Manager (Nuclear Safety Research Programme Office)

National University of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The National University of Singapore invites applications for an officer to join the Nuclear Safety Research Programme Office. You will support planning, management, and critical review of research programmes strengthening Singapore's nuclear safety capabilities, working with universities, institutes and government partners.

You will monitor delivery, assess progress and recommend interventions, translating findings into actionable insights for government while balancing exploratory research

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Science, Technology Management or related discipline.
• Typically 4–6 years of experience in research or technology programme management, R&D, engineering projects, technology assessment, technology strategy, research funding, or science and technology policy.
• Strong programme management, stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Intellectual curiosity and a research-oriented mindset, with the ability to understand unfamiliar technical domains, interrogate evidence, and identify emerging opportunities and risks.
• Strong analytical judgement, including the ability to evaluate scientific credibility, strategic relevance and prospective national value under uncertainty.
• Ability to synthesise complex technical, programme and policy information into clear decision options and actionable recommendations.
• Willingness to challenge assumptions constructively, make difficult recommendations and maintain productive stakeholder relationships.
• Comfortable balancing the exploratory nature of research with accountability for public funding and strategic outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Manage NSRP-funded research projects, including work planning, milestone tracking, risk management, reporting and stakeholder coordination.
• Assess programme and project performance, continued strategic relevance and prospective capability value, and make timely, evidence-based recommendations on whether work should be continued, adapted, consolidated or terminated.
• Monitor emerging research, technologies and international developments, and assess their implications for Singapore's research priorities and portfolio.
• Support research ecosystem mapping, programme planning, research prioritisation, proposal evaluation and funding processes, including the formulation of clear evaluation criteria and decision points for continued investment.
• Coordinate researchers, government agencies and external stakeholders to align objectives and support timely delivery of outcomes.
• Organise governance meetings, workshops and engagements and present clear recommendations and decision options to programme governance bodies.

Skills

Programme management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Analytical judgement

Synthesis of complex information

Policy evaluation

Research mindset

Critical thinking

Education

Degree in Engineering, Science, Technology Management or related discipline

Job description

Company description

The National University of Singapore is the national research university of Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest higher education institution in Singapore

Job description

The Nuclear Safety Research Programme Office (NSRPO) serve as the single point of contact for nationally funded nuclear fission R&D, shaping research priorities, coordinating capabilities across the national ecosystem, and ensuring that funded research remains aligned with strategic national objectives. The role will contribute to the planning, management, and critical review of research programmes that strengthen Singapore's nuclear safety, regulatory, technical and stakeholder engagement capabilities.

The officer will support the Deputy Director under the Nuclear Safety Research Programme Office (NSRPO) in managing a portfolio of research projects across universities, research institutes, government agencies and international collaborators. The role involves coordinating diverse stakeholders, identifying capability gaps and emerging opportunities, and translating research findings into actionable insights for Government.

Beyond monitoring delivery, the officer will exercise critical judgement on the progress, relevance and prospective value of research investments, and recommend timely intervention where continued investment is no longer justified. The officer will bring an intellectually curious, evidence-led and forward-looking approach to shaping Singapore's long-term nuclear research and capability development agenda.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage NSRP-funded research projects, including work planning, milestone tracking, risk management, reporting and stakeholder coordination.
• Assess programme and project performance, continued strategic relevance and prospective capability value, and make timely, evidence-based recommendations on whether work should be continued, adapted, consolidated or terminated.
• Monitor emerging research, technologies and international developments, and assess their implications for Singapore's research priorities and portfolio.
• Support research ecosystem mapping, programme planning, research prioritisation, proposal evaluation and funding processes, including the formulation of clear evaluation criteria and decision points for continued investment.
• Coordinate researchers, government agencies and external stakeholders to align objectives and support timely delivery of outcomes.
• Organise governance meetings, workshops and engagements and present clear recommendations and decision options to programme governance bodies.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Science, Technology Management or a related discipline.
• Typically 4-6 years of experience in research or technology programme management, R&D, engineering projects, technology assessment, technology strategy, research funding, or science and technology policy.
• Strong programme management, stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Intellectual curiosity and a research-oriented mindset, with the ability to understand unfamiliar technical domains, interrogate evidence, and identify emerging opportunities and risks.
• Strong analytical judgement, including the ability to evaluate scientific credibility, strategic relevance and prospective national value under uncertainty.
• Ability to synthesise complex technical, programme and policy information into clear decision options and actionable recommendations.
• Willingness to challenge assumptions constructively, make difficult recommendations and maintain productive stakeholder relationships.
• Comfortable balancing the exploratory nature of research with accountability for public funding and strategic outcomes.