Manager / Senior Manager / Assistant Director, NUH Global (Education, Consultancy & Alliance)

Job ID: 9904

Job Function: Administration

Institution: National University Hospital

Role Purpose:

This role provides strategic leadership and operational oversight across NUH’s global-facing education, consultancy, partnerships and mission portfolios—namely Global Academy, Global Consultancy, Strategic Alliances, and Global Mission—to advance NUH’s position as a regional academic healthcare hub and trusted global partner.

The role is responsible for shaping NUH’s global capability-building strategy, scaling internationally relevant programmes, strengthening institutional alliances, and ensuring disciplined governance, financial sustainability and reputational stewardship across all global engagements.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Leadership & Portfolio Integration

Set the strategic direction and multi-year roadmap for NUH’s Global Academy, Consultancy, Alliances and Mission portfolios, aligned with NUH’s overall internationalisation and academic health system strategy.
Ensure coherence and synergy across education, advisory, partnership and mission activities to maximise institutional impact and resource efficiency.
Translate NUH clinical, academic and operational strengths into scalable global offerings relevant to international health systems.

2. Global Academy (Education & Capability Development)

Provide oversight of healthcare management education, leadership development and training programmes delivered to international partners under the Global Academy.
Ensure programmes are academically robust, operationally viable and aligned with NUH’s brand and values.
Expand fellowship, exchange and leadership platforms that position NUH as a regional centre for healthcare capability-building.

3. Global Consultancy (Advisory & Systems Transformation)

Lead NUH’s Global Consultancy strategy, including market positioning, service portfolio development and quality assurance.
Oversee delivery of consultancy engagements with overseas hospitals, health systems and ministries, ensuring outcomes-driven, ethically governed and financially sustainable projects.
Ensure strong governance over contracting, fees, risk management and compliance with NUH/NUHS policies.

4. Strategic / Global Alliances

Develop and steward strategic institutional alliances with international hospitals, universities, health authorities and multilateral partners.
Oversee alliance frameworks, fellowship networks and collaborative platforms (e.g. academic, leadership, innovation or systems pilots).
Ensure alliances deliver clear strategic value, reciprocity and long-term institutional benefit to NUH.

5. Global Mission & Outreach

Provide leadership over NUH’s Global Mission initiatives, including community health missions, health system strengthening and capability transfer programmes in the region.
Ensure missions are aligned with NUH’s values, clinical governance standards and reputation.
Balance humanitarian objectives with sustainability, staff welfare and institutional priorities.

6. Governance, Risk & Institutional Stewardship

Ensure all global education, consultancy and partnership activities comply with NUH/NUHS governance frameworks, including agreement review, fee management, conflict of interest and overseas travel policies.
Act as a key institutional steward of NUH’s global reputation, managing sensitivities across jurisdictions, partners and stakeholders.
Provide regular updates to senior management on portfolio performance, risks, opportunities and strategic issues.

7. Financial & Operational Accountability

Oversee budgeting, revenue generation, cost control and financial sustainability of the global portfolios.
Ensure appropriate resourcing, team capability development and staff welfare across the Global Academy, Consultancy, Alliances and Mission teams.

8. Stakeholder & Senior-Level Engagement

Represent NUH in high-level engagements with international partners, government agencies, multilateral organisations and academic institutions.
Support CEO and senior leadership in shaping NUH’s global narrative and positioning.

Key Competencies & Experience:

Essential

Senior leadership experience in healthcare, academic medicine, health systems or international programmes.
Proven track record in international partnerships, education, consultancy or system-wide initiatives.
Strong strategic thinking with the ability to operationalise complex, multi-country initiatives.
High governance acumen, particularly in risk, compliance and institutional reputational management.

Desirable

Experience working with overseas hospitals, ministries of health or multilateral partners.
Familiarity with healthcare education, leadership development or management consultancy models.
Exposure to global health, capacity-building or mission-oriented programmes.

Personal Attributes

Strategic, diplomatic and politically astute.
Credible with senior clinicians, executives and external partners.
Values-driven, with strong commitment to governance, professionalism and staff wellbeing.