Regional Director - Asia

Due to an internal move, we have an opportunity for a highly motivated, commercial individual to lead on regional activity across Asia and support the delivery of our Commercial strategic growth objectives.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with experience in the sector who is looking to take the next step in their career within a dynamic and strategically important region. The role offers the chance to step into a senior regional leadership position, driving commercial growth and building strong relationships across international higher education markets.

Salary: Competitive

Location: Malaysia, preferred however open to other locations across the region - Remote with travel

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full Time 

A bit about us

Here at NCUK, we consider ourselves a unique organisation. A consortium of leading international universities, NCUK is an international organisation, and we provide overseas students with guaranteed access to universities through our pathway qualifications.  More than 50,000 students have successfully progressed to NCUK Universities worldwide by completing our qualifications.  Our qualifications combine the highest of academic standards with exceptional language, study and cultural skills, and are currently delivered in more than 30 different countries across four continents.  NCUK is a trading subsidiary of the Northern Consortium, a registered educational charity.

What we’re looking for

This role will be responsible for providing senior regional leadership across all NCUK activity within their region, with accountability for regional performance, delivery against agreed KPIs and ownership of the regional profit and loss. 

This is a key leadership role responsible for the development and delivery of a regional strategy aligned to NCUK’s wider corporate objectives, ensuring commercial growth, academic delivery, student outcomes, partner satisfaction and financial sustainability are achieved in a coordinated and sustainable way.

Strong regional leadership and collaboration are central to the role, acting as the key integrating point across functions operating within the region. Through matrix leadership across Business Development, Finance, Academic, Marketing, University Partnerships and Placement, the role ensures regional priorities are aligned, activity is effectively coordinated and outcomes support NCUK’s overall strategy.

The Regional Director will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering NCUK’s regional priorities, building high-performing partnerships, and ensuring sustainable growth and operational excellence across the region.

We are a remote first organisation and this is primarily a remote role however there will be a need for regular travel across the region. 

View the full Job Description & Person Specification here: Candidate Information Pack - RD - Head of Business Development - Asia.pdf

What we offer

In joining us, we offer the below benefits:

• Competitive holiday allowance plus public holidays
• Perkbox – monthly points to use towards perks, receive discounts and cashback
• Health insurance
• Personal development
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24-hour support and advice
• Remote-first approach 
• End of year and Summer social events
• Learning Management System
• End of year shutdown – discretionary days off 

How to apply

Please apply by submitting your CV with a short covering letter highlighting how your experience and skills meet the requirements of the job description/person specification. Your CV should be in Microsoft Word or PDF Format.

If you have any further questions before applying, please send an email to vacancies@ncuk.ac.uk.

At NCUK, we value diversity and the importance of an inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds, including people with disabilities, women, young people, ethnically diverse people, Veterans and serving British regular or reserve Armed Forces Personnel and the LGBTQ+ community.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please let us know, and we will be happy to accommodate your needs.

We encourage candidates to apply regardless of if you meet all aspects of the job description. We believe in the potential of individuals with varied backgrounds and experiences - your unique skills and perspectives could be a valuable addition to our team!

The closing date for applications will be  11 June 2026.

The interview process will involve 2-stages:  a formal remote interview with a presentation and an informal interview.

Apply today and be a part of our mission to deliver exceptional university pathway programmes!

Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

This role is being managed in-house by our People & Talent team. We’re not working with agencies on this vacancy, so please no speculative CVs or direct emails.