Strategic Events & Industry Partnerships Manager

sggovterp; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Singapore Polytechnic’s Assistant Manager, Events & Business Development leads end-to-end management of corporate and industry events, ensuring alignment with organisational goals. This role manages complex event logistics, including event flow, attendee experience, vendor coordination, and contingency planning.

The role also drives industry workforce transformation by engaging companies to identify capability gaps, map skills, and design upskilling pathways aligned with national frameworks.

Qualifications

• Degree in Events Management, Communications, Marketing, Business Development, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 4 to 6 years of relevant experience in Events Management and Business Development.
• Experience in public sector, education, or large organisations is an advantage.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Strong planning and coordination skills in complex event management.
• Good stakeholder management.
• Strong organisational and project management abilities.
• Able to work independently, prioritise tasks, and manage ambiguity.
• Professional, grounded, and people-oriented.
• Detail-oriented with a strong sense of responsibility and follow-through.
• Able to remain calm under pressure and manage competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver marketing and communications for major industry events, conferences, exhibitions, and summits.
• Coordinate event-related communications including key messages, programmes, stage content, signage, media materials, multimedia assets, and post-event highlights.
• Work closely with internal teams, partners, vendors, and organisers to ensure consistency and accuracy of messaging across event touchpoints.
• Support post-event reporting, content curation, and documentation to evaluate impact and inform future improvements.
• Curate and customise industry-relevant training packages by translating company needs into structured learning journeys, leveraging Singapore Polytechnic's short courses and modular programmes.
• Develop and deliver company-specific competency and skills roadmaps by mapping current and future skill requirements against job roles and business objectives, and recommending progressive upskilling pathways leveraging Singapore Polytechnic's CET offerings.
• Lead and deliver industry workforce transformation and advisory initiatives by engaging companies to diagnose business and workforce capability gaps

Job description

Singapore Polytechnic’s Assistant Manager, Events & Business Development leads end-to-end management of corporate and industry events, ensuring alignment with organisational goals. This role manages complex event logistics, including event flow, attendee experience, vendor coordination, and contingency planning.

The role also drives industry workforce transformation by engaging companies to identify capability gaps, map skills, and design upskilling pathways aligned with national frameworks.