The Chief Administration Officer (CAO) is a visionary executive leader responsible for steering the enterprise’s institutional framework, corporate governance, and operational resilience. Reporting directly to the CEO, the CAO serves as a strategic advisor to the Board and executive suite, architecting long-term strategies across Governance, Corporate Affairs, Financial & Tech Infrastructure, and Human Resources. The CAO ensures that the company’s structural capabilities directly enable and protect its overarching business growth and market reputation.
Key Responsibilities
Corporate Governance & Legal Compliance Framework
- Formulate and champion the strong corporate governance framework through engagement of Board and oversight of Company Secretariat functions
- Direct the enterprise-wide legal compliance strategy and risk management posture to safeguard business continuity
- Establish high-level process management standards to institutionalize regulatory compliance across all business units
External Relations and Corporate Affairs
- Shape the company’s public positioning, brand narrative, and crisis communication strategies
- Provide executive communications and media relations to Board Chairman, CEO and leaders, in alignment with the corporate protocol
- Lead executive-level government relations and strategic stakeholder management to influence favourable regulatory environments
Corporate Services & Infrastructure Optimization
- Provide strategic oversight to Finance, IT, and Procurement, transforming shared services into competitive advantages
- Lead the formation and execution of financial management and capital management strategies to achieve business objectives
- Drive digital and AI transformation and data governance strategies to future-proof the business infrastructure
- Drive effective procurement policy and frameworks in support of the business
Strategic Organization & Human Resources Management
- Partner with the executive team to design and evolve the organizational structure to support business planning and future scaling up
- Champion manpower planning, talent acquisition strategies, compensation and benefits practices, training and development programmes, and the evolution of corporate culture
- Align human resources strategy with macro business objectives to drive high performance and staff retention
- Formulate scalable organization designs that transition smoothly from a lean startup model to a structured corporate entity
General Administration Excellence
- Lead office renovation, workplace services and facilities management, ensuring a safe, efficient, and high-quality working environment
- Govern the consolidated corporate administrative budget, ensuring maximum ROI and operational synergy
Other Relevant Duties as Assigned by the CEO or the Board
Qualifications & Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or above in Business Administration, or Finance & Accounting, Public Administration from a renowned institution
- Minimum of 20+ years of progressive corporate experience, with at least 10 years in a senior executive capacity within a complex MNC, or a listed corporation, or public organizations. Prior experience at a senior management role gained from a public organization in the innovation and technology or property sector is highly preferred
- Proven track records and exposure in corporate pillars, balancing the governance/legal side with the business needs, such as human capital and shared services
- Ample experience reporting to or advising a Board of Directors and Functional Committees relating to Finance /Administration/ HR or Compliance related areas
- Good understanding of regulatory compliance frameworks, modern corporate secretariat practices, and able interpret complex regulatory changes and proactively translate them into corporate wide priorities
- Demonstrated experience and skills in high-level government relations, regulatory lobbying, and managing multi-stakeholders
- Solid experience in promoting corporate branding, crisis communications, high level corporate events and media relations
- Prior experience overseeing budgeting, resources allocation, cost-benefits analysis, strategic procurement frameworks and digital deployment transformation initiatives such as system deployments and AI-driven process automation
- Highly skilled in architecting manpower planning, organizational structures and HR process to support business operations from scratch, and through business cycle to expansion
- Ample experience in architecting the employer branding and talent acquisition framework to attract high-caliber founding teams and mission-driven executives
The Person
- Strategic Visionary & Execution: Ability to conceptualize long-term institutional strategies while ensuring the administrative process and policies be executed flawlessly
- Exceptional Emotional Intelligence: High cultural agility and diplomacy to navigate complex internal politics, bridge silos, and manage diverse stakeholder expectations
- Crisis Resilience & Decision-Making: A calm, analytical approach to crisis management, with the ability to make decisions under pressure and in ambiguous situations
- Influencing & Negotiation: Masterful negotiation capabilities of protecting company interests and influencing stakeholders for desired outcomes
Interested parties are invited to submit their resume, stating the current and expected salary and the earliest available date, via the “Apply” button or by email to hrmgt@stt.hk. Commencing position will be commensurate with qualifications, relevant experience, and competencies.
[This position is open for referral by Recruitment Agencies.]
The application will remain open until the position is filled. STTCL reserves the right not to fill the position.
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Applicants not invited for interview within 6 weeks may consider their applications unsuccessful. Personal data of unsuccessful applicants will be retained for a maximum of two years counting from the date the vacancy has been filled.
