Manager, Business and Strategy Development (2yr contract)

National University of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore seeks a Manager of Business and Strategy Development to drive growth for its Executive Education offerings. The role focuses on outreach, programme development, stakeholder management, and complex project delivery from the Bukit Timah Campus.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in business development or strategy within education or consultancy, and will shape regional growth while collaborating with EE, LKYSPP, and NUS partners.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in business development, strategy or education.
• Degree or postgraduate degree in Business, Education, Social Sciences or Public Policy.
• Proven ability to develop programmes and manage client relationships.
• Interest in public policy challenges and professional skills today.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute business growth strategy for Executive Education.
• Develop sales strategies to penetrate markets including new regions.
• Build strong client relationships to ensure sustained returns.
• Represent EE value proposition at executive levels.

Skills

Business development

Stakeholder management

Project management

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's or higher in Business/Policy

Tools

Salesforce CRM

MS Office

Video editing tools

Job description

Job Title: Manager, Business and Strategy Development (2yr contract)

University-Level Unit: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Faculty/Department-Level Unit: Executive Education

Employee Category: Executive & Administrative

Posting Start Date: 12/08/2026

Location_ONB: Bukit Timah Campus

Job Description

The Manager will work in a dynamic and international environment, in which the main mission is to empower leaders with the skills to thrive in a complex, fast changing world. The LKY School of Public Policy Executive Education consists of a highly trained, fast-moving, and client-oriented team dedicated to marry innovative policy practices with the latest theories and approaches in public policy and administration to deliver top educational experiences to our clients. Annually, we train over 1,800 professionals in governments, business, and non-profit organisations from Singapore, Asia, and the rest of the world. The Manager is an outreach and programme delivery focused role, which would suit someone who not only have skills to develop programmes, manage stakeholders and deliver complex projects, but also the mindset for analysis, business judgment, and innovative thinking. S/he will assist in decision-making processes, programme content development, and in supporting Executive Education's plan for regional growth.

Main Responsibilities Include

• Business and Strategy Development.
• Programme Development and Management.
• Client Management.
• Programme Administration.

BUSINESS, PORTFOLIO AND MARKET DEVELOPMENT (60-70%)

• Design and execute business growth strategy for Executive Education under limited supervision.
• Develop sales strategies to enable sustainable market penetration in appointed portfolio e.g. Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, China, with a keen interest to learn new competitors and industry trends.
• Build good client relationship as as to achieve sustainable return rate.
• Good understanding of market demand in executive programme offerings (public policy, leadership, professional education).
• Able to design new executive programmes based on demand/ trends, innovate new learning products, design curriculum and test modules to suit executive programme offerings.
• Identify and onboard new partners into the EE network, and negotiate business terms and contracts, manage external partnerships for co-designed and co-delivered programmes.
• Be able to represent and articulate the LKY School's Executive Education value proposition at the executive level.
• Contribute to operational excellence in the day-to-day management of business development, including (but not limited to) forecasting, pipeline development, customer relations using CRM and other tools.
• Motivate internal stakeholders (EE, LKY School, NUS) to support growth of region, and successfully deliver organisational and customer goals.

PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS (up to 35%)

• Programme administration (delivering new and current programmes in-house or overseas (as required).
• Develop team standards for gathering and documenting business requirements and processes.
• Develop, communicate and drive project schedule commitments.
• Facilitate change management decisions and adjust assignments and expectations accordingly.
• Drive initiatives or goals (e.g. continuous improvement) as needed.

ADMINISTRATION (up to 5%)

• Facilitate team's quality management undertakings and other internal duties as assigned.
• Coach staff and share best practices to the team as needed.

Qualifications

• More than 5 years of working experience
• Degree/Post-graduate degree in Business, Education, Social Sciences or Public Policy
• Proven experience in either business development, client development, business strategy, curriculum development or corporate development in a business, consulting or executive education environment.
• Overall understanding and interest in public policy challenges and in the professional skills necessary to excel in today's complex and fast-changing world.

Desired Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience working in one or more of these regions: South Asia, Northeast Asia, Central Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa (Foreign language skills Will be advantageous).
• Experience in writing proposals, working with governments, donor organisations and educational institutions.
• Strong communication skills.
• Sound information technology skills e.g. Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, video editing tools.
• Experience in Salesforce CRM and L3AP is a plus.
• Willingness to travel (this role would require occasional travel overseas).

More Information

• Location: Bukit Timah Campus
• Organization: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
• Department : Executive Education