Manager/ Senior Manager, Planning

Economic Development Board; Singapore; On-site; SGD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Economic Development Board in Singapore seeks a Manager/Senior Manager to work on shaping strategies, setting priorities, and driving execution across corporate planning and performance management processes.

You will engage internal and external stakeholders, design and manage tracking systems for investment pipelines and industry performance, and establish data management standards to support reporting and operations.

Qualifications

• A strong sense of intellectual curiosity – willingness to build networks and engage others for insights.
• Ability to quickly synthesize current/past work and identify the delta to focus efforts on.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for senior-level discussions.

Responsibilities

• Assess opportunities or threats to Singapore’s competitiveness and EDB’s economic strategy in light of trends.
• Engage stakeholders within and outside EDB to drive common understanding of priorities.
• Design and manage corporate planning and performance management processes, including target-setting and work planning.
• Manage and improve systems that track investment pipelines and performance of EDB industries and firms.
• Establish sound data management, standardise methodologies and analytical tools to support reporting and operations.

Skills

Intellectual curiosity

Synthesis & analysis

Communication skills

Stakeholder influence

Self-starter

Analytical thinking

Singaporean

Job description

What the role is:

About Planning

The Planning team works closely with senior management to shape EDB’s strategies and priorities, drive coherence in formulation and execution, and track progress and effectiveness of EDB’s strategies and priorities.

Our work is anchored on the three core roles of setting the organisation direction, implementing stakeholder interventions, and designing and building execution systems.

What you will be working on:

We are currently looking for a Manager/Senior Manager

In this role, you will work across several of the following workstreams, depending on business needs and your strengths:

• Assess opportunities or threats to Singapore’s competitiveness and EDB’s economic strategy in light of global and domestic trends.
• Engage stakeholders within and outside EDB to drive common understanding of EDB’s priorities and contribution to the economy.
• Design and manage corporate planning and performance management processes, including target-setting and work planning.
• Manage and improve systems that track investment pipelines and performance of EDB industries and firms.
• Establish sound data management, standardise methodologies and analytical tools to support reporting and operations.

What we are looking for:

We are looking for candidates who combine system thinking with execution rigour, and who are comfortable operating at the intersection of strategy, data and organisational dynamics.

You should possess the following:

• A strong sense of intellectual curiosity – as manifested in a willingness to build network and engage individuals to solicit insights.
• Ability to quickly synthesise current/past work on a given topic (whether through literature reviews or reaching out to the right people), and identify the delta to focus efforts on.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to facilitate senior-level discussions.
• Ability to influence and work through internal/ external stakeholders, while being sensitive to organisational dynamics and ground realities.
• Be a self-starter with the ability to work in an unstructured environment, and flex in different teams as an individual contributor, manager or peer leader.
• Strong analytical capabilities, with ability to draw insights across multiple data sources, and utilise appropriate frameworks to drive discussions.
• Singaporean

About Economic Development Board

EDB is the lead government agency responsible for planning & executing strategies to enhance Singapore's position as a global business centre and grow the Singapore Economy. We dream, design and deliver solutions that create value for investors and companies in Singapore. Through that, we attract economic opportunities and jobs for the people of Singapore and help shape our country's economic future.