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Market Planning Specialist

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This job is for a Market Planning Specialist focused on driving business growth through strategic planning. You might like this job because it emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and has a significant impact on expanding technology in Malaysia.

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Menara Maxis, Kuala Lumpur

Job Description

Are you ready to get ahead in your career?

  • We want to empower you to turn your ambitions into achievements.
  • We thrive in inclusiveness, diversity and embrace close collaborations for you to create impact for yourself and others.
  • Together, we aim to bring the best of technology to help people, businesses and the nation to be ahead in a changing world.
  • To realise our vision to become Malaysia’s leading converged solutions company, we are looking for a new talent to innovate and grow with us in a culture that values commitment, performance and possibilities.

Why does this job exist and why is it critical?​

 

We're seeking a skilled Market Planning Specialist to strategize, plan, develop, and execute business and commercial plans for fibre and mobile expansion to drive business growth and ensure maximum return of investment. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to lead strategic projects and tenders in access expansion.

What are you accountable for?

  • Drive demand planning assessments and prepare business cases to justify investments, securing management approval with clear recommendations.
  • Map and maintain the universe of buildings/sites within the existing infrastructure footprint, prioritizing based on commercial potential, tenancy mix, and ease of enablement.
  • Collaborate with Enterprise Heads and Segment Sales teams to align strategies, validate commercial justification, and track ROI for approved business cases.
  • Work closely with Network teams to propose optimized network designs and cost models, ensuring viable business cases and timely, budget-compliant deployments.
  • Develop business models, craft commercial proposals, and negotiate contracts with property developers to accelerate infrastructure enablement.
  • Establish standardized frameworks and processes to simplify and continuously improve demand planning and commercial management effectiveness.
  • Partner with Data Analytics teams to deliver accurate reporting and performance updates on fibre and mobile infrastructure expansion.
  • Set up regular bi-weekly progress reviews with key stakeholders and monthly management updates to address escalations and secure support.

What do you require for the role?

  • Strong expertise in market planning, demand analysis, or related fields.
  • Proven experience in data analysis and financial modelling.
  • Solid technical comprehension of network infrastructure.
  • Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.
  • Skilled in business development, commercial strategy, and negotiation.
  • Familiarity with GIS tools and demand scoring frameworks.
  • Strong project management capabilities.

 

What’s next?

  • Once you’ve applied online, our team will carefully review your application. Due to a high volume of applications, we appreciate your patience to allow for a fair and timely review process.
  • Should you be shortlisted for the role, we will send you an invitation via email for a digital interview. You can also check on your application status by logging into your candidate account.

Maxis values diverse voices & people. We hire and reward our employees based on capability & performance — regardless of ethnicity, gender, age, education, religion, nationality or physical ability.


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Company Benefits

Proactive culture

Work with cross-functional teams that are proactive, collaborative, and result-oriented!

Global exposure

Together, we strive to impact communities nationwide through strategic CSR offerings.

Professional growth

Expand and apply your experience in product development, while building new skills and knowledge in other areas!


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Maxis Communications

We are the leading integrated telco in Malaysia, connecting people and businesses to a world of possibilities. Tomorrow Begins Today as we make aspiration achievable today with reliable connectivity and a simple experience.    We deeply believe that the key element to our success has always been our people. To realise our shared vision to be the leading integrated telco in Malaysia, we have embedded...