Manager, Skills Strategy & Planning (INTD)

Skills and Workforce Development Agency; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SkillsFuture Singapore is seeking a Manager, Skills Strategy & Planning to advance the national SkillsFuture agenda, shaping policies that underpin Singapore's skills framework. The role involves end-to-end policy development, data-driven planning, and performance reviews to ensure relevance and impact.

As an individual contributor, you will analyse labour market intelligence, synthesize insights, and collaborate with diverse stakeholders to drive intelligence-led programme development.

Qualifications

• Ability to analyse labour market data and derive insights to inform policy reviews.
• Ability to turn complex analysis into clear, actionable recommendations for decision-making.
• Effective written and verbal communication to engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Self-starter with strong learning agility to independently drive initiatives and deliver outcomes.
• Iterative mindset and comfort with fast-evolving environments.
• Familiarity with large language models (LLMs) to support data analysis, policy research and stakeholder insights.

Responsibilities

• Policy Development and Strategic Planning: develop policies and planning for jobs and skills initiatives, including policy papers and meeting secretariat duties.
• Data Analysis and Ecosystem Development: analyse labour market data and industry feedback to derive insights for policy and programme development.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration: collaborate across internal stakeholders to embed intel-driven planning into programmes and policy goals.

Skills

Data analysis

Policy development

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Learning agility

LLMs familiarity

Job description

SSG is a dynamic and forward-thinking organization dedicated to empowering individuals and shaping the future of Singapore's workforce. As the National Skills Authority, SSG leads the charge in driving the SkillsFuture movement, a national initiative that promotes lifelong learning and skills development. With a strong focus on innovation and collaboration, SSG works closely with employers, training providers, and individuals to create a vibrant ecosystem of learning and growth. By offering a wide range of initiatives,programs, and funding schemes, SSG enables individuals to unlock their full potential, acquire new competencies, and stay ahead in a rapidly changing job market.

Join the Skills Intelligence and Planning Division in SSG to shape the future of SSG’s skills policies, undertake strategic skills planning,and develop cutting-edge jobs-skills analytics. You will have the opportunity to contribute to the National Jobs-Skills Intelligence (NJSI) engine, advancing surveillance on jobs-skills trends and generating critical insights that drive the SkillsFuture agenda forward. By driving jobs-skills intelligence to support strategic partnerships with frontier firms, best-in-class institutions, and international organisations, you'll enhance our capabilities and position us asa leading authority in the skills landscape, influencing national policies and operational strategies.

Role Overview

The Manager, Skills Strategy & Planning plays a pivotal role in advancing SkillsFuture Singapore's mission to enable individuals to learn for life, pursue skills mastery, and develop fulfilling careers for a future-ready Singapore.

As an individual contributor, this position supports the end-to-end development of jobs-skills policies, plans, and strategies, drawing on labour market intelligence and industry insights to ensure their continued relevance and effectiveness.

The role requires strong analytical capabilities, soundpolicy judgement, and the ability to collaborate across diverse stakeholders to embed intelligence-driven planning into programme development.

Policy Development and Strategic Planning

Support the end-to-end development of policies and planning for jobs and skills initiatives, encompassing planning, execution,communications, and policy paper preparation. You will contribute to policies that underpin the national Skills Framework, as well as performing meeting secretariat duties.

Data Analysis and Ecosystem Development

Analyse labour market data and industry feedback to derive insights on jobs-skills trends, informing policy reviews and programme development. You will synthesise and draw connections between industry needs,labour market trends and jobs-skills initiatives to ensure their relevance and effectiveness. You will also review methodologies, data, processes and jobs-skills related digital products with a systems perspective, identifying opportunities to support the needs of the national jobs and skill ecosystem.

Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration

Collaborate with internal stakeholders to embed intel-driven planning into programme development. You will navigate and manage diverse stakeholder needs and interests, and drive engagement that achieves policy goals.

We'd love to hear from you if you have the required competencies to execute the job duties proficiently:

• Comfortable working with data and identifying key issues that affect policy outcomes.
• Able to turn complex analysis into clear, actionable recommendations to guide decision-making.
• Effective written and verbal communication abilities to synthesize and present ideas coherently, ensuring effective stakeholder engagement across all levels
• Self-starter with strong learning agility to independently drive initiatives an deliver outcomes
• Iterative mindset and comfortable with fast-evolving environment
• Familiarity with large language models (LLMs) and the ability to use them to support data analysis, policy research and stakeholder insights would be an added advantage.
• Up to 6 years ofrelevant work experience in policy development and implementation, planning roles, or operational policy planning and review. However, those with no relevant experience but can show the demonstration of required skills through relevant projects or short stints in relevant areas / functions are also encouraged to apply

Successful candidates will be offered a contract in the first instance and may be considered for an extension or be placed on a permanent tenure.