Content and Program Lead - Founders Forum Asia

<p>We’re 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’s international expansion programmes.</p><p>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’s efforts to support Singaporean startups expanding to the UK. You’re a natural storyteller, obsessed with what makes an event feel special, and comfortable speaking to founders, VCs, and C-suite stakeholders.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Requirements</strong></p><p>You Might Be a Fit If You:</p><ul> <li>Have 3-5 years’ experience in content programming, partnerships, or ecosystem roles</li> <li>Are fluent in startup, VC, and tech culture in Asia</li> <li>Have strong creative instincts (e.g. decks, talk titles, speaker curation)</li> <li>Are confident managing external vendors, speakers, and stakeholders independently</li> <li>Thrive in ambiguity and love being part of something growing fast</li> <li>Have experience working in both the Singapore and UK ecosystems</li> <li>Have the right to work in Singapore</li> </ul><p></p><h3>What You’ll Do</h3><p>Content &amp; Community</p><ul> <li>Own agenda development across FF Asia events: speaker research, session design, narrative structure</li> <li>Draft formats, talk titles, and event briefs</li> <li>Support VIP speaker outreach and manage mid-tier confirmations/logistics</li> <li>Maintain and engage our founder and speaker community between events</li> <li>Send and manage community communications for events</li> <li>Manage data operations of our member network (Salesforce, Swoogo, Attendium</li> </ul><p></p><p>Partnerships </p><ul> <li>Work with Head of Asia to shape partnership tiering and value propositions</li> <li>Liaise with the global FF team to localise and deliver sponsor commitments</li> <li>Ensure all content and partnerships are delivered on-brand and on-time</li> </ul><p></p><p>Cross-functional</p><ul> <li>Act as the connective tissue between programming, partnerships, and event ops</li> <li>Collaborate with contractor ops leads to ensure seamless execution</li> <li>Keep track of timelines, shared docs, CRM inputs, and comms<br> </li> </ul><p>Tech Nation Programme</p><ul> <li>Lead and deliver Tech Nation’s Singapore-UK market expansion programme, including events, educational sessions, curated 1:1 introductions and strategic reporting</li> <li>Build and manage relationships with participating startups, ensuring services meet their needs and goals</li> <li>Outreach and curate engagements with founders and commercial partners, working closely with Ops and Partnerships teams</li> <li>Support recruitment of startups, advisors, mentors, and partners to strengthen programme delivery</li> <li>Opportunity to travel with and host delegations to the UK (e.g. London Tech Week), representing Tech Nation in international contexts</li> <li>Leverage tools such as Salesforce, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and PitchBook to identify and curate high-impact engagements</li> <li>Manage partner relationships with clear communication, quality reporting, and delivery against agreed KPIs</li> <li>Oversee programme impact through project management of KPIs and strategic reporting</li> </ul><p></p>