Associate Director (Strategic Relations), External Relations

Associate Director (Strategic Relations), External Relations

Location: BUSINESS, Kent Ridge Campus, SG

Company: National University of Singapore

About Us

Founded in the same year that Singapore gained independence, NUS Business School stands today among the world’s leading business schools. It is distinctive for offering the best of global business knowledge with deep Asian insights, preparing students to lead Asian businesses to international success and to help global businesses succeed in Asia.

For more than 50 years, NUS Business School has offered a rigorous, relevant and rewarding business education to outstanding students from across the world. That would not have been possible without a group of dedicated professionals who are passionate about building a positive environment to grow and groom future business leaders. And we are looking to add to our BIZ family!

The Associate Director in the Strategic Relations business unit plays a crucial role in representing the school in senior engagement and relationship management. This position has a strong focus on identifying new opportunities through establishing C-suite contacts and nurturing relationships with senior-level academia and industrial alliances. He/she will be required to proactively engage both local and regional alliances to build a potential pipeline of industry partners to further collaboration opportunities.

We are seeking a self-driven individual with a proven ability in proactively engaging and fostering alliances to enhance partnership opportunities. The individual should be comfortable navigating ambiguity, maintaining a results-driven outlook, and embracing innovation to achieve desired outcomes.

Strategic Implementation of Regional Initiatives

• Enhance our target growth in student diversity through regional engagement initiatives.
• Manage international relations - support the Business School's vision to lead from Asia.
• Identify, optimize, and develop strategic partnerships with large regional organizations and institutions to expand market reach and engagement.
• Actively seek out and generate leads to expand opportunities and conversations.
• Drive the development of a robust pipeline of industry alliances, both locally and regionally.

Corporate Engagement and Stakeholder Mapping

• Develop outreach efforts by identifying senior contacts within target organisations and initiate programmes with a view to increase the number of academia and corporate partnerships.
• Develop and maintain relationships with senior stakeholders and generate high-level opportunities for potential collaborations and partnerships effectively.

Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with internal stakeholders to jointly increase brand and programme level awareness in key markets through outreach efforts.
• Adopt a collaborative approach in engaging and influencing key internal stakeholders to support larger school goals in addition to their individual programme office objectives.

Events Planning

• Strategic planning of selected events that align with the Business School’s vision. This includes conceptualisation of the programme flow, invitation of appropriate guest speakers, engagement activities, liaison with stakeholders, and the overall management control of logistics and budget.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Business, Marketing, Communications, or a related field with a minimum of 15 years of relevant experience.
• Strong leadership profile with excellent interpersonal skills across organisational hierarchy and ability to work effectively with a diverse community.
• Communicate effectively with senior-level B2B - lead generation through business closing and represent the university professionally in all interactions.
• Proven competencies in business development and demonstrated success in driving account growth.
• Able to work with loosely defined problem spaces, and investigate to sense-make, propose and implement sound and timely solutions.
• Proven track record in industry collaboration and experience in the higher education sector will be advantageous.

(Appointment job grade will commensurate with the selected candidate's experience)