Manager / Senior Manager, Industry Development (Advanced Manufacturing)

skills and workforce development agency; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Skills and Workforce Development Agency in Singapore is seeking a strategic professional to drive manpower planning and industry interventions. You will identify industry and skills gaps, engage partners, and design human capital solutions aligned to business needs.

You will lead stakeholder engagement, manage programmes, monitor outcomes, and support outreach events. Strong communication, negotiation and data analysis skills are essential for success in a fast-paced public-sector environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in industry engagement, account/project management and/or consultancy roles.

Responsibilities

• Strategic manpower planning: identify industry, manpower challenges and skills needs.
• Engage partners and diagnose gaps to identify opportunities.
• Manage stakeholder relationships and align interventions with business needs.
• Project management: plan budgets, support outreach events, track progress.
• Analyse industry data to inform management decisions.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Negotiation

Communication

Data analysis

Public speaking

Program monitoring

Strategic planning

Consulting

Job description

You will play a key role in supporting the jobs and skills pillar for the sector(s) under your purview. This includes:

Strategic Manpower Planning

• Identify and assess key industry, manpower challenges and skills needs
• Manage strategic partners and engage companies to diagnose gaps and identify opportunities
• Recommend the design of appropriate strategic human capital solutions based on industry or companies’ business and manpower needs

Stakeholder Engagement and Management

• Establish and maintain effective relationships with strategic partners and stakeholders
• Collaborate with industry stakeholders including government agencies, associations, tripartite partners, programme partners to develop and implement relevant manpower interventions to address industry manpower issues
• Consult with employers to promote adoption of WSG programmes and progressive human resource practices to address their manpower needs

Project Management

• Plan and review budget requirements and ensure compliance to policies and processes
• Organise or support outreach and marketing events such as career events and industry engagements
• Track programmes’ progress and analyse industry related information to evaluate and make recommendations for management decision making

Requirements

• Relevant work experience in industry engagement, account/project management and/or consultancy roles
• Salary will commensurate with experience

Knowledge/Skills

• Good understanding of the Precision Engineering sub-sectors’ background, trends, manpower skills needs and business value chain
• Good understanding of various government initiatives in relation to manpower interventions in the relevant industries would be advantageous
• Strong written and spoken communication skills
• Strong persuasive and negotiation skills
• Adept in stakeholder engagement and relationship building
• Ability to synthesise opinions and data for decision making and programme monitoring
• Consulting skills would be an added advantage

Aptitudes/Abilities & Other Characteristics

• Passionate, dedicated and driven individual
• Resilient and agile to problem-solve and respond in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Ability to multi-task and work with converging timelines
• Confident and comfortable with public-speaking
• Ability to work independently and in teams
• Comfortable with data compilation and analysis
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit
• Innovative and comfortable in embracing digital and technological solutions