Rockrose Executive Search

Singapore-headquartered executive search firm that places the GTM, Technology, Applied AI and Corporate talent powering the world's most ambitious companies.

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Knowing what the market pays is the first step to better negotiation.

If you are working in GTM functions, as an Account Executive, Account Management/Customer Success, or Solutions Engineering, this report gives you the benchmark for Singapore.

Check it out here:
https://t.co/hXN9GXvqWy

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5 companies out of 152 are holding 30% of the open tech roles in APAC, and one of them holds close to 25% of job openings in Singapore.

We read the job boards of 182 tech companies hiring across the region to give you the market pulse for GTM, Tech, AI, and Leadership hiring.

The bottom of salaries offered to Agent Engineers is the cap for traditional engineering roles, signal where the market is moving and what the market values.

Find out more in this first issue of Rockrose Pulse today, where it gives you the snapshot of the tech APAC hiring market, salary data, and market moves bi-weekly, delivered straight to your inbox if you subscribe.

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The future of jobs comes down to 2 things.

You already have the hard one.

You've spent years leading teams, closing deals, navigating conversations most people avoid.

No AI is coming for that.

But there's a second skill quietly becoming the new baseline.

And the people ignoring it? They're already falling behind.

The window to get ahead of it is closing fast.

👉 Find out what it is before your next career move. https://t.co/AOSkVcX1Dy

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2026 APAC GTM Salary Report — Free Download!

Over the past quarter, we interviewed 100+ Sales/Account Executives, Customer Success, and Solutions Consulting professionals across Singapore and Hong Kong, and one pattern kept surfacing: high-performing revenue drivers are commanding salaries well above market average.

The gap between top quartile and median OTE is wider than most hiring managers expect.

If you're benchmarking comp for your GTM hires or trying to close a candidate fielding competing offers, check out our latest report.

https://t.co/qepTY6nouC

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Our Go-To-Market Salary Report 2026 is live!

Over the past quarter, we interviewed 100+ Sales/Account Executives, Customer Success, and Solutions Consulting professionals across Singapore and Hong Kong, and one pattern kept surfacing: high-performing revenue drivers are commanding salaries well above market average.

The gap between top quartile and median OTE is wider than most hiring managers expect.

If you're benchmarking comp for your GTM hires or trying to close a candidate fielding competing offers, check out our latest report.

https://t.co/9OZq27Tuak

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This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the power of #GiveToGain.

As a small, woman-led team, we are constantly inspired by the innovators, leaders, clients, and candidates driving our industry forward.

To all the women changing the game: Your vision and resilience make us better every day.

Happy #IWD2026!

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Happy Lunar New Year! 🍊 May the Fire Horse bring you good health, blessings, and strong career progress.

Thank you to all our clients and candidates for the trust and support. Looking forward to making this year even more impactful together.

马年大吉，事业腾飞! 🧧

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Beyond finding the best-fit candidates, we also surface profiles that differ from the usual mould our clients look for. This gives them more options and fresh perspectives when hiring, and sometimes the non-obvious choice turns out to be the very best hire they make.

Have a difficult role to fill? Drop us a line at [email protected]

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Always appreciate kind words from clients. We don’t take trust lightly, and it means a lot to be part of our clients' hiring journey.

Do you have hiring plans? Drop us a line at [email protected]

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New year, new beginnings.

From all of us at Rockrose, we wish you a 2026 filled with growth, meaningful progress, and well-earned success. ✨

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Grateful for the trust our clients and candidates place in us. Testimonials like this reminds us why we do what we do and pushes us to keep raising the bar.

Have a difficult role to fill? Reach out to @_kristenlim, or drop us a line at [email protected].

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As the year comes to a close, we’re grateful for the relationships we’ve built along the way. Wishing you and your loved ones a warm and meaningful Christmas.

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A good negotiation starts with knowing your market value. Employers know it when they are underpaying you, they just don’t fix it until you bring it up to them. Your salary wage is an exchange for your time and expertise, it is a business transaction. Take out the emotions and you will negotiate better for what you deserve. Check out our latest article on this topic.

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2026 Job Opportunities! We are working with our long-term clients to fill critical roles to fuel their growth in 2026. All these job opportunities are newly created.

🍍 Strategic Sales Director, APAC (Team Lead) - SG or HK
•⁠ ⁠Leading a team of 6 Account Executives covering enterprise, mid-market, and growth accounts.
•⁠ ⁠You must have experience closing complex, high-value enterprise software deals (~$1M), selling into financial institutions, PSPs, capital markets, or asset management firms. 
•⁠ ⁠⁠Experience owning sales forecasting, pipeline reviews, and accurate revenue reporting is required.
•⁠ ⁠Fluency in Mandarin is preferred. Japanese or Korean is a plus.

