Director of Digital Strategy & Transformation

Ministry of Defence of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

MINDEF/SAF is seeking a senior leader to drive digital strategy and roadmap across the organisation. You will scale agile practices, incorporate emerging technologies, and align investments with enterprise direction, collaborating with stakeholders to determine ROI for digital initiatives.

You will act as a focal point between the digital office, business domains, and governance frameworks, providing strategic oversight on cross-domain initiatives and refining capability models and system

Qualifications

• Education in Business, Business Analytics, or Information Technology.
• At least 7 years of working experience in management consulting, business planning and strategy, or digital transformation programme management.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills with the ability to craft clear communications tailored to different audiences and seniority levels.
• Resourceful self-starter with robust strategic thinking, problem-solving, and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the focal point between the digital office, business domain owners, and Business Digitalisation Offices to align priorities, investments and options with the enterprise direction.
• Drive digital transformation across HR, Finance, Logistics and Medical domains, partnering stakeholders to achieve measurable business outcomes.
• Review major IT requirements and proposals to ensure consistency with architecture, platform strategy, and governance frameworks.
• Provide strategic oversight on cross-domain digital initiatives, identifying trade-offs, risks, and opportunities across IT projects.
• Collaborate with internal teams to co-develop artefacts such as capability models, data use cases, and system roadmaps.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Project management

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/IT or related field

Job description

MINDEF/SAF is seeking a senior leader to drive digital strategy and roadmap across the organisation. You will scale agile practices, incorporate emerging technologies, and align investments with enterprise direction, collaborating with stakeholders to determine ROI for digital initiatives.

You will act as a focal point between the digital office, business domains, and governance frameworks, providing strategic oversight on cross-domain initiatives and refining capability models and system