#SGUnitedJobs Manager, Strategy Planning
GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
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Job Category
Information Technology, Public / Civil Service -
Contract type
Full Time
Job Description
The Government Technology Agency (GovTech) aims to transform the delivery of Government digital services by taking an "outside-in" view, putting citizens and businesses at the heart of everything we do. We also develop the Smart Nation infrastructure and applications, and facilitate collaboration with citizens and businesses to co-develop technologies.
Join us as we support Singapore’s vision of building a Smart Nation - a nation of possibilities empowered through info-communications technology and related engineering.
You will be part of a dynamic team responsible for the following:
- Supporting senior management in formulating our narrative and strategies, including facilitating and organising senior leadership retreats to discuss new ideas and medium term initiatives, and co-ordinating overall strategic policies and directions to ensure congruence
- Identifying trends and emerging issues that impact our strategies and, where necessary, making recommendations on alternative courses of action to our senior management
- Formulating plans, initiatives, programmes and measures to support implementation of our strategies, including risk management
- Communicating and implementing the approved plans in partnership with other GovTech units
How to Succeed:
- Demonstrated leadership, planning, and organisational abilities
- Demonstrated analytical abilities to think laterally, and navigate quickly through a broad range of subject matters
- Ability to analyse data and synthesize disparate trends to provide meaningful insights
- Critical and creative thinking, plus a good understanding of the policy environment
- Excellent analytical skills
- Ability to understand the policy environment and enhance it by seeding insights about the future, including looking at policies from a macro level and understanding inter-linkages
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skill
- Excellent presentation and writing skills
- Preferably with working experience in relevant fields such as strategic planning, risk management, research and analysis, or strategy development
Closing on 26 Jul 2021