Manager / Senior Manager / Assistant Director, NUH Global (Education, Consultancy & Alliance)

NUHS@Home; Singapore; On-site; SGD 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

National University Hospital seeks a senior leader to head NUH’s global education, consultancy, alliances and mission portfolios, advancing NUH as a regional academic healthcare hub and trusted partner.

You will shape NUH’s global capability-building strategy, scale internationally relevant programmes, and strengthen institutional alliances while ensuring disciplined governance, financial sustainability and reputational stewardship across all global engagements.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in healthcare, academic medicine, health systems or international programmes.
• Proven track record in international partnerships, education, consultancy or system-wide initiatives.
• Strong strategic thinking with the ability to operationalise complex, multi-country initiatives.
• High governance acumen, particularly in risk, compliance and institutional reputational management.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & Portfolio Integration: Set the strategic direction and multi-year roadmap for NUH’s Global Academy, Consultancy, Alliances and Mission portfolios.
• Global Academy: Provide oversight of healthcare management education, leadership development and training programmes for international partners.
• Global Consultancy: Lead strategy, market positioning, service portfolio development and quality assurance.
• Strategic Alliances: Develop and steward strategic international partnerships with hospitals, universities, health authorities and multilateral partners.
• Global Mission & Outreach: Lead health missions, capacity-building and regional capability transfer programmes.
• Governance, Risk & Institutional Stewardship: Ensure governance, policy compliance and risk management across global activities.
• Financial & Operational Accountability: Oversee budgeting, revenue generation and cost control for global portfolios.

Skills

Senior leadership

Healthcare management

International partnerships

Strategic thinking

Job description

Job ID: 9904

Job Function: Administration

Institution: National University Hospital

Role Purpose

This role provides strategic leadership and operational oversight across NUH’s global-facing education, consultancy, partnerships and mission portfolios—namely Global Academy, Global Consultancy, Strategic Alliances, and Global Mission—to advance NUH’s position as a regional academic healthcare hub and trusted global partner.

The role is responsible for shaping NUH’s global capability-building strategy, scaling internationally relevant programmes, strengthening institutional alliances, and ensuring disciplined governance, financial sustainability and reputational stewardship across all global engagements.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & Portfolio Integration
• Set the strategic direction and multi-year roadmap for NUH’s Global Academy, Consultancy, Alliances and Mission portfolios, aligned with NUH’s overall internationalisation and academic health system strategy.
• Ensure coherence and synergy across education, advisory, partnership and mission activities to maximise institutional impact and resource efficiency.
• Translate NUH clinical, academic and operational strengths into scalable global offerings relevant to international health systems.
• Global Academy (Education & Capability Development)
• Provide oversight of healthcare management education, leadership development and training programmes delivered to international partners under the Global Academy.
• Ensure programmes are academically robust, operationally viable and aligned with NUH’s brand and values.
• Expand fellowship, exchange and leadership platforms that position NUH as a regional centre for healthcare capability-building.
• Global Consultancy (Advisory & Systems Transformation)
• Lead NUH’s Global Consultancy strategy, including market positioning, service portfolio development and quality assurance.
• Oversee delivery of consultancy engagements with overseas hospitals, health systems and ministries, ensuring outcomes-driven, ethically governed and financially sustainable projects.
• Ensure strong governance over contracting, fees, risk management and compliance with NUH/NUHS policies.
• Strategic / Global Alliances
• Develop and steward strategic institutional alliances with international hospitals, universities, health authorities and multilateral partners.
• Oversee alliance frameworks, fellowship networks and collaborative platforms (e.g. academic, leadership, innovation or systems pilots).
• Ensure alliances deliver clear strategic value, reciprocity and long-term institutional benefit to NUH.
• Global Mission & Outreach
• Provide leadership over NUH’s Global Mission initiatives, including community health missions, health system strengthening and capability transfer programmes in the region.
• Ensure missions are aligned with NUH’s values, clinical governance standards and reputation.
• Balance humanitarian objectives with sustainability, staff welfare and institutional priorities.
• Governance, Risk & Institutional Stewardship
• Ensure all global education, consultancy and partnership activities comply with NUH/NUHS governance frameworks, including agreement review, fee management, conflict of interest and overseas travel policies.
• Act as a key institutional steward of NUH’s global reputation, managing sensitivities across jurisdictions, partners and stakeholders.
• Provide regular updates to senior management on portfolio performance, risks, opportunities and strategic issues.
• Financial & Operational Accountability
• Oversee budgeting, revenue generation, cost control and financial sustainability of the global portfolios.
• Ensure appropriate resourcing, team capability development and staff welfare across the Global Academy, Consultancy, Alliances and Mission teams.
• Stakeholder & Senior-Level Engagement
• Represent NUH in high-level engagements with international partners, government agencies, multilateral organisations and academic institutions.
• Support CEO and senior leadership in shaping NUH’s global narrative and positioning.

Essential

Key Competencies & Experience:

• Senior leadership experience in healthcare, academic medicine, health systems or international programmes.
• Proven track record in international partnerships, education, consultancy or system-wide initiatives.
• Strong strategic thinking with the ability to operationalise complex, multi-country initiatives.
• High governance acumen, particularly in risk, compliance and institutional reputational management.

Desirable

• Experience working with overseas hospitals, ministries of health or multilateral partners.
• Familiarity with healthcare education, leadership development or management consultancy models.
• Exposure to global health, capacity-building or mission-oriented programmes.

Personal Attributes

• Strategic, diplomatic and politically astute.
• Credible with senior clinicians, executives and external partners.
• Values-driven, with strong commitment to governance, professionalism and staff wellbeing.