Assistant Manager/ Manager, Business Development

**Job Title**Senior / Manager, Business Development & Intelligence, STCC (3 year contract)

**About STCC**The Singapore Translational Cancer Consortium (STCC) is a nationally coordinated consortium

to synergise cancer research capabilities in Singapore. Established in 2020, STCC brings

together unmatched basic, clinical and translational talent in Singapore to create globally

significant peaks of excellence in selected Asian cancers. STCC’s four joint platforms - Clinical

Trials and Investigational Medicine Units, Cancer Database and Tissue Banks, Research-based

Molecular Diagnostics, and Business Intelligence and Development Unit - provide an enabling

research and innovation environment driven to foster translational research with meaningful

outcomes for society. We currently have the following opening and would like to invite you to be

part of an ongoing and dynamic team.

**Responsibilities**:

- Engage with companies in the oncology related domain (encompassing therapeutics,

diagnostics, next generation data technology solutions) to understand their business

strategy, product/service offerings, technological needs R&D roadmap, and to forge

public-private partnerships and collaborations;
- Engage with STCC’s clinical and research partners (NCCS, NCIS, NUS CSI and

A*STAR), and the wider scientific/clinical community in Singapore to understand and

connect their capabilities in the oncology related domain;
- Conduct business intelligence activities - assess clinical/research partnerships with

industry, lead translation/commercialisation efforts; and
- Structure deals and facilitate partnerships between companies and STCC to bring in

R&D investments, develop new therapeutics and diagnostics, and support economic

development and improved health outcomes for Singapore.
- Account management of established partnerships - Serve as the main contact person

from STCC to portfolio of established industry partners and oversee end-to-end

process of account development, project negotiation and execution.
- Engage STCC’s internal and external stakeholders to coordinate resources and resolve

roadblocks for successful set up of collaboration projects of STCC.
- Provide oversight on contract administration for STCC stakeholders with the legal office,

leading and driving STCC contractual agreements.
- Develop and support the communications strategy for effective integrated and

coordinated communication between STCC stakeholders and partners, to achieve

STCC’s long term goals.
- The incumbent can expect a diverse and varied career, developing skills in area such as

strategy and business development, marketing, intellectual property management, legal

contracts, IP management, project management, leadership and a strong understanding

diversity and complexity of the business, government and academic communities.
- Individuals who are keen to see technology make a difference in industry and society,

especially in the area of oncology, will find a good fit with this role.

Restricted, Sensitive (Normal)

**Requirements**:

- Masters or PhD Degree in Biomedical Science with specialisation in oncology; an MBA,

MBBS/MD, or course in legal contracts/IP is preferable but not necessary
- 4-6 years of working experience in Healthcare and Biomedical Sciences and/or

Biosciences; a background in translational clinical/research or product/business

development in oncology field would be desired
- Able to appreciate and quickly understand new technologies and provide market

assessment and their potential to be applied in different business context
- Effective and thoughtful communicator
- Strong organisational and administrative skills
- Resourceful and able to work with mínimal supervision, independently and in a team
- Willing, adaptable and flexible to take on required/ necessary tasks beyond the job

description
- A self-starter and problem solver who can pro-actively address any situation
- Able to identify and contextualise stakeholder issues and manage them appropriately

Development & Intelligence, STCC

**Company Overview**The Consortium for Clinical Research and Innovation Singapore (CRIS), a wholly owned

subsidiary of MOH Holdings, was established in 2020 with the goal of strengthening synergies

and promulgating strategies for national-level clinical research and translation programmes

under the stewardship of the Singapore Ministry of Health. The former Singapore Clinical

Research Institute Pte Ltd was repurposed to form CRIS which brings together five entities as

business units under a common management and governance structure. These are the

Singapore Clinical Research Institute (SCRI), the National Health Innovation Centre (NHIC), the

Advanced Cell Therapy and Research Institute Singapore (ACTRIS), the Precision Health

Research Singapore (PRECISE), and the Singapore Translational Cancer Consortium (STCC).

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