Job Description

SAIL will drive agri-food development by fostering innovation-centric collaborations to enable corporates, SMEs and startups to capture new opportunities in this sector. SAIL will organize a range of business matching and co-innovation activities. We will work with agri-food corporates to establish their problem statements, identify partnership opportunities to find solutions, and organise knowledge-sharing sessions to match demand drivers and solution providers.We are looking for an Innovation Analyst, who will play a key role in the co-innovation program, working with corporate partners to understand their problem statements and helping partners to scout for potential solution providers.The successful candidate is responsible to perform due diligence on IHLs/A*STAR/SMEs/startups tech offer and matching with needs of corporate partners.

• Conduct scouting & screening emerging technologies / start-ups
• Analyse startup/company information
• Formulate and test new business hypotheses, and develop and communicate recommendation
• Analyse technology, industry, and market trends and synthesize this information for clients
• Source, diligence, and recommend investment opportunities
• Project proposal writing
• Perform other related duties as assigned

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree in relevant discipline
• Possess technical knowledge with 3 to 4 years of working experience in the agriculture, food or commodities sectors
• Possess driven and innovative mindset with passion in the food industry
• Be resourceful and able to work independently without supervision
• Be able to navigate difficulties and find creative solutions to problems
• Good team player with good communication & interpersonal skills

Nanyang Technological University