Job Description

This position offers the right candidate the opportunity to engage and establish partnerships with a diverse spectrum of organisations. It will sharpen your competency in developing and executing meaningful partnership propositions, integrating partnerships into HPB\xe2\x80\x99s holistic programmes, marketing, and communications efforts.

The CIP Division has the unique role to create, develop and build long-lasting relationships with the public and private-sector partners. We cultivate these partnerships to develop mutually beneficial collaborations that will support HPB\xe2\x80\x99s priority programmes and strategies.

Job Responsibilities

To be effective, you need to be able to work independently and yet be a dynamic team player. You should possess strong relationship-building skills to develop win-win collaboration with targeted partners, possess excellent project execution skills, and be ready to effect change.

You will:

• Develop a sound understanding of the assigned portfolio of industry and partner-accounts (ranging from shopping malls, pharmacies, lifestyle retail, banking/insurance institutions and government agencies)
• Implement a prioritised engagement strategy with the assigned partner-accounts
• Manage strategic initiatives by identifying current or new partners who are able to support key HPB\xe2\x80\x99s programmes (eg. health promoting malls, healthy ageing, substance abuse, health screening, mental wellness, and communicable disease) targeting the general population, and also for the niche segments (eg. youths, parents, ethnic minority and lower income population)
• Work closely with internal stakeholders (incl. programme, outreach, legal and finance divisions) to scope, develop and/or align partnership initiatives by bridging partner and HPB\xe2\x80\x99s interest to reach mutually beneficial collaborative agreement
• Actively participate in workstream/workgroup meetings, and proactively share partners\xe2\x80\x99 challenges or feedback to help facilitate the successful launch of each project, and ensure that the planned deliverables and timelines can be achieved by the end of the project
• Plan ahead to mitigate potential roadblocks during the implementation phase via close coordination and managing the expectations of affected stakeholders
• Track effectiveness of partners\xe2\x80\x99 participation via the timely implementation of relevant processes (eg. monitoring the lead/lag indicators, conducting After-Active Review by end of programme with partners) to provide feedback to the programme owners
• Continuously seek to improve processes related to partner acquisition/retention, cross-selling of programmes, project timeline management and fulfilment of contractual obligations.

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in business management, communications, or other related discipline.
• At least 3 - 5 years of relevant working experience in partnerships management, business development in a sales or marketing-related role
• Proven track record of building strong customer, partner and/or stakeholder relationships
• Proven track record in executing mid to large scale programmes and initiatives; and demonstrated competency in project management, project operations and launches.
• Creative, savvy and results-focused in establishing and sustaining partnerships and possess good business acumen.
• Excellent interpersonal & relationship building skills and communicate effectively at all levels.
• Possess strong verbal, written and presentation skills coupled with strong negotiation and influencing skills
• Good leadership and team-building skills to engage, motivate and work with team members.
• Bilingual capability is preferred.

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