Senior Manager, Innovation & Strategic Planning

Skills & Workforce Development Agency (SWDA); Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,440 - 133,920; Full time

Job summary

Workforce Singapore (WSG) is seeking a role focused on planning and implementing innovation pilots and new initiatives that support PMETs in their 50s and 60s, helping employers create age-friendly workplaces, and building an ecosystem for career longevity. You will manage multi-stakeholder projects across the innovation lifecycle, including ideation, design, piloting, implementation, and scaling.

You will prepare management papers, engage senior stakeholders, and translate strategic guidance

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in strategic planning, corporate planning, innovation/start-ups, business transformation, policy or programme development.
• Experience working across multiple stages of project lifecycles, from planning and development to implementation and evaluation.
• Strong capability in stakeholder engagement, including partnering internal teams, external organisations, vendors, and senior management.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple moving parts in dynamic environments.
• Excellent writing, synthesis, and presentation skills, with the ability to develop clear, structured materials for management and stakeholder engagement.
• Good analytical skills, with the ability to assess issues, structure options, and draw out actionable insights.
• Comfortable working in contexts where projects may evolve and require adaptation along the way.
• A genuine interest in career longevity and enabling PMETs to continue contributing their expertise

Responsibilities

• Conceptualise, plan, and develop innovation projects and new initiatives.
• Contribute to strategic planning, including framing problem statements, shaping options, identifying opportunities, and developing recommendations.
• Prepare papers, briefs, presentations, and updates to support management discussions and decision-making.
• Translate strategic intent and management guidance into actionable workplans and project pathways.
• Engage internal teams and stakeholders managing projects across different phases of the innovation lifecycle, including ideation, design, development, piloting, implementation, evaluation, and scaling.
• Work closely with internal teams to refine project scope, approach, and delivery plans as projects evolve.
• Support pilot implementation, including coordination of workstreams, tracking of timelines and deliverables, and resolution of implementation issues.
• Document key learnings, emerging risks, and improvement opportunities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Drive the sourcing, assessment, onboarding, and management of partners, service providers, vendors to implement partner and stakeholder engagement activities and events.
• Resource planning, including assessing manpower, budget, capabilities, partnerships, and operational requirements needed to deliver and scale initiatives.
• Develop recommendations for sustainability, scale-up, or integration into business-as-usual operations where appropriate.

Skills

Strategic planning

Policy development

Innovation lifecycle

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Presentation skills

Analytical thinking

Adaptability

Career longevity focus

Job description

Workforce Singapore (WSG) is seeking a role focused on planning and implementing innovation pilots and new initiatives that support PMETs in their 50s and 60s, helping employers create age-friendly workplaces, and building an ecosystem for career longevity. You will manage multi-stakeholder projects across the innovation lifecycle, including ideation, design, piloting, implementation, and scaling.

You will prepare management papers, engage senior stakeholders, and translate strategic guidance