Assistant Dir, Behavioural Science & Insights

Hard Problems; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Health Promotion Board (HPB) in Singapore invites an Assistant Director to join the Research and Development function, focusing on Behavioural Science and Insights. The role bridges research, technology, and policy, distilling complex data into decision-ready recommendations for digital health interventions.

It is a 2-year contract. You will lead a multidisciplinary team, drive rapid experimentation, and translate learnings into deployment-ready strategies that inform program design and

Qualifications

• A good degree in any discipline.
• At least 8 years total relevant experience with 5 years leading end-to-end projects.
• Experience applying behavioural insights to intervention design and testing.
• Ability to distill complex problems into clear recommendations.
• Experience integrating research, technology, and policy.

Responsibilities

• Synthesize data and insights into clear narratives for stakeholders.
• Apply behavioural insights to human-centred design of digital health interventions.
• Manage the full digital product cycle from ideation to deployment.
• Lead a multidisciplinary tech squad including product, engineering, data, and design.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop practical solutions.
• Demonstrate value through measurable outcomes and stakeholder buy-in.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Behavioural insights

User research

Communication skills

Education

Degree in any discipline

Job description

The Health Promotion Board (HPB) is a Singapore government agency that advances health promotion by translating research into practice. It develops population-scale digital health interventions, drawing on behavioural science, data, and emerging technologies to shape healthier lives across Singapore.

The role

This Assistant Director position sits within HPB's Research and Development function, focused on Behavioural Science and Insights. The role exists to bridge research, technology, and policy by distilling complex data and behavioural insights into clear, decision-ready recommendations that inform the design and deployment of digital health interventions. It is offered as a 2-year contract in the first instance.

What you would do

• Synthesise data, behavioural insights, user research, and implementation constraints into clear written and slide-based narratives for diverse stakeholders.
• Apply behavioural insights to the setup, design, testing, and review of human-centred user experiences and digital health interventions.
• Manage the full digital product cycle, from ideation and design through feasibility trials, outcome evaluation, and translation of learnings into deployment-ready recommendations.
• Lead and coordinate a multidisciplinary tech squad (covering product, engineering, data, and design) to support rapid experimentation, prototyping, and evaluation of generative AI-enabled coaching and personalisation concepts.
• Work with cross-functional teams of subject matter experts, data scientists, deployment teams, and practitioners to develop practical solutions.
• Demonstrate value through quantifiable outputs and outcomes, and build compelling narratives to secure buy-in from internal and external stakeholders.

What they are looking for

• A good degree in any discipline.
• At least 8 years of total relevant working experience, including 5 years overseeing or managing end-to-end projects with stakeholder management, and 3 years leading cross-functional or multidisciplinary teams through full product cycles or multi-year projects.
• Practical, proven experience applying behavioural insights, with familiarity in design thinking approaches to intervention design and testing.
• Ability to think at a big-picture level and distil clarity from complex, ambiguous problems.
• Comfort acting as an integrator across research, technology, and policy rather than a depth specialist in a single domain.
• Strong project management skills to support research, experimentation, and cross-functional coordination.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage a wide range of audiences.
• Prior experience in public health, healthcare, health sciences, research, or quantitative domains is an advantage.
• Experience working with AI-enabled or data-driven digital products, including generative AI, is a strong advantage.

Working arrangements

The role is based at the Health Promotion Board in Singapore. It is a full-time, 2-year contract position.