Vice President, Animal Behaviour & Programmes

Mandai Wildlife Group is the steward of Mandai Wildlife Reserve, located adjacent to Singapore’s Central Catchment Nature Reserve, is a fully integrated nature-based precinct comprising five world-class wildlife parks, immersive green public spaces, and a sustainably designed eco-friendly resort. We are seeking a self-driven and energetic individual to lead and inspire the development of ethical, engaging, and educational animal behavior and presentation programs that align with the organization’s mission of conservation, education, and ethical engagement. This role promotes wildlife-friendly mindsets through meaningful human-animal interactions, grounded in positive reinforcement training, animal welfare, and conservation ethics. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Operations & Administration • Provide strategic oversight and executive leadership for the ABP department, including stewardship of organisational structure, workforce planning, and fiscal governance. • Drive alignment of departmental structure and resources with corporate objectives, ensuring operational excellence and long-term sustainability. • Oversee strategic financial planning and governance for the department, ensuring optimal allocation of operational and capital resources to support long-term institutional priorities. • Provide leadership in safeguarding animal welfare, operational integrity, and guest experience by maintaining high-level visibility and responsiveness to emergent issues across health, safety, and show management domains. • Foster a culture of accountability and alignment by maintaining structured communication within and across divisions and departments, ensuring policy adherence and the continuous refinement of documented procedures in support of organisational excellence.
2. Animal Care, Training, and Enrichment • Ensure that the highest standards of animal care are practiced in ABP including feeding, cleaning, and monitoring animal health. • Champion positive reinforcement training and behavioral enrichment practices. • Guide Managers in the implementation of the PRT Track to ensure that all staff are properly trained in positive reinforcement techniques and apply these techniques exclusively in daily operations, husbandry and veterinary procedures, and show behaviour training. • Ensure that managers oversee the ABP enrichment programme, providing regular and frequent species appropriate enrichment for every animal in the collection.
3. Animal Programmes & Presentations • Oversee all live animal programs across attractions, ensuring world-class standards of animal care and welfare for all ABP animals. • Curate and produce programs that foster empathy, respect, and understanding of wildlife. • Ensure integrated and appropriate theming across all presentations consistent with the purpose, vision and values of MWG. • Champion excellence in visitor engagement by strategically evaluating the quality of animal presentations and the impact of educational storytelling