🍍 Strategic Sales Director, APAC (Individual Contributor) - SG or HK
•⁠ ⁠We are looking for an ambitious Sales Director who enjoys winning new logos. 
•⁠ ⁠⁠You must have experience closing complex enterprise software deals and bring a network across financial institutions, capital markets, or fintech.

🍍 Customer Success Manager, APAC - SG or HK
•⁠ ⁠Your main role is to drive net retention and upsell across enterprise accounts in APAC.
•⁠ ⁠We are looking for experience in customer success, managing client relationships, renewals, cross-sell, and upsell. 
•⁠ ⁠⁠You should have experience in SaaS, ideally within fintech, payments, regtech, or blockchain.
•⁠ ⁠Bilingual or multilingual candidates (English plus Mandarin, Japanese, or Korean) are preferred.

🍍 Partner, Corporate Venture Capital - SG
•⁠ ⁠This role manages sub-USD 50m deals, including licensing, PSPs, JVs, and partial or full equity acquisitions, as well as post-deal integration, and includes board directorship responsibilities.
•⁠ ⁠Must have VC experience, and ideally CVC experience
•⁠ ⁠Bilingual in Mandarin and English to deal with stakeholders

🍍 Principal/Senior Associate, Venture Capital - NY or SG
•⁠ ⁠4-8 years of experience, with existing relationships, strong market coverage, and the ability to source deals independently.
•⁠ ⁠Must have experience in investing from pre-seed to Series B, with a VC background and domain expertise in at least one segment across fintech, payments, crypto, or Web3.

🍍 Chief of Staff with PA responsibilities - SG
•⁠ ⁠This role will support a fast-paced founder’s family office and personal matters.
•⁠ ⁠We are looking for a smart, technology-savvy individual with the potential to grow with the founder, represent the founder in external meetings, and who does not mind hands-on groundwork.

JDs: https://t.co/TSVfz8lvr7

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Rockrose Weekly #19
Top 5 Tech News
1) SpaceX sets US$800 billion valuation, confirms 2026 IPO plans
2) Google plans to put datacentres in space to meet demand for AI
3) Gemini Adds Prediction Markets to Financial Super App in US
4) China ‘rejecting’ Nvidia’s H200 chips, outfoxing US strategy
5) AI’s 2026 “dark horse” could be open-standard chips

Read it all here:

https://t.co/3lSwTpnqeO

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2026 job opportunities await!

We are still very busy this season supporting our long term clients to look for gems to join their rocket ship!

If you are interested working in a dynamic and fast pace environment, check out our latest roles on https://t.co/FKfZr01xK7

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Gen Z, born 1997 to 2012, has only been in the workforce for a few years, but somehow they have already made millennials rethink how they work and live — or at least forced us to notice some habits we never questioned.

If you have struggled working with a Gen Z colleague, this is for you.

https://t.co/fEwqmBdvj4

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Is AI eating jobs? Will wage gap widen?

What about decision making and high value work - will they still concentrate in global hubs like Singapore or New York?

Dive into this post and let us know your thoughts.

https://t.co/1Ex0grbS7Y

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Rockrose Weekly #15

Top 3 Tech News
1) Vantage Data Centers Secures $1.6B Investment in APAC Platform from GIC and ADIA
2) Klarna valued at nearly $20 billion as shares jump in NYSE debut
3) Crypto exchange Gemini prices IPO above range to raise $425 million

Plus:
→ With a Federal Reserve rate cut widely expected this week, but will companies expand?
→ Qin En Looi has launched a new fund, Onigiri Capital, focusing on stablecoins, payments, tokenized assets, DeFi, and financial infrastructure.
→ Kailash Madan joins Triple-A as the Chief Commercial Officer.
→ Jan Lim joins Visa as the Head of Global Tech Partnerships.
→ How Larry Ellison (Briefly) Became the World’s Richest Person

https://t.co/d5kaf5OBKN

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Rockrose Weekly #14

Top 3 Tech News
1) Anthropic raises $13B Series F at $183B post-money valuation
2) China Nvidia rival Cambricon adds to $40 billion rally with 4,000% revenue jump
3) Google is launching its own Layer 1 (L1) blockchain, the Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL)

Plus:
→ Headhunter's lens on AI Ecosystem
→ Yvonne Ng has been promoted to VP at Elliptic
→ Shunyet Jan moved from Tower Research to Bybit, and is now joining OKX as VP of Product Management.

https://t.co/ydw3a1l1FD