Manager / Senior Manager, Therapeutics Team

A*STAR Research; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A*STAR is seeking a Manager / Senior Manager in the Therapeutics Team to lead industry partnerships and drive R&D collaboration with pharma and biotech partners in Singapore. The role focuses on identifying strategic opportunities, managing relationships, and guiding project proposals from concept through to collaboration agreements.

The successful candidate will combine experience in healthcare or biomedical sciences with strong communication, independent work style, and the ability to

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years in Healthcare or Biomedical Sciences with pre-clinical or clinical research background.
• Ability to understand diverse technical topics and emerging fields.
• Strong self-starting, problem-solving, and independent work capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Identify and analyse industry and R&D trends across therapeutic areas.
• Drive industry development and key account management with MNCs and biotechs.
• Build networks with academia, clinical community, and tech transfer offices.
• Support national RIE initiatives and multi-institutional programmes.

Skills

Healthcare experience

Biomedical sciences background

Independent worker

Analytical thinking

Effective communication

Stakeholder management

Job description

Job Title

Manager / Senior Manager, Therapeutics Team

Requisition ID: 3222 Posting Start Date: 04/09/2026

Job Description

he Biomedical Sciences Industry Partnership Office (BMSIPO) serves as the national office dedicated to drive technology-business R&D partnerships with strategic biomedical sciences and healthcare companies. This includes multinational biotech, pharmaceutical, diagnostics, digital health and medtech companies, as well as innovative local enterprises.
BMSIPO account manages these strategic companies (strategic to Singapore) and architects R&D partnerships from early discovery and pre-clinical development, translational clinical development, to manufacturing R&D, across the diverse public sector research and clinical institutions in Singapore.
BMSIPO leads and supports key publicly-funded research and clinical R&D programmes such as National Platforms, multi-institutional programmes to develop and execute their industry development strategies.
In addition, BMSIPO drives and supports several national level initiatives in the Health & Human Potential (HHP) Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) domain.
This opening is for a role in as a Manager / Senior Manager in BMSIPO's Therapeutics Team, which manages relationships and drives R&D partnerships with pharma MNCs, foreign and local biotechs.

Responsibilities

• Identify and Analyse Key Industry and R&D trends-covering major therapeutic areas and modalities (such as oncology, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases), as well as emerging areas (such as neuroscience and inflammation& immunology) and modalities (such as nucleic acid therapeutics, precision medicine, AI in drug discovery). Feedback these insights into the development of Singapore's R&D programmes and industry R&D development strategies.
• Drive Industry Development and Company Account Management- Build trusted relationships with management and R&D executives across key MNCs and biotechs. Engage with companies to understand their R&D and commercialisation strategies. Identify the right research partners in the Singapore research and clinical community for engagements with companies, facilitate meetings, submit proposals for collaboration, assist researchers and clinicians in putting together their research plans/proposals, provide relevant feedback, and drive or support the contracting/financing discussions for specific project agreements where necessary. After projects are executed, monitor the progress of the projects, mediate between different institutions and the company to ensure expectations and progress are aligned, and troubleshoot where appropriate.
• DevelopNetworks - Develop a network of relationships with the academic research and clinical community, industry partnership and technology transfer offices, as well as public sector research planning and economic agencies, in Singapore.
• Drive and support toR&D Programmes and National level HHP RIE initiatives - Drive or support the development and execution of industry development and engagement plans for key multi-institutional R&D programmes; as well as drive or support in designing and executing national level HHP RIE initiatives.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of working experience in Healthcare and Biomedical Sciences with a background in pre-clinical therapeutics research, clinical research/development, product development or technology commercialization. Prior industry experience will be favourably considered.
• Broad vision of science and technology, able to handle diverse technical topics beyond one's direct field of education and experience, and awareness of emerging fields. Able to appreciate and quickly understand new technologies and provide assessment and their potential to be applied
• Resourcefulness and ability to work independently with minimal supervision, independently and in a team
• Able to analyse topics and situations; and make considered judgements and recommendations
• Effective and thoughtful communicator
• Willing, adaptable and flexible to perform required/necessary tasks beyond the job description
• A self-starter, go getter and problem solver who pro-actively tackles problems and takes initiative
• Ability to identify and contextualize stakeholder issues and manage them in an appropriate manner

The above eligibility criteria are not exhaustive. A*STAR may include additional selection criteria based on its prevailing recruitment policies. These policies may be amended from time to time without notice. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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