Senior Manager, Joint Office of Academic Medicine

About the role

SingHealth is looking for a Senior Manager to lead the Academic Liaison & Strategic Relations team within the Joint Office of Academic Medicine (JOAM). JOAM strengthens the academic medicine partnership between SingHealth, Duke-NUS, Duke Health USA and its Academic Clinical Programmes (ACPs). The Senior Manager acts as a bridge between these partners, drives strategic initiatives, supports governance and ensures academic leaders and administrators are equipped to contribute to the academic medicine framework.

Key responsibilities

• Provide leadership and strategic oversight of the Academic Liaison & Strategic Relations team, including leading and mentoring staff, managing budgets and resources, and monitoring progress through workplans and evaluations.
• Oversee the administrative management of ACP leadership appointments and renewals, including joint searches for Academic Chairs, appointment timelines and letters of appointment.
• Oversee onboarding initiatives for ACP leaders and administrators, and the Enhanced Engagement Initiative, including family meetings and closed-door discussions.
• Develop collaterals and toolkits for academic clinicians and stakeholders, coordinate the profiling of academic visitors and keep the SingHealth Duke-NUS AMC website up to date.
• Coordinate academic visits for overseas visitors and liaise with Duke Health on collaborations, academic visit expectations and joint appointments of Duke faculty with ACPs.
• Oversee administrative and procurement matters for 15 ACPs, and manage accounts and licences.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Public Administration, Healthcare Management, Education Management or a related discipline.
• At least 10 years of relevant experience, including at least 5 years in a lead or supervisory capacity covering strategic and operational planning such as workplans.
• Demonstrated experience in governance and process design, including appointment and renewal processes and position searches.
• Experience in programme and event management, and in communications coordination, including collaterals, toolkits and digital platforms or websites.
• Collaborative, highly organised and detail-oriented, with strong written and verbal communication skills.