Assistant Director, Corporate/Organisation Development (1-year contract)

Health Promotion Board; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Health Promotion Board in Singapore seeks a senior leader to drive corporate development and organisation development, partnering with senior leaders to deliver cross-divisional transformation.

You will diagnose barriers, align stakeholders, and translate trends in workforce, digital, data, and AI into practical improvements with measurable benefits. This is a 2-year contract role emphasizing capability-building and productivity outcomes through structured decision support.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in organisational transformation or board-wide improvement initiatives.
• Experience with digital transformation and AI-enabled productivity tools.
• Consulting, organisational diagnostics or facilitation of large-scale change initiatives.
• Strong analytical and data-informed decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-divisional initiatives from diagnosis to implementation and benefits realisation.
• Identify systemic issues and opportunities through organisational and process diagnostics.
• Align stakeholders on priorities and integrated solutions.
• Recommend improvements to productivity, integration and user experience.
• Support change, communication and capability-building to embed new ways of working.
• Set baselines, track outcomes and assess benefits.
• Prepare papers, analyses and presentations for management decisions.
• Translate workforce, digital, data, AI and other future-of-work trends into practical improvements.

Skills

Systems thinking

Stakeholder influence

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collab

Education

Organisational Development/related disciplines

Tools

AI productivity tools

Job description

[What the role is]

The Health Promotion Board's vision is to make Singapore a nation of healthier people.

Join us on this journey if you are passionate about driving organisation-wide transformation and shaping the future of how work is delivered across HPB.

The Corporate Development and Organisation Development functions partner business and enabling divisions to strengthen organisational development, improve cross-divisional integration, and build HPB's capability for continuous transformation and future readiness. Through a systemic and board-wide lens, CDCO identifies and addresses organisational barriers, enhances productivity, and enables Board-wide transformation, culture and capability-building initiatives.

[What you will be working on]

Your role will focus on driving corporate development initiatives that improve organisational excellence and strengthen integration across HPB. You will work closely with senior leaders and stakeholders to facilitate cross-divisional collaboration, address systemic organisational challenges, and deliver meaningful improvements that benefit both business and enabling divisions.

• Lead cross-divisional initiatives from diagnosis to implementation and benefits realisation.
• Identify systemic issues and opportunities through organisational and process diagnostics.
• Align stakeholders on priorities and integrated solutions.
• Recommend improvements to productivity, integration and user experience.
• Support change, communication and capability-building to embed new ways of working.
• Set baselines, track outcomes and assess benefits.
• Prepare papers, analyses and presentations for management decisions.
• Translate workforce, digital, data, AI and other future-of-work trends into practical improvements.

[What we are looking for]

• Relevant qualifications in Organisational Development/Organisational Psychology, Organisation Excellence, Strategy, Transformation or Change Management, Human Resources, Public Administration or related disciplines.
• At least 8 years of relevant experience in organisational transformation, process redesign or board-wide improvement initiatives.
• Familiarity with digital transformation, AI-enabled productivity tools or future-of-work practices.
• Experience in consulting, organisational diagnostics or facilitation of large-scale change initiatives.
• Strong systems thinker who can connect issues across functions and translate insights into practical solutions.
• Effective influencer who can engage and collaborate with stakeholders across all levels of the organisation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-informed approach to decision-making.

Successful candidates will be offered a 2-year contract in the first instance.