NUS Enterprise

NUS Enterprise

(33692) Market Discovery Lead (Logic & Matter)

San Francisco, California, United States

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 21 days ago
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About the role

  • Great innovations rarely succeed in isolation.
  • This is a high-autonomy, high-trust role.
  • You'll be expected to operate independently in your ecosystem while remaining deeply integrated with colleagues in Singapore and across other Global Nodes.

Responsibilities

  • Build Trusted Ecosystem Relationships Represent NUS Enterprise within the assigned Global Node and build trusted relationships across the regional innovation ecosystem.
  • Engage selectively with leaders, investors, operators, corporate partners, ecosystem builders, government agencies, and other stakeholders relevant to the Logic track.
  • Develop a practical understanding of who matters in the ecosystem, what they care about, where expertise sits, and how to access credible market signal quickly.
  • Generate Market and Ecosystem Intelligence Maintain a live view of market needs, technology trends, investment activity, industry priorities, customer pain points, adoption barriers, competitive dynamics, and strategic white spaces relevant to the assigned track.
  • Support early validation of commercial assumptions by identifying the right people to speak with, the right questions to ask, and the right context for interpreting market feedback.
  • Collaborate with other Global Nodes to identify cross-market patterns, compare ecosystem signals, and strengthen NUS Enterprise's global commercialisation intelligence.
  • You'll develop trusted relationships, listen for market signals, surface emerging opportunities, and help colleagues access the people, organisations, and insights they need to make better commercialisation decisions.
  • You will not manage a large local team, but you will manage critical relationships.
  • We back bold ideas and ambitious talent with the potential to build impactful companies that transform the way we live, play, and work - and we're just getting started.
  • As our innovation ecosystem grows in scale, ambition, and global reach, we are building a network of Global Nodes embedded in leading innovation ecosystems around the world.

Requirements

  • Strong commercial judgement, with the ability to distinguish market signal from noise and translate complex external input into practical implications for commercialisation.
  • Exceptional listening, curiosity, and synthesis skills - you know how to draw out information from conversations and turn fragmented input into actionable insights.
  • Ability to operate independently in an offsite or geographically distributed role while remaining closely aligned with organisational priorities, colleagues, and culture.
  • Experience working across multiple innovation ecosystems, geographies, or markets.
  • Track record as a founder, operator, investor, scout, product leader, corporate innovation professional, technology commercialisation professional, or ecosystem builder.
  • Working knowledge of university commercialisation, technology transfer, licensing, venture creation, translational research, or public-sector innovation environments.

Benefits

  • Success depends not only on the strength of your network, but on how generously and effectively that network is shared for the benefit of the organisation.

Company info

  • We're NUS Enterprise, the innovation and entrepreneurship heart of the National University of Singapore (NUS).
  • We're hiring Market Discovery Leads for our Logic and Matter tracks, focused on bringing real-world market intelligence, trusted ecosystem relationships, and external perspective into NUS Enterprise's research translation and commercialisation activities.
  • The Logic track covers AI, computing, software systems, control systems, and related digital and computational technologies.
  • The Matter track covers materials science, chemistry, physics, photonics, microelectronics, advanced materials, hardware technologies, and related physical science and engineering fields.
  • Connect People, Insight, and Opportunity Facilitate high-value introductions between NUS Enterprise colleagues and relevant external stakeholders, including potential customers, design partners, licensees, strategic partners, investors, advisors, mentors, and collaborators.
  • About Us We're NUS Enterprise, the innovation and entrepreneurship heart of the National University of Singapore (NUS).
  • You help ensure that insight, relationships, and opportunities discovered in one part of the world strengthen the entire NUS Enterprise commercialisation system.
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