12-Month Contract | Singapore
Join a leading philanthropic platform working to improve health outcomes across Southeast Asia.
We are seeking a Programme Manager to support a regional health community comprising philanthropic organisations, programme partners, subject-matter experts and other ecosystem stakeholders.
This is a highly visible coordination and programme-management role for someone who can translate strategic priorities into action, evaluate emerging programme opportunities and maintain momentum across diverse stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate engagements, working groups and governance meetings involving community members and programme partners.
- Develop agendas, briefing materials, presentations and discussion papers for senior stakeholders.
- Document key decisions, maintain action trackers and ensure timely follow-through across stakeholders.
- Manage a pipeline of programme concepts, proposals and partnership opportunities.
- Conduct preliminary assessments of proposals, considering strategic alignment, feasibility, potential impact, scalability, risks and implementation readiness.
- Work with partners to clarify information, strengthen programme concepts and prepare opportunities for funding discussions.
- Translate strategic recommendations into practical workplans, implementation roadmaps and operating processes.
- Monitor programme progress, dependencies, emerging risks and agreed priorities.
- Support partnership development and coordination of co-funding opportunities.
- Plan and deliver stakeholder convenings, learning sessions and other strategic engagements.
- Capture insights and commitments arising from discussions and convert them into clear next steps.
Requirements
- Approximately 6-8 years of relevant experience in public or global health, philanthropy, international development, programme management, management consulting or a related field.
- Exposure to health systems, population health, health innovation or adjacent social-impact issues is strongly preferred.
- Experience working across multiple stakeholders, which may include philanthropic organisations, NGOs, government agencies, academic institutions, multilaterals or private-sector partners.
- Ability to assess programme proposals critically and identify strategic fit, implementation considerations, potential impact and key risks.
- Strong project-management skills with the ability to manage several workstreams and evolving priorities.
- Excellent analytical, writing and synthesis capabilities.
- Comfortable preparing materials and communicating with senior leadership and external stakeholders.
- Experience supporting strategy development and implementation would be advantageous.