We&aposre looking for a sharp, entrepreneurial Content and Program Lead to help scale Founders Forum across Asia. This role sits at the heart of our community - working across content curation, speaker engagement, and mid-tier partnerships - to bring our signature events to life in Asia while also driving Tech Nation&aposs international expansion programmes.
As the right hand to our Head of Asia, leading day-to-day programming, managing and nurturing our community, and supporting tactical partnerships across our Forums, while also spearheading Tech Nation&aposs efforts to support Singaporean startups expanding to the UK. You&aposre a natural storyteller, obsessed with what makes an event feel special, and comfortable speaking to founders, VCs, and C-suite stakeholders.
Requirements
You Might Be a Fit If You:
- Have 3-5 years&apos experience in content programming, partnerships, or ecosystem roles
- Are fluent in startup, VC, and tech culture in Asia
- Have strong creative instincts (e.g. decks, talk titles, speaker curation)
- Are confident managing external vendors, speakers, and stakeholders independently
- Thrive in ambiguity and love being part of something growing fast
- Have experience working in both the Singapore and UK ecosystems
- Have the right to work in Singapore
What You&aposll Do
Content & Community
- Own agenda development across FF Asia events: speaker research, session design, narrative structure
- Draft formats, talk titles, and event briefs
- Support VIP speaker outreach and manage mid-tier confirmations/logistics
- Maintain and engage our founder and speaker community between events
- Send and manage community communications for events
- Manage data operations of our member network (Salesforce, Swoogo, Attendium
Partnerships
- Work with Head of Asia to shape partnership tiering and value propositions
- Liaise with the global FF team to localise and deliver sponsor commitments
- Ensure all content and partnerships are delivered on-brand and on-time
Cross-functional
- Act as the connective tissue between programming, partnerships, and event ops
- Collaborate with contractor ops leads to ensure seamless execution
- Keep track of timelines, shared docs, CRM inputs, and comms
Tech Nation Programme
- Lead and deliver Tech Nation&aposs Singapore-UK market expansion programme, including events, educational sessions, curated 1:1 introductions and strategic reporting
- Build and manage relationships with participating startups, ensuring services meet their needs and goals
- Outreach and curate engagements with founders and commercial partners, working closely with Ops and Partnerships teams
- Support recruitment of startups, advisors, mentors, and partners to strengthen programme delivery
- Opportunity to travel with and host delegations to the UK (e.g. London Tech Week), representing Tech Nation in international contexts
- Leverage tools such as Salesforce, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and PitchBook to identify and curate high-impact engagements
- Manage partner relationships with clear communication, quality reporting, and delivery against agreed KPIs
- Oversee programme impact through project management of KPIs and strategic reporting
