Senior Talent & Leadership Strategist

national trades union congress (ntuc); Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) in Singapore is seeking a Senior Manager to lead talent assessment, succession planning, leadership development and mobility initiatives across the organisation. You will manage lifecycle processes, analyse patterns, and drive development actions to strengthen the leadership pipeline.

The role involves coordinating cross-functional activities, partnering with NTUC entities and public service agencies, and delivering data-driven workforce strategies with

Qualifications

• Degree in any discipline.
• At least 5 years of experience in talent management, succession planning, leadership development, workforce planning or another relevant HR role.
• For appointment as Senior Manager, experience leading organisation-wide workstreams and reviewing or supervising the work of other team members.
• Experience using data from multiple sources to identify patterns, test assumptions, support recommendations and monitor outcomes.
• Experience taking projects from problem definition and design through to implementation and review.

Responsibilities

• Manage the annual potential assessment and talent review exercises, including coordinating inputs and preparing analyses and materials for management discussions.
• Analyse assessment patterns across departments and over time, identify outliers or inconsistencies, and determine where further review is required.
• Maintain an organisation-wide view of succession coverage, successor readiness, pipeline gaps and development needs for critical roles.
• Identify critical capability and leadership gaps within the succession pipeline and develop plans to strengthen successor readiness through targeted development, posting and talent interventions.
• Provide recommendations on talent, succession and leadership development matters based on assessment outcomes, workforce data and organisational needs.
• Translate management decisions into succession, posting and development actions, with identified owners and timelines.
• Track whether agreed actions are completed and update the succession picture as circumstances change.
• Maintain the accuracy, consistency and confidentiality of talent information.
• Develop and maintain leadership development pathways and frameworks that support the progression of leaders across different career and leadership stages.
• Use organisational priorities, talent data and assessment findings to define development needs and target groups.
• Design or source leadership development interventions based on the identified need and intended outcome.
• Implement programmes and assessments from planning and procurement through to delivery and review.
• Establish measures for participation, application and outcomes, and use the findings to retain, modify or stop interventions.
• Resolve implementation issues with stakeholders and vendors to keep projects on schedule and within budget.
• Review the effectiveness of talent and leadership frameworks and recommend improvements based on organisational needs and implementation experience.
• Establish and maintain working relationships with NTUC entities, public service agencies and other organisations that could participate in secondment arrangements.
• Identify secondment opportunities that address NTUC’s capability needs or provide identified officers with relevant work exposure.
• Work with sending and receiving organisations to agree on the role, duration, funding, reporting arrangements and return plans for each secondment.

Skills

Talent management

Succession planning

Leadership development

Workforce planning

Data analysis

Project management

Education

Degree in any discipline

Job description

National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) in Singapore is seeking a Senior Manager to lead talent assessment, succession planning, leadership development and mobility initiatives across the organisation. You will manage lifecycle processes, analyse patterns, and drive development actions to strengthen the leadership pipeline.

The role involves coordinating cross-functional activities, partnering with NTUC entities and public service agencies, and delivering data-driven workforce strategies with