Vice President – Commercial Marketing - APAC

We are seeking an entrepreneur and growth-driven Commercial Marketing Leader to develop and execute a comprehensive Go-to-Market strategy aligned with global business objectives, driving commercial brand positioning, revenue growth, and market expansion for DP World’s Logistics pillar across APAC.

This role will lead demand generation, growth marketing initiatives, lead management, and account-based marketing (ABM) — all focused on attracting, nurturing, and converting high-value customers within the logistics sector.

Reporting to the SVP - Commercial, Logistics, APAC, you will play a pivotal role in shaping marketing strategies that directly fuel commercial success, elevate our market presence, and accelerate business growth across key APAC markets.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop and execute a regional commercial marketing strategy aligned with global goals, driving commercial brand positioning, revenue growth, and market expansion across APAC.
• Lead demand generation, lead nurturing, and ABM programs to support high-value customer acquisition and pipeline acceleration.
• Provide strategic direction on regional digital commercial logistics campaigns, ensuring alignment with global digital strategy while tailoring to local market needs.
• Leverage market intelligence to identify trends, customer needs, and competitive positioning, ensuring commercial logistics marketing efforts address real-time market opportunities.
• Collaborate with corporate communications teams to ensure consistent messaging and effective go-to-market execution across content, PR, social media, thought leadership and brand messaging.
• Optimize the use of marketing automation, CRM data, and analytics to track performance, improve lead conversion, and support data-driven decision making.
• Oversee customer engagement activities, including events, trade shows, and partner marketing initiatives, ensuring alignment with commercial priorities.
• Manage regional marketing budget and resources, balancing impact and efficiency.
• Build, develop, and mentor a high-performing regional marketing team, fostering collaboration, innovation, and commercial alignment.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field.
• Commercial mindset with the ability to translate business goals into actionable marketing strategies that directly support pipeline growth and market expansion.
• Strong understanding of market intelligence, customer insights, and competitive positioning to shape targeted campaigns that resonate with APAC customers.
• Experienced in leading multi-country commercial marketing teams across APAC, comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders, presenting strategies and results to regional and global leadership. Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Data-driven mindset, with expertise in performance tracking, customer engagement, and retention strategies.
• Proven ability to work closely with Sales, Product, and Communications teams to ensure marketing strategies align with commercial priorities.
• Experienced people leader, able to build, mentor, and inspire a regional marketing team.
• Strong project management skills, able to manage multiple campaigns and competing priorities across diverse markets.
• Familiarity with logistics solutions (e.g., freight forwarding, NVOCC, 4PL) is preferred.

Note: The job title in the advertisement serves the purpose of attracting talent and advertising the position.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

DP World is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). We strongly believe that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success and we make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or belief.

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About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 114,000 employees from 162 nationalities, spanning 78 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future. In Asia Pacific, DP World employs almost 10,000 people, and has ports and terminals in 18 locations.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW

TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.