to ensure project success.

• Experience or knowledge in areas such as EEA, SDV, or other technical disciplines.
• An adaptable and well-organized approach, with ability to manage a busy workload with several short-term and long-term projects running simultaneously, directing other members of the team as required.
• Excellent written communication skills to enable the production of high-quality client reports in PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
• Confident verbal communication with the ability to build rapport and inspire confidence with SBD’s clients.
• Fluent Chinese Mandarin and excellent spoken and written English.

• Industry interest and a desire to meet client needs.
• An understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing the connected car industry, and evidence of your ability to keep abreast of technical and business developments in this fast-moving sector.