Total 5 Director/C-Level Science / R&D / Research job vacancies in George Town

Job Summary

Role Overview

You will partner with senior leadership to shape, execute, and communicate the institute’s strategic direction. Reporting to Senior Director, Strategy, you will play a central role in strategic planning, research portfolio development, and market and technology sensing — translating big-picture priorities into actionable plans that drive real outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop the institute’s overall strategy, including vision, priorities, research focus areas, and long-term growth plans.
• Lead the creation and refresh of strategy documents, annual workplans, research roadmaps, and implementation plans.
• Translate strategic priorities into programmes, milestones, KPIs, resource plans, and cross-functional workstreams.
• Oversee the planning cycle, including leadership offsites, strategy retreats, and annual planning sessions.
• Engage internal and external stakeholders to drive strategic alignment and collaboration.
• Build and lead a high-performance, engaged, multi-disciplinary team.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in science, engineering, technology, business, public policy, or a related field; PhD, MBA, or equivalent experience is advantageous.
• Significant experience in strategy, corporate planning, research management, consulting, or public-sector planning.
• Strong ability to translate complex scientific, organisational, and policy issues into clear priorities, workplans, and executive recommendations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience engaging senior leaders, research teams, and external partners.

Career Growth & Impact

• Shape national R&D priorities. You will directly influence how one of Asia’s leading public research organisations invests in science and technology — from AI and sustainability to advanced manufacturing.
• Work at the leadership table. You will partner with institute directors, government agencies, and ecosystem leaders, building a high-level network across Singapore’s innovation landscape.
• See your strategy come to life. Unlike advisory roles, you will own the end-to-end journey from strategy formulation to execution — roadmaps, KPIs, resource plans, and cross-team delivery.
• Grow into senior leadership. This role is a launchpad into senior R&D leadership, national science policy, or C-suite strategy positions.

Job Purpose

As the R&D Director, you will be the visionary leader driving the next generation of our gaming portfolio. You will oversee our core engineering, prototyping, and game design pipelines, transforming blue-sky ideas into market-ready hits. This role requires a unique blend of cutting-edge technical expertise, deep gaming intuition, and exceptional team-building skills to foster a culture of rapid innovation, high performance, and creative freedom.

Key Responsibilities

• Vision & Strategy: Define and execute Joytana’s technical and creative R&D roadmap, aligning game mechanics, engines, and emerging tech with long-term business goals.

• Rapid Prototyping & Innovation: Oversee the "Greenlight" pipeline, guiding teams from initial concept and paper designs to playable core-loop prototypes. Establish clear criteria for when to pivot, kill, or scale a project.

• Team Leadership & Culture: Lead, mentor, and scale a cross-functional team of game engineers, technical artists, and designers. Foster an inclusive, psychological-safe environment where creative risk-taking is celebrated.

• Tech Stack Optimization: Evaluate and implement next-gen tech (e.g., advanced AI for asset pipelines, procedural generation, cross-platform deployment, server architecture optimization) to keep Joytana ahead of the curve.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Product Management, LiveOps, User Acquisition, and Analytics teams to ensure R&D initiatives are informed by player data and market trends without suffocating creative instinct.

• Performance & Delivery: Establish KPIs for code quality, architectural scalability, and milestone delivery. Maintain an agile framework optimized for experimental development.

Requirements & Qualifications

Experience

• Lead by Example: 8+ years of experience in game development, with at least 3+ years in a senior leadership role (Director, Head of R&D, or Lead Producer/Architect) at a successful gaming studio.

• Proven Track Record: At least 2-3 successfully shipped commercial titles (Mobile, PC, or Console) where you played a pivotal role in architectural design or core game mechanics.

Technical Skills

• Deep proficiency in modern game engines (Unity)

• Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), and real-time multiplayer networking architectures.

• Experience integrating generative AI, machine learning, or advanced automated testing into development workflows is a major plus.

Soft Skills & Leadership

• The "Gamer" Instinct: A deep passion for gaming across multiple genres and an analytical understanding of what makes games fun, engaging, and monetizable.

• Ruthless Prioritization: Ability to manage multiple experimental threads simultaneously and make tough, data-backed decisions on project lifecycles.

• Communication Mastery: The ability to translate complex technical blockers into business impact for stakeholders, and translate business vision into actionable engineering goals.

Scope of Responsibilities and Deliverables 

1. Oversees and coordinates ecosystem activities for quantum computing and technologies:

1. Supports the Executive Director of the National Quantum Office in developing and executing a go-to-industry strategy that will support the growth of a vibrant quantum ecosystem in Singapore.
2. Leads the National Quantum Office’s response to key companies interested to deepen collaboration on Quantum with our national-level quantum programmes such as the National Quantum Computing Hub, and coordinate with the Singapore’s ecosystem to secure stakeholders’ support.
3. Maintains a positive and productive relationship with partners, resolving partnership and technical issues on behalf of the Executive Director.
4. Provides industry domain expertise and advice to the Executive Director on industry and enterprise development aspects for quantum technologies.
5. Represents the Executive Director at various stakeholder platforms on ecosystem development matters.

