Job Description

A*STAR's Innovation & Enterprise (I&E) Group helps companies turn research into business results.

As part of Singapore's lead public sector R&D agency, we work with local and global businesses to accelerate innovation, scale growth, and strengthen competitiveness in high-value sectors.

I&E enables companies to move faster from lab to market through:

• Partnerships with industry, investors, and researchers to co-develop solutions for real business challenges.
• Licensing and commercialisation of breakthrough technologies and intellectual property into market-ready products and services.
• Venture building that nurtures deep-tech start-ups from early concepts to global growth.

Through I&E, companies gain access to cutting-edge technologies, world-class research talent, and trusted pathways to market—helping them innovate with confidence, compete globally, and create long-term value.

Job Responsibilities:

• Support development of diagnostics and precision medicine strategies according to economic and national agenda, including strengthening linkages with internal research performers and external agencies and industry stakeholders.
• Work with industry cluster Director and Senior Management to set, monitor and report performance and tracking indicators for the industry cluster and perform regular industry cluster updates and communications with stakeholders
• To focus on developing translational project pipeline and licensing pipeline for life science instruments, point-of-care diagnostics, precision diagnostics and bioinformatics applications relating to but not limited to population health, oncology, metabolic health, infectious diseases and women’s health
• To evaluate, scope and execute high potential technology development projects through the various funding schemes available to develop projects towards commercialization
• To engage with industry and develop key accounts whilst generating licensing pipeline to successfully tech transfer A*STAR’s technologies
• To communicate regularly and effectively with A*STAR researchers, public sector clinicians and industry to conceptualize and design novel, clinically relevant and commercially viable medical products for clinical and research use.
• To work closely with A*STAR colleagues on Intellectual Property Management and Venture Creation to achieve impactful outcomes.  

Requirements:

• BS, MS, or PhD in bioengineering, bioinformatics, life sciences or related field
• >12 years of work experience in business development, product development, field application and/or project management in either life science instruments, POCD/T and/or next-gen sequencing fields
• Possess an understanding of ecosystem players and established network along the device development value chain
• Experience in front-facing engagements dealing with vendors, key accounts, stakeholders
• Excellent verbal and written communication of concepts, ideas, and processes, including the ability to synthesize data
• Able to work within a small, dynamic team

Reporting:

• The position will report to Director, Medtech Sector, Innovation & Enterprise