Deputy Director, Joint Office of Academic Medicine

SINGAPORE HEALTH SERVICES PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Singapore is seeking an experienced Deputy Director to provide strategic oversight and leadership across multiple teams. This role involves influencing academic medicine strategy, guiding programme development, and fostering collaboration between clinical and academic communities. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree, at least 14 years of relevant experience, and strong leadership capabilities. This position offers the opportunity to contribute significantly to the future of healthcare and support institutional excellence.

Qualifications

• Minimum 14 years of experience in strategic planning and budget oversight.
• Proven ability to engage diverse stakeholders.
• Experience representing organisations at senior leadership meetings.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic oversight across multiple teams.
• Guide strategic planning processes and academic funds management.
• Coordinate career development programmes for team members.

Skills

Strategic planning

Budget oversight

Team leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Organisational abilities

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in healthcare, administration, management, or related disciplines

Job description

At Joint Office of Academic Medicine, we play a pivotal rolein shaping the future of healthcare through supporting research, education andclinical care. We do so by working at the intersection of clinical practice andacademic innovation within the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre.

We are seeking an experienced Deputy Director to providestrategic oversight and leadership across multiple teams within our Joint Office of Academic Medicine. This senior role offers the opportunity toinfluence academic medicine strategy, guide programme development, and foster collaboration between our clinical and academic communities whilst ensuringoperational excellence across all initiatives.

You will provide strategic oversight for multiple teams,guiding strategic planning processes and academic funds management whilstsupporting programme development initiatives. Your role encompasses developingengagement strategies for academic clinical programmes, residents, researchers,and clinicians, alongside overseeing communications, branding efforts, andinstitutional collaborations that strengthen our academic medical centre. Asthe centralised administrative coordinator, you will ensure equitable workdistribution and facilitate seamless cross-team coordination for nominations,activities, and strategic projects. You will lead strategic planningcoordination for academic medicine across the centre, manage comprehensivebudget planning for the department, and oversee critical manpower mattersincluding hiring processes and human resources issues.

Working closely with team leads, you will coordinate careerdevelopment programmes for team members, develop internal work plans, andorganise major institutional events that showcase our academic excellence.Additionally, you will represent the Joint Office at leadership meetings acrossSingHealth and Duke-NUS, chair Academic Medicine Administrators Meetings, andpresent Academic Medicine overviews at various institutional platforms, servingas a key ambassador for our collaborative academic mission.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in healthcare, administration,management, or related disciplines
• Minimum 14 years of experience in strategic planning,budget oversight, team leadership, and stakeholder engagement in academicmedicine or healthcare settings
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with provenability to engage diverse stakeholders
• Excellent leadership capabilities with meticulousattention to detail
• Strong organisational and problem-solving abilities
• Experience representing organisations at senior leadershipmeetings and institutional platforms