About the Portfolio Growth & Communications team
The Portfolio Growth and Communications team drives strategic value creation and amplifies impact for portfolio companies through growth initiatives, partnerships, and thought leadership platforms.
The Role
We are seeking a team player to drive value creation for portfolio companies in Healthcare and the Green & Bio-Economy. This role will report to the Head of Portfolio Growth & Communications and will work closely with portfolio companies (portcos) and ecosystem stakeholders. You’re suitable if you’re a proactive, hands-on, self-starter with a builder's mindset and disciplined follow-through who can develop and execute value-adding initiatives to support and enable the growth of SGGC’s portfolio companies. Key responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Drive portfolio value creation and Singapore go-to-market execution
- Build and activate Singapore’s Healthcare and Green & Bio-Economy ecosystems
- Translate technical capabilities into commercial outcomes
Key Responsibilities
- Co-develop and execute tailored GTM and Singapore expansion strategies for priority Healthcare and Green & Bio-Economy portfolio companies.
- Work with portcos to define milestones across commercial pilots, R&D/master collaboration agreements, local manufacturing partnerships, and senior talent placement.
- Drive high-value introductions between portcos and relevant Singapore demand drivers, technology partners, and multiplier networks.
- Track and report key business and operational metrics.
- Build and deepen SGGC’s institutional network across Healthcare and Green & Bio-Economy sectors, including:
- Public healthcare institutions and their clinical key opinion leaders (KOLs).
- Research institutes and academic medical centres
- Green & Bio-Economy MNCs and corporates
- Relevant government stakeholders
- Map decision makers and buying profiles within each organisation; and cultivate senior-level relationships that create actionable opportunities for portcos.
- Actively identify and drive cross-portfolio collaboration to unlock synergies across sectors and stages.
- Maintain strong working fluency across relevant deeptech domains, including (but not limited to) biotech, medtech, synbio, biomanufacturing, decarbonization and new materials.
- Translate technical capabilities into clear commercial and strategic narratives/business cases for corporates, government stakeholders and clinical leaders.
- Bring executive presence to influence portco leadership on Singapore-relevant decisions such as anchoring headcount, R&D spend, manufacturing capacity, and clinical development in-market.
Value Creation & Go-to-Market (GTM) Execution (Portfolio-Focused)
Ecosystem Orchestration & Network Building (Industry-Focused)
Technical Translation & Executive Influence
Who You Are
- Bachelor's degree in life sciences, engineering, or related technical discipline; postgraduate qualifications (MBA, MSc, PhD) or equivalent commercial/clinical training strongly preferred.
- 7-10 years of working experience or 3-5 years of relevant experience across a combination of healthcare/green & bio-economy operating roles (product, BD, regulatory, clinical), venture capital / growth equity portfolio value creation, management consulting.
- Demonstrable track record structuring and closing commercial, R&D, or manufacturing partnerships in Singapore or the broader APAC region.
- Strong existing network of Singapore-based KOLs across research institutes, public and private healthcare institutions, and/or Green & Bio-Economy MNCs and corporates.
- Fluent in Singapore's R&D grant landscape and comfortable navigating regulatory pathways and public sector engagement models.
- Strong ability to translate complex technical concepts into commercial, regulatory, and strategic conversations across diverse audiences.
- Executive and relationship-building skills to influence senior internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong documentation and stakeholder-management discipline.
- Highly organised and execution-oriented, comfortable operating in a matrixed environment with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
Qualifications & Experience
Networks & Domain Access
Skills & Attributes
What You Will Gain
- Mission and impact. A front-row seat to Singapore's healthcare and deep-tech innovation ecosystem, working with globally leading founders and inestors.
- Learning and growth. You’ll be exposed to a variety of sectors and have broad remit across value creation, communications and community building. You will work directly with partners and founders, accelerating your understanding of venture operations.
- Collaborative culture. We believe in open dialogue, empathy and shared success. Our team is lean, so your contributions will be visible and meaningful from day one.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in life sciences, engineering, or related technical discipline
- 7-10 years of working experience or 3-5 years relevant across healthcare/green & bio-economy operating roles, venture capital/growth equity portfolio value creation, or management consulting
- Demonstrable track record structuring and closing commercial, R&D, or manufacturing partnerships in Singapore or APAC
- Strong existing network of Singapore-based KOLs across research institutes, public/private healthcare institutions, and/or Green & Bio-Economy MNCs/corporates
- Fluency with Singapore's R&D grant landscape and ability to navigate regulatory pathways and public sector engagement models
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts (biotech, medtech, synbio, biomanufacturing, decarbonization, new materials) into commercial and strategic narratives
- Executive-level relationship-building and stakeholder influence skills to engage senior leaders and government stakeholders
- Excellent written and verbal communication, documentation, and stakeholder-management discipline
- Postgraduate qualifications (MBA, MSc, PhD) or equivalent commercial/clinical training
What We Do
Schaumglas Global Consulting GmbH is specialized in the development and supply of complete systems for the production of a wide variety of foam glass products, including gravel, slabs and special products for building construction. Having started as a former operator of a foam glass gravel production plant, the company has since become a supplier of turnkey production lines for foam glass production.
