What the role is

Most Positive Workplace Collaboration Award - Singapore International Chamber of Commerce Awards 2025

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The Assistant Manager, Events & Marketing, will support the planning, execution, and strategic development of corporate and industry events as well as marketing and publicity efforts to drive awareness and engagement. This role requires strong leadership in event management, business development, and stakeholder engagement to ensure that events deliver impact and contribute to organisational growth. Additionally, the incumbent will assist in supporting the SPiNOFF ecosystem to foster a collaborative environment to strengthen partnership and value-exchange to support entrepreneurship eco-system.

What you will be working on

Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Event Planning & Management

Support the end-to-end management of corporate and industry events, ensuring alignment with organisational goals.
Contribute to event strategies and frameworks to enhance audience engagement and industry impact.
Work closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to integrate event strategies with broader business objectives.
Manage complex event logistics, including event flow, attendee experience, vendor coordination, and contingency planning.

2. Business Development & Stakeholder Engagement

Identify opportunities to expand event reach, including new collaborations, and strategic partnerships.
Build and maintain strong relationships with industry partners, corporate stakeholders, and government agencies to enhance event value and positioning.
Drive outreach efforts to engage potential sponsors, exhibitors, and key stakeholders, ensuring mutually beneficial partnerships.

3. SPiNOFF Ecosystem

Contribute, collaborate, develop and support engagement strategies to connect SPINOFF with internal and external stakeholders.
Provide support to student startups.
Foster a collaborative environment to strengthen partnership and value-exchange to support entrepreneurship eco-system.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

The ideal candidate is a results-driven events professional with at least 4 years of experience in event management. Experience in business development is a plus. The candidate should have a proven track record in executing large-scale corporate and industry events and engaging key stakeholders. Experience in an incubator environment is also desirable.

While event management will be the primary focus, the candidate should have experience supporting startup initiatives to strengthen partnerships and value exchange within the entrepreneurship ecosystem. Excellent communication and project management skills are essential for this role.

Successful applicant will be offered a 2-year contract in the first instance.

If you are shortlisted for the position, you should hear from us within 30 days of the closing date of the advertisement.

What we are looking for

About Singapore Polytechnic

As Singapore’s first polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic (SP) prides ourselves in providing the best learning experience for our students in pre-employment and continuing adult education. The mission of SP is to prepare our learners to be life ready, work ready and world ready. Our vision is to be a caring community of inspired learners committed to serving with mastery.