Senior Executive/Assistant Manager (Research Administration)

Job Description

ADVANCE ID is jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and Singapore institutions including the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. The vision of the Network is to improve public health by developing the clinical evidence base for the prevention and treatment of drug-resistant infections. Its mission is to build and sustain a strategic clinical research network focussed on most efficiently delivering locally relevant interventions for drug-resistant infections.

The Network aims to improve and strengthen clinical research capabilities in the region by acting as a platform to develop good principles and practices. It will stabilise capacity and capabilities to mitigate inefficiencies in trial start-up phase and loss of skillset following study closure, as in typical trial setup. The Network will continuously develop its capabilities, quality and efficiency by learning from and collaborating with other clinical trial networks.

In the long term, the Network aims to support broader infectious disease studies by expanding geographically beyond its original starting point in South East Asia and collaborating with other networks around the world. It will function as an active network that involves patients in platform trials, allowing for rapid clinical research response in the event of an emerging infectious disease or pandemic threat.

The current lead faculty of the Network are Professor David Paterson (Director) and Dr Mo Yin (Deputy Director). The senior executive/assistant manager will be working closely with the Network directors, progamme manager (Dr Ding Ying) and project managers to deliver ADVANCE-ID’s aims and objectives.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop contract proposals to support Advace-ID's goals
• Negotiate contract terms with internal and external stakeholders while ensuring that projects remain within the established budget
• Review and update existing contracts
• Analyze potential risks involved with specific contract terms
• Stay up-to date with legislative changes and coordinate with the legal department as needed
• Ensure all deadlines and conditions described on contracts are met (e.g. payments and shippings)
• Maintain organized system of physical and digital records

Qualifications

1. Degree in life science or health-related subjects
2. Prior experience in a contract administration role in clinical research field in Singapore
3. Has strong negotiation and mediation skills
4. Knowledge of legal requirements involved with contracts
5. Ability to work with varying stakeholders levels, including finance, legal team, research office, and external partners.

Req ID: 32460

Posting Start Date: 14/04/2026