Assistant Director/Manager, External Engagements & Partnerships

Nanyang Technological University; Singapore; Sur place; SGD 180 000 - 260 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Nanyang Technological University’s Nanyang Business School is seeking a seasoned professional to lead strategic external relations and partnership development. You will engage senior executives from global companies to create impactful collaborations aligned with NTU’s priorities in education, research and social impact.

You will shape and implement engagement strategies, coordinate with multiple units, and drive partnerships that benefit students, faculty and the wider community.

Qualifications

• Degree holder from a recognized institution.
• 8 to 9 years of work experience, with at least 5 to 6 years in partnership development and management, education programmes administration, or a related field in higher education.
• Knowledge of the education landscape, particularly in higher education, would be an advantage.
• Experience working in social community circles would be an advantage.
• Good planning, organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Good project management skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Hands-on, adaptable and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• IT savvy with Microsoft Office Applications.
• Self-starter who is creative, proactive and resourceful.
• Good communicator with strong interpersonal and diplomacy skills.
• Strategic thinker, meticulous and attentive to details.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion and prudence.

Responsabilités

• Propose, develop and implement external relations engagement and partnership development strategy together with the Deputy Director, Alumni Relations, in collaboration with NBS Senior Management.
• Build and strengthen relationships with senior executives and decision-makers from leading companies, multinational corporations and key industry players aligned with NTU's strategic priorities, facilitating introductions and partnership opportunities for relevant NBS units to pursue.
• Identify and develop strategic corporate partnerships that support NBS's education, research, executive learning and industry engagement priorities.
• Cultivate and progress corporate relationships into tangible collaborations, working closely with relevant NBS units.
• Work closely with units across NBS to identify relationship gaps and opportunities for collaboration.
• Assess and connect external opportunities to the appropriate NBS units while avoiding duplication of existing engagement efforts.
• Facilitate appropriate referrals and introductions to relevant units for follow-up.
• Support a more coordinated approach to external relationship management across NBS, with improved visibility, connectivity and clearer ownership of partnership opportunities and external engagements.
• Build and deepen relationships with regional partners, including corporates, NGOs and community organisations.
• Identify and facilitate partnership opportunities across NBS, connecting relevant opportunities to the appropriate School units.
• Oversee and actively pursue the development of CIP and Social Impact community and institutional partnerships, with administrative support from the Assistant Manager, Partnerships.
• Develop sustainable collaborations and identify projects supporting student learning, community engagement and social impact.
• Partner with Digital Transformation to establish and maintain an institutional mechanism for capturing NBS partnerships.
• Ensure that partnership information is maintained and kept current.
• Partner with stakeholders across NBS to drive live tracking and visibility of partnership activities and relationships.
• Strengthen centralised and up-to-date visibility of NBS partnerships to support monitoring of partnership activity, ownership and progress, as well as coordination and strategic partnership decisions.

Connaissances

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Project management

Diplomacy

Organizational skills

Formation

Bachelor degree or equivalent

Outils

Microsoft Office

Description du poste

Consistently ranked among the world’s best business schools, Nanyang Business School (NBS), NTU is one of the most established, comprehensive providers of business and management education in the Asia-Pacific region. As a premier business school within a leading technological university, we draw on the best of Asia and the West to inspire innovation, leadership, and transformation through cutting‑edge research, sustainable innovation, and holistic education. Reporting to the Deputy Director, Alumni Relations, the incumbent will lead the development of strategic corporate and institutional relationships for Nanyang Business School (NBS). The role will focus on engaging senior business leaders, multinational corporations and key industry partners to identify and develop meaningful collaborations that advance NBS’s strategic priorities in education, industry engagement and social impact.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic External Relations & Partnership Development

Propose, develop and implement NBS’s external relations engagement and partnership development strategy together with the Deputy Director, Alumni Relations, in collaboration with NBS Senior Management. Build and strengthen relationships with senior executives and decision-makers from leading companies, multinational corporations and key industry players aligned with NTU's strategic priorities, facilitating introductions and partnership opportunities for relevant NBS units to pursue. Identify and develop strategic corporate partnerships that support NBS's education, research, executive learning and industry engagement priorities. Cultivate and progress corporate relationships into tangible collaborations, working closely with relevant NBS units.

Cross-NBS Stakeholder Connectivity & Coordination

Work closely with units across NBS to identify relationship gaps and opportunities for collaboration. Assess and connect external opportunities to the appropriate NBS units while avoiding duplication of existing engagement efforts. Facilitate appropriate referrals and introductions to relevant units for follow-up. Support a more coordinated approach to external relationship management across NBS, with improved visibility, connectivity and clearer ownership of partnership opportunities and external engagements.

Corporate, Industry & Social Impact Partnerships

Build and deepen relationships with regional partners, including corporates, NGOs and community organisations. Identify and facilitate partnership opportunities across NBS, connecting relevant opportunities to the appropriate School units. Oversee and actively pursue the development of CIP and Social Impact community and institutional partnerships, with administrative support from the Assistant Manager, Partnerships. Develop sustainable collaborations and identify projects supporting student learning, community engagement and social impact.

Partnership Management & Institutionalised Tracking

Partner with Digital Transformation to establish and maintain an institutional mechanism for capturing NBS partnerships. Ensure that partnership information is maintained and kept current. Partner with stakeholders across NBS to drive live tracking and visibility of partnership activities and relationships. Strengthen centralised and up-to-date visibility of NBS partnerships to support monitoring of partnership activity, ownership and progress, as well as coordination and strategic partnership decisions.

Requirements:

• Degree holder from a recognized institution
• Minimally 8 to 9 years of work experience, with at least 5 to 6 years of relevant experience in partnership development and management, education programmes administration, or a related field in higher education
• Knowledge of the education landscape, particularly in higher education, would be an advantage
• Experience working in social community circles would be an advantage
• Good planning, organizational and problem-solving skills
• Good project management skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Hands-on, adaptable and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• IT savvy with good knowledge and proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications
• Self-starter who is creative, proactive and resourceful.
• Good communicator with strong interpersonal and diplomacy skills.
• Strategic thinker, meticulous and attentive to details.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion and prudence.

Hiring Institution: NTU

A research-intensive public university, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Engineering, Business, Science, Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, and Graduate colleges. It also has a medical school, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, established jointly with Imperial College London. NTU is also home to world-class autonomous institutes – the National Institute of Education, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Earth Observatory of Singapore, and Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering – and various leading research centres such as the Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI) and Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N). Ranked amongst the world’s top universities by QS, NTU has also been named the world’s top young university for the past seven years. The University’s main campus is frequently listed among the Top 15 most beautiful university campuses in the world and has 57 Green Mark‑certified (equivalent to LEED-certified) buildings, of which 95% are certified Green Mark Platinum. Apart from its main campus, NTU also has a campus in Novena, Singapore’s healthcare district. Under the NTU Smart Campus vision, the University harnesses the power of digital technology and tech-enabled solutions to support better learning and living experiences, the discovery of new knowledge, and the sustainability of resources. For more information, visit www.ntu.edu.sg About NIE About RSIS About LKCMedicine About NTUItive