Startup Growth & Americas Partnerships Manager

National University of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The National University of Singapore is seeking a Landing Pad Manager for the PIER71 programme at the Kent Ridge Campus. You will oversee the Landing Pad, design offerings to drive startup growth, and assess outcomes to recommend improvements.

You will build partnerships with regional maritime entrepreneurship-support organisations, manage relationships with start-ups, and coordinate onboarding/offboarding with Finance/Admin, mentors, and investors to foster startup success.

Qualifications

• Strong relational and communication skills to secure trust and buy-in from multiple and cross cultural stakeholders.
• Team player who can galvanise support for owned initiatives and reciprocate across other initiatives/functions.
• Clear experience in establishing alignment and attribution between start-up support activities and organizational outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the PIER71 Landing Pad — a structured soft-landing initiative enabling start-ups with promising technologies and access to mentorship, fundraising, market entry, and ecosystem connectivity.
• Design and iterate offerings to drive start-up growth in revenue, capital access, team, and market expansion.
• Analyse effectiveness of offerings against PIER71 outcomes and make recommendations for improvement.
• Maintain and evolve the start-up engagement strategy and calendar across all PIER71 initiatives; grow start-up participation in mentorship, peer learning, and ecosystem events.
• Manage end-to-end relationships with Landing Pad start-ups, ensuring participation & retention, high satisfaction, and key metrics capture.
• Support start-up onboarding/offboarding processes with Finance/Admin.
• Grow and strengthen relationship with Landing Pad contributors (mentors, domain experts, consultants).
• Convert Landing Pad contributors into active inputs (mentoring hours, office hours, workshops, connections, investor readiness support).
• Equip and communicate regularly with Landing Pad contributors to ensure timely delivery of materials.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Cross-cultural communication

Project coordination

Relationship building

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Entrepreneurship

Job description

The National University of Singapore is seeking a Landing Pad Manager for the PIER71 programme at the Kent Ridge Campus. You will oversee the Landing Pad, design offerings to drive startup growth, and assess outcomes to recommend improvements.

You will build partnerships with regional maritime entrepreneurship-support organisations, manage relationships with start-ups, and coordinate onboarding/offboarding with Finance/Admin, mentors, and investors to foster startup success.