Senior Executive, Research Partnerships (1-Year Contract)

About the role

NUS Medicine's Dean's Research Office is expanding its international research engagement across East Asia and is looking for an organised, motivated person to join its Research Partnerships and Intelligence team. This is a junior, support-focused role for someone early in their career, working closely under the guidance of senior colleagues. The role involves regular regional and international travel.

Key responsibilities

• Gather, organise and compile data and background research on partner institutions, funding landscapes and research ecosystems, maintain trackers and help draft briefings and reports.
• Provide administrative and operational support such as documentation, record-keeping, scheduling, meeting arrangements and process coordination.
• Assist with planning and running incoming and outgoing delegations, site visits and events, including itineraries, logistics, protocol and hospitality.
• Support correspondence, follow-ups and scheduling with internal stakeholders and external partners (institutions, hospitals, government and industry), often in Mandarin.
• Help execute agreed initiatives and workplans, follow up on tasks and track progress against milestones.
• Travel regularly across regions and internationally to support engagements.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree; a background in life sciences, biomedical sciences, public health or a related field is advantageous but not essential.
• Entry-level role suitable for candidates with up to around 2-3 years of relevant experience.
• Exposure to partnerships, business development, account management, research administration or international engagement is an advantage.
• Fluency in English and Mandarin is required.
• Comfortable with data acquisition, handling and analysis, briefing preparation, event coordination and cross-border project coordination.
• Eager to learn, organised, detail-oriented, culturally adaptable, reliable and willing to travel.

Applicants submit an updated CV through the careers page; only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.