Strategic Planning Manager

Public Service Division; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Public Service Division seeks a Manager/Senior Manager to shape Singapore's economic strategy alongside senior management. You will drive planning, engage stakeholders, and manage performance systems across multiple workstreams.

You will demonstrate strong analytical ability, cross-functional collaboration, and the capacity to operate in an unstructured environment while aligning with government priorities.

Qualifications

• Strong sense of intellectual curiosity and ability to build networks to solicit 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.
• Ability to influence and work with internal/external stakeholders while understanding organisational dynamics.
• Self-starter with ability to work in unstructured environments and adapt across teams.
• Strong analytical capabilities to draw insights from multiple data sources.

Responsibilities

• 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 understanding of priorities and contributions 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.

Skills

Intellectual curiosity

Synthesis skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder influence

Self-motivation

Analytical skills

Local Singaporean

Job description

Public Service Division seeks a Manager/Senior Manager to shape Singapore's economic strategy alongside senior management. You will drive planning, engage stakeholders, and manage performance systems across multiple workstreams.

You will demonstrate strong analytical ability, cross-functional collaboration, and the capacity to operate in an unstructured environment while aligning with government priorities.