Manager, Innovation Office (Technology Ecosystem Support)

About the role

The Innovation Office helps the Health Promotion Board identify, explore and shape innovation opportunities that can transform how citizens are engaged and improve population health. Reporting to the Tech Ecosystem Lead, this role supports the technology-facing aspects of the office's mandate: scanning and curating emerging technologies, maintaining the Tech Horizon site, coordinating ecosystem engagements and supporting partnership brokering. It is a 1-year contract.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct desktop research on emerging health, wellness, digital health and AI technologies and monitor developments across companies, startups, research institutions and government agencies
• Prepare technology scans, partner profiles, briefing materials and update the intranet microsite on health technologies and partners
• Coordinate meetings with internal stakeholders and external parties, prepare materials, take notes and track follow-up actions
• Consolidate observations to identify themes and needs, and support the Tech Ecosystem Lead in connecting external partners to HPB's priorities
• Do background research and preliminary due diligence on prospective partners and track early-stage opportunities
• Identify relevant trade shows and conferences, support presentation materials and coordinate participation
• Track activities and deliverables across the workstream and give regular progress updates

Required profile

• At least 3-4 years of experience in research, innovation, strategy, partnerships, business development, programme coordination or ecosystem engagement
• Experience in healthcare, digital health, innovation ecosystems, technology scouting, research or public-sector work is an advantage

Required skills

• Strong research, analytical, planning and organisational skills, able to work independently and coordinate multiple workstreams
• Clear written and verbal communication, including meeting notes, briefs and presentations
• Stakeholder management across teams and organisations
• Advantageous: maintaining knowledge repositories, websites or collaboration platforms such as SharePoint