Associate (12 months contract), Organisation & People (AI & Data Analytics)

Temasek International Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 140,000; Part time

Job summary

Temasek is seeking an Associate, Data Scientist (Contract) to support predictive analytics, data-driven AI solutions and trusted people data foundations. You will work with data scientists, product managers and stakeholders to deliver analytics, data preparation and AI experimentation that support enterprise decision-making.

Requirements include a degree in data science or related field and 1–3 years in data science, analytics or AI roles.

Qualifications

• Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering or a related discipline.
• 1-3 years of experience (or strong internship/project experience) in data science, analytics or AI roles.
• Exposure to data governance, access control or privacy considerations is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Support the design, development and testing of predictive models for workforce planning and skills analysis.
• Assist in the design and training of data and insights agents that automate analysis.
• Contribute to the maintenance and enhancement of data models and dashboards.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business questions into analytical tasks.

Skills

Python

Streamlit

Data visualization

Data modelling

LLMs

Education

Data Science degree

Tools

Tableau

Qlik Sense

Job description

Temasek is a global investment company headquartered in Singapore, with a net portfolio value of S$434 billion (US$324 billion, €299 billion, £250 billion, and RMB2.35 trillion) as at 31 March 2025. Marking our unlisted assets to market would provide S$35 billion of value uplift and bring our mark to market net portfolio value to S$469 billion.

Our Purpose “So Every Generation Prospers” guides us to make a difference for today’s and future generations.

Operating on commercial principles, we seek to deliver sustainable returns over the long term.

We have 13 offices in 9 countries around the world: Beijing, Hanoi, Mumbai, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Singapore in Asia; and Brussels, London, Mexico City, New York, Paris, San Francisco, and Washington, DC outside Asia.

Introduction

Temasek is building next-generation data and AI capabilities to enable forward-looking workforce and talent decisions. We are seeking an Associate, Data Scientist (Contract) to support the development of predictive analytics, data-driven AI solutions and trusted people data foundations.

This role sits within the Organisation & People (O&P) function and works closely with data scientists, product managers and business stakeholders to deliver hands-on analytics, data preparation and AI experimentation that support enterprise decision‑making.

Responsibilities

Data Science & Predictive Analytics

• Support the design, development and testing of predictive models for workforce planning, talent insights, skills analysis and related use cases.
• Apply statistical and machine-learning techniques to analyse people data and generate meaningful insights.

AI & Data Solutions

• Assist in the design, development, training and continuous improvement of data and insights agents that automate analysis and surface actionable outputs.
• Support the development of agentic AI workflows to enable autonomous analysis, insights generation and decision support for O&P use cases.
• Contribute to the monitoring, maintenance and optimisation of AI agents to ensure performance, reliability and alignment with business use cases.
• Contribute to the maintenance and enhancement of connected data models (e.g. graph-based representations) used for AI-ready analytics.

Data Management & Quality

• Perform data ingestion, validation, reconciliation and quality checks across multiple people data sources.
• Support the upkeep of data models, data dictionaries and access controls to ensure data is accurate, secure and fit for use.
• Work with technology and governance teams to comply with data and AI standards.

Visualisation & Insight Delivery

• Build and maintain data visualisations and dashboards (e.g. Tableau, Qlik Sense) to communicate insights clearly.
• Use tools such as Streamlit to prototype analytics applications and support solution delivery.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Work with O&P stakeholders to translate business questions into analytical tasks and data solutions.
• Support proof‑of‑concepts, experimentation and iterative improvement of AI-enabled people solutions.

Requirements

Technical Skills

• Working proficiency in Python for data analysis and basic machine-learning workflows.
• Exposure to Streamlit or similar frameworks for data applications.
• Experience with data visualisation tools (e.g. Tableau, Qlik Sense).
• Understanding of data modelling (relational and/or graph-based).
• Exposure to large language models (LLMs), prompt engineering or agent-based AI frameworks is an advantage.

Experience & Background

• Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering or a related discipline.
• 1-3 years of experience (or strong internship/project experience) in data science, analytics or AI roles.
• Exposure to data governance, access control or privacy considerations is an advantage.

Personal Attributes

• Hands-on, detail-oriented and eager to learn.
• Comfortable working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Curious, adaptable and motivated to apply data and AI to real-world organisational challenges.