Innovation Partnerships & Biz Development Lead

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Singapore

On-site

SGD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

IMDA's Innovation Division seeks a seasoned business development professional to drive corporate engagement and partnerships for flagship programs like the Open Innovation Platform (OIP) and PIXEL Innovation Hub. You will qualify leads, forge strategic collaborations with public and private partners, and help translate innovation challenges into scalable outcomes across Singapore's tech ecosystem.

Join a dynamic team focused on transforming enterprises through collaboration, with opportunities

Qualifications

Tertiary qualification in Business/Communications/Information Technology or relevant/related disciplines.
At least 5 years of relevant experience in an industry engagement, B2B business development or partnership role, with immediate and large business networks
Adept at engaging external stakeholders across seniority levels and building business networks and relationships. Excellent written and verbal communication skills; with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Familiarity with the innovation ecosystem (e.g., corporate innovation roles, technology accelerators, incubators) is a plus

Responsibilities

Business Development and Engagement: Generate, qualify and cultivate corporate leads, and convert corporates looking to drive business innovation within their organisations. Qualify inbound leads including referrals by acting as initial point of triage for corporates with interest in OIP to diagnose their innovation needs. Regular engagement with leads, keeping abreast of industry trends and customer drivers as opportunities for follow-ups to enable conversion.
Stakeholder Management and Matching: Scout, own and deepen relationships with new corporates and multipliers (e.g. government agencies, trade associations) to build the corporate database. Support direct matches with our technology solvers base, based on corporates' business use cases, as a lever to deepen the corporate relationship.
Partnership Development: Identify, source and engage existing or new strategic partners to achieve Innovation team's objectives (e.g. securing more corporate leads for OIP and/or developing partner-led programmes to drive corporate innovation projects)