Manager/Senior Manager, Partners

Summary As a Manager/Senior Manager in the Partners division, you play an important role in engaging business leaders with the aim to raise awareness and drive adoption of design, to empower innovation-led growth in businesses. To communicate the value of design to businesses, you will work closely with best-in-class design consultancies and industry thought leaders and advocates and you will also develop and curate programmes to help Singapore enterprises understand and make steps towards using design for strategy and organisational transformation. About DesignSingapore Council DesignSingapore Council (Dsg)’s vision is for Singapore to be a liveable, loveable, and limitless city by design. As the national agency for design, our mission is to develop the design sector to be globally competitive, champion the use of design for innovation and growth in Singapore, and make life better in this UNESCO Creative City of Design. The Dsg is a subsidiary of the Singapore Economic Development Board. About Partners Division The Partners Division works with both Singapore companies and MNCs to raise the awareness of, and facilitate the implementation of design for business strategy and organisation transformation, through establishing partnerships and connections. Responsibilities This role reports to the Assistant Director of the Partners Division and your responsibilities include but are not limited to: Engaging business leaders in industry sectors and companies at all stages of growth to understand their business challenges, as well as identifying and facilitating the required connections, tools and support for them to drive business impact through design; Meeting leading local and global designers and design consultancies to learn about their capabilities and best practices, keeping your finger on the pulse of the industry, and learning how they can be best placed to bring value to Singapore. Working with partner organisations to conceptualise and organise outreach activi…