Deputy Director, Corporate & Industry Partnerships New Health Promotion Board | Marketing/Busin[...]

What the role is: This is a senior team leadership position that requires a strategic mindset, strong business acumen, and a passion for driving customer-centric initiatives in various food settings. The candidate is required to have a strong ability in managing demanding stakeholder relationships, displaying grace under pressure, resolving conflict with aplomb with an eye on achieving sustainable long-term partnerships. To be effective, you have to be a dynamic team player. You must possess strong relationship-building skills – at all levels (e.g., C-suite to chefs and coffee shop proprietors), to build win-win opportunities with partners. You must also possess strong project execution skills, be able to effect change, garner resources, and manage people and projects. You are expected to fulfil a range of responsibilities, including: Sustainable Nutri-grade, Healthier Choice Symbol (HCS), Healthier Dining Programme (HDP) and Eat Drink Shop Healthy (EDSH) ecosystem: Collaborate closely with internal HPB divisions, including those outside of Food, to ensure alignment and integration of efforts with organizational objectives. Innovate with team and across teams to drive change management and to ensure the division delivers consistently high performance and provides value-added support to partners and internal HPB divisions. Own and develop Food Partner Landscape Strategy: Develop and execute comprehensive strategies to engage and activate strategic partners identified by HPB divisions to support our various initiatives. Align and influence various companies and WOG agencies with HPB’s objectives and goals. Prioritize partnerships with corporations, government agencies, and food associations to leverage resources and maximize impact. Sector Development & Advocacy: Cultivate and steward relationships with corporations, associations, and other stakeholders to increase the reformulation of products or services. Lead assigned initiatives in sponsorships, contributions to support HPB’s various programmes. Account Management, Insights and Reporting: Develop and maintain an updated Account leads and opportunity pipeline for tracking and reporting on activities and outcomes, ensuring accountability and transparency to stakeholders. Participate in the development, utilization, and refinement of data and insights in delivering a positive partner and user experience. Ensure risk management/mitigation on systems and public-facing platforms and touchpoints. Lead the implementation strategy of our health points rewards merchant strategy to ingest quality information on purchase and consumption patterns of Singaporeans at HPB’s merchants as well as work with partners to produce quality and demand-based content, events and services, and marketing them to drive customer adoption and take-up rate. Requirements: The ideal candidate should possess at least 15 years of experience in relevant fields and the following skill sets: Leadership and team management: Capable of leading, developing and motivating a team of officers to constantly ideate, innovate and improvise on existing strategies and approaches, synergising cross-division efforts to achieve productivity and optimal impact. Critical thinking and problem-solving: Skilled in guiding team to write/prepare clear submissions/presentations and framing appropriate narratives to suit different target audiences. Personal effectiveness: Able to meet timelines for assigned projects and contribute to high-level discussions on strategies and approaches. Relationships building and account management: Proficient in initiating contacts, engaging and communicating with different types of organisations at the senior level. Partnerships engagement strategy: Able to identify, map out and prioritize relevant stakeholders, analyse these stakeholders’ interest and influence, and to develop engagement strategies. Operations planning and management: Skilled in planning and managing public-facing operations of different nature and target audiences. Service design and customer management: Proficient in empathising with customer experience and improving service delivery. Resource acquisition and management: Capable of computing/estimating budgets and resources required for each assigned project. Audit management and enforcement: Skilled in pre-empting risk areas and guiding the team to implement effective mechanisms. About Health Promotion Board: Established in 2001, the Health Promotion Board’s (HPB) vision is to build a nation of healthy people. We aim to empower residents in Singapore to attain optimal health, increase the quality and years of healthy life, and prevent illnesses, disability and premature death. To achieve this, HPB drives national health promotion and disease prevention programmes, spearheads health education initiatives and creates a supportive environment in Singapore where healthy lifestyle options are available and accessible for healthy living every day. #J-18808-Ljbffr