Manager, Business and Strategy Development (2-Year Contract)

About the role

The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Executive Education trains over 1,800 professionals annually in governments, business and non-profit organisations from Singapore, Asia and beyond. This is an outreach and programme delivery role focused on empowering leaders, suited to someone with programme development, stakeholder management and project delivery skills, plus analytical and business judgement. The position is a 2-year contract based at the Bukit Timah Campus.

Key responsibilities

• Business and strategy development (60-70%): design and execute the business growth strategy for Executive Education under limited supervision; develop sales strategies for portfolio regions such as the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia and China; build client relationships and understand market demand for executive programmes.
• Design new executive programmes, create and test curriculum modules, and identify and onboard new partners, negotiating terms and managing co-designed and co-delivered programmes.
• Represent the school's value proposition at the executive level and contribute to operational excellence, including forecasting, pipeline development and CRM use.
• Motivate internal stakeholders (Executive Education, the LKY School and NUS) to support regional growth.
• Programme management (up to 35%): administer new and current programmes in-house or overseas, set team standards for requirements and processes, drive project schedules and facilitate change management.
• Administration (up to 5%): support quality management and coach staff and share best practices.

Required profile

• More than 5 years of working experience.
• Degree or post-graduate degree in Business, Education, Social Sciences or Public Policy.
• Proven experience in business development, client development, business strategy, curriculum development or corporate development in a business, consulting or executive education setting.
• Interest in public policy challenges.
• Willingness to travel occasionally overseas.

Required skills

• Experience writing proposals and working with governments, donors and educational institutions is desired.
• Knowledge of regions such as South Asia, Northeast Asia, Central Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa is desired; foreign languages are advantageous.
• Salesforce CRM and L3AP experience is a plus.
• Strong communication skills and sound IT skills (Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, video editing tools).