Senior Data Analytics & Translation Lead

sggovterp; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Health Promotion Board is seeking an analytically skilled professional to advance data-driven health promotion efforts in Singapore. You will join the REM division to translate data into evidence-based programme improvements and national-scale impact.

Responsibilities include generating insights from diverse datasets, building predictive models, and evaluating interventions, while collaborating with internal teams and external partners to translate findings into policy and practice.

Qualifications

• Degree in statistics, data analytics, social sciences, life sciences, public health, or any related quantitative discipline.
• 2–6 years of practical experience working with data as an analyst or in a related role
• Experience applying statistical techniques and/or machine learning methods to real-world datasets
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g. R, Python). Familiarity with Databricks, SparkR, PySpark or working with large datasets will be advantageous
• Additional familiarity with statistical software (e.g. SPSS, STATA) will be a bonus

Responsibilities

• Generate actionable insights through advanced analytics on diverse datasets, applying statistical and ML approaches to support risk prediction and segmentation
• Develop predictive models and segmentation approaches to inform programme targeting and decision-making
• Set up and support behavioural experiments and programme evaluations, including study design and data preparation
• Translate technical findings into clear, concise, and actionable insights for internal and external stakeholders
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external partners to deliver analytics projects and share learning
• Support development of data pipelines and feature engineering for scalable analytics

Skills

Statistics

Data analytics

Python

R

Machine learning

Data pipelines

Communication

Project management

Teamwork

Education

Statistics degree

Data analytics degree

Tools

Databricks

SparkR

PySpark

SPSS

STATA

Job description

Health Promotion Board is seeking an analytically skilled professional to advance data-driven health promotion efforts in Singapore. You will join the REM division to translate data into evidence-based programme improvements and national-scale impact.

Responsibilities include generating insights from diverse datasets, building predictive models, and evaluating interventions, while collaborating with internal teams and external partners to translate findings into policy and practice.