Requirements

1. At least 10 years of working experience in a similar capacity, with background in science or engineering and an understanding of quantum technologies.
2. Good communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills for good relationship management.
3. Strong problem solving, analytical and systems thinking abilities
4. Resourceful and independent
5. Able to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders

The above eligibility criteria are not exhaustive. A*STAR may include additional selection criteria based on its prevailing recruitment policies. These policies may be amended from time to time without notice. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Interested applicants are invited to apply directly at the NUS Career Portal. Please note your application will only be processed if you apply via NUS Career Portal.

NUS Career Portal link: https://careers.nus.edu.sg/job/Deputy-Director%2C-Clinical-Imaging-Research-Centre/31069-en_GB/

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Job Description

The National University of Singapore invites applications for Deputy Director in the Clinical Imaging Research Centre (CIRC), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. It is equipped with on-site capability for the preparation of PET radiopharmaceuticals in a state-of-the-art GMP-certified facility. CIRC is positioned to support both academic and industry led clinical research programs, with dedicated clinical imaging facilities area advanced modalities of PET-CT and PET-MRI. For more details on what we do, do visit https://medicine.nus.edu.sg/circ/. The mission of CIRC is to provide a shared state-of-the-art national resource for translational molecular imaging research, to foster collaborations between scientists and clinicians and to support the development of human capital. The applicant plays a key role in our pursuit to being a leading centre for advanced clinical imaging research and to drive the development and translation of imaging biomarkers to clinical practice. She/he serves to lead and manage the operational functions of the radiopharmaceutical research centre, ensuring efficient day-to-day activities, regulatory compliance, and resource optimization, while driving strategic projects and identifying revenue generating opportunities to support innovation, growth, and translational impact of the centre’s research outputs.

 
Appointments will be made on a two-years contract basis with the possibility of extension. 

Operational Excellence and GMP Facility Oversight

• Provide executive oversight of the GMP Cyclotron and radiopharmaceutical manufacturing operations, ensuring capacity planning, uptime, and product release reliability.
• Set and enforce standards for scheduling, preventive maintenance, deviation management, change control, and batch record integrity.
• Optimize end-to-end workflows spanning production, QC/QA, logistics/distribution, and clinical imaging utilisation to meet performance, quality, and financial targets.

Research Enablement and Scientific Coordination

• Partner with PIs and cross-departmental teams to identify and prioritise translational opportunities; ensure operational readiness for complex studies.
• Oversee scientific operations support: experimental planning, method transfer, process scaling, workflow optimisation, and technical troubleshooting.

External Partnerships, Business Development, and Translational Impact

• Build and manage strategic partnerships with industry, hospitals, and regulatory bodies to expand CIRC’s footprint and impact.
• Lead business development, service contracting, and pricing strategies for GMP products and imaging services; identify new revenue streams.
• Support grant development, IP strategy, and potential commercialization pathways for imaging biomarkers and radiopharmaceutical innovations.

Regulatory Compliance, Quality, and Audit Readiness

• Ensure full compliance with local and international standards and relevant ISO frameworks.
• Maintain a robust Quality Management System.
• Ensure perpetual audit readiness and strong regulatory relationship management.

Financial Stewardship and Resource Optimisation

• Own operational budgets, forecasting, and financial controls; ensure cost-effectiveness and return on investment for strategic initiatives.
• Optimise procurement, inventory, and vendor contracts; implement data-driven resource allocation and pricing to meet margin and mission goals.

People Leadership and Culture

• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing multidisciplinary operations team.
• Drive a safety-first, accountable, and collaborative culture

The Biomedical Data Hub (BDH) curates and maintains strategic deidentified health data cohorts and supports researchers and innovators with expertise in bioinformatics and A.I. Its mission is to act as a trusted research node that unlocks the value of digital health data to support cutting edge science and digital health solutions that will benefit Singapore and Singaporeans. BDH is a national initiative created by Singapore's Bioinformatics Institute and hosted by the Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR) in partnership with Ministry of Health (MOH) Singapore and is funded by Singapore's National Research Foundation (NRF). 

Description:

As Senior Manager / Assistant Director - Partnerships and Product, you are responsible for shaping BDH's product and services offerings. Your ability to deeply understand user needs, both stated an unstated, and translate those into technical requirements are critical to your success. You also possess excellent judgement when it comes to prioritizing the product and services development pipeline. 

You are a systems thinker and excellent communicator who can strike a balance between speed and compliance. Your work will bring together users, developers, and operations teams.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain an up-to-date pipeline of data cohorts that could be supported by BDH by surveying local and overseas scientific and innovation activities
• Maintain and drive BDH product and development roadmap
• Map user journeys and workflows for entire data lifecycle and define standard processes for data on-boarding, management, analysis and off-boarding
• Create specifications for development and services teams to implement
• Create and maintain controlled forms and document templates
• Create and maintain standard toolset for BDH analytical environment

Requirements:

• Degree in Science, Biomedical Engineering, Business Administration or related field
• Strong people skills
• Detailed and process oriented
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills
• Basic financial and accounting literacy, including the ability to conduct benefit/cost analysis
• MS Office proficiency (esp. MS Excel and PowerPoint)
• Previous product management and/or services management experience a plus
• Working knowledge of data science / analytics software (e.g. R, Python) and related libraries 
• Previous experience in bioinformatics and/or data science strongly desired