Content and Program Lead - Founders Forum Asia

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.

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.

Requirements

You Might Be a Fit If You:

• Have 3-5 years’ 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

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’s 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