Manager, Global Mobility & Industry Partnerships

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Posted on: 5 Feb 2026

Division:
Higher Education (HE)

Department: Student Administration )

The Manager, Global Academic & Industry Partnerships is a strategic and operational role responsible for initiating, developing, managing, and strengthening the university’s portfolio of local and international industry-academic collaborations, and advancing the university’s network with academic institutions, industry partners, government agencies, and professional bodies .

This role is vital for enhancing the university’s global profile, joint academic ventures, and overall industry-academia engagement.

This role supports the strategic goals of the university in internationalization, academic excellence and external engagement, collaborating closely with academic and industry partners, NGOs, government and community.

Key responsibilities include developing and managing strategic relationships with external educational institutions to create and support collaborative academic programs and student opportunities, managing partnership life cycles, negotiating agreements, ensuring compliance with academic and regulatory standards, and reporting on performance and goals.

This includes acting as a bridge between academia and industry, establishing strategic alliances with higher education institutions, research centres, and academic networks that enhance the university’s teaching, research, mobility, global visibility and societal relevance, and co-creating impactful collaborations.

The role requires strong relationship-building, project management, and stakeholder engagement skills to translate strategic partnership goals into impactful academic initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

The responsibilities for this role cover five main areas:

• Strategic Partnership Development & Management
• Formulate and execute strategies for building and sustaining global academic and industry partnerships aligned with the university’s priorities and agenda.
• Contribute to the development of the industry-academia partnership strategic plan and identify new opportunities for growth.
• Identify, evaluate and pursue potential partnership opportunities both locally and internationally, aligning with the university’s strategic goals.
• Lead the end-to-end process of partnership development lifecycle, from initiation, negotiation, and formalisation of MoUs and MoAs, to review and renewal, and supporting the relevant parties in its implementation/execution.
• Build, develop, and maintain strong relationships with partner institutions, academic departments, and other stakeholders.
• Oversee a portfolio of partnerships, monitoring program delivery and ensuring alignment with university goals and partner expectations.
• Program Coordination & Operational Oversight
• Collaborate with faculties and industries to design and implement programmes, projects, and academic and research collaborations.
• Manage the operational planning and execution of collaborative programs, including student placements and curriculum integration, leading to impactful learning experiences, industry-informed curricula and graduate talent pipelines.
• Coordinate academic mobility initiatives such as academic staff exchanges, study abroad, visiting scholars, student exchange and short-term mobility programs in collaboration with the mobility team.
• Facilitate discussions and agreements for collaborative programmes arrangements, between both internal stakeholders and external parties to co-create value-driven collaborations.
• Liaise with internal academic teams to align program outcomes and requirements with partners
• Support faculty and academic units in initiating and expanding collaborations in areas such as joint research, applied learning projects, academic exchange, dual degrees, articulation pathways, curriculum co-development, executive education, and continuing professional development programmes.
• Support the embedding of real-world relevance and integration of industry perspectives into teaching-and-learning and curriculum design, guest lectures and professional development programmes.
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