VP, Strategic Partnerships, Brand and Planning

Role Overview

SGX Group is looking for a senior strategic leader to design and activate partnerships that create meaningful connections across markets, communities, and ideas. In this role, you will help shape the organisation’s next phase of brand and engagement strategy by identifying opportunities where brand, business priorities, and social impact intersect to improve market positioning, unlock growth, and deliver measurable results.

Strategic Partnerships Development

• Create and implement a partnership approach that supports SGX’s business priorities and growth goals.
• Develop and negotiate partnerships with global institutions, industry bodies, commercial partners, and media partners.
• Build a partner ecosystem that expands reach, supports content distribution, and opens access to new audiences.
• Design partnership models that go beyond sponsorship and focus on co-creation and scalable engagement.
• Set clear KPIs and monitoring methods to assess impact and strategic contribution.

Brand-led Collaboration & Positioning

• Convert brand strategy into external collaborations that reinforce key strategic messages.
• Lead partnerships that strengthen SGX’s visibility, reputation, and thought leadership.
• Embed partnerships into major campaigns, events, and content initiatives.

Purpose-led & CSR Partnerships

• Drive purpose-led partnerships and CSR programmes that align with SGX Group’s brand, values, and stakeholder needs.
• Shape collaborations that create social impact while supporting brand and business outcomes.
• Serve as squad lead for important CSR initiatives, coordinating cross-functional teams from idea stage to delivery.
• Ensure CSR activity is integrated into wider brand storytelling, campaigns, and stakeholder engagement plans.

Partnership Activation & Delivery

• Develop impactful experiences and initiatives together with internal and external stakeholders.
• Own selected partnership programmes end to end, bringing together networks, capabilities, and resources to achieve shared outcomes.
• Manage relationships with key partners and agencies to deliver consistent, high-quality execution.
• Use market awareness and AI tools to improve insight, productivity, and delivery effectiveness.

Additional Information

This position offers the chance to influence how SGX connects with its global ecosystem through strategic partnerships. You will work at the centre of international markets, bringing together partners, ideas, and opportunities that reinforce SGX’s role as a trusted marketplace and contribute to long-term impact.

Requirements

• Ability to connect brand direction, business priorities, and market trends into partnership models that can scale.
• Strong commercial judgement, with experience building partnerships that create value for both sides.
• 12 to 15 years of experience originating and delivering partnerships with brand and business impact.
• Strong influence and collaboration skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across a partner ecosystem.
• Practical judgement, curiosity, and adaptability, with the ability to quickly learn a domain, handle ambiguity, and adjust strategy as markets change.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to shape compelling narratives and gain support.
• Experience working with agencies and external partners to turn partnership concepts into execution.
• Comfort using AI tools in the course of work.
• A degree in Business, Marketing, or a related discipline.
• Basic understanding of capital markets or the financial services ecosystem is preferred.
• Exposure to purpose-led or CSR-related partnerships is preferred.

About the Opportunity

This is a distinctive opportunity to help shape how SGX convenes and connects its global ecosystem through strategic partnerships. The role sits close to global markets and offers the chance to bring together partners, ideas, and opportunities that strengthen SGX’s position and create long-term value.