Manager/ Senior Manager, Planning

GVT Government Technology Agency

Singapore

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Job Description

[What the role is]

About Planning

The Planning team works closely with senior management to shape EDB's strategies and priorities, drive coherence in formulation and execution, and track progress and effectiveness of EDB's strategies and priorities.

Our work is anchored on the three core roles of setting the organisation direction, implementing stakeholder interventions, and designing and building execution systems.

[What you will be working on]

We are currently looking for a Manager/Senior Manager

In this role, you willwork across several of the following workstreams, depending on business needs andyour strengths:

Assess opportunities or threats to Singapore's competitiveness and EDB's economic strategyin light ofglobal anddomestic trends.

Engagestakeholders within and outside EDB to drivecommon understandingof EDB'sprioritiesandcontribution 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 andperformance ofEDBindustries and firms.

Establish sound data management,standardise methodologies and analytical tools to supportreportingand operations.

[What we are looking for]

We are looking for candidates whocombine system thinking with execution rigour, and who are comfortable operatingat the intersection of strategy,dataand organisational dynamics.

You shouldpossessthe following:

A strong senseof intellectual curiosity - as manifested in a willingness tobuild networkand engageindividuals tosolicitinsights.

Ability to quickly synthesise current/past work on a given topic (whether through literature reviews or reaching out to the right people), andidentifythe delta to focus efforts on.

Strongwritten and verbal communication skills, with the ability tofacilitatesenior-level discussions.

Ability to influenceand work throughinternal/ external stakeholders, while being sensitive to organisational dynamics and ground realities.

Be a self-starter with the ability to work in an unstructured environment, and flex in different teams as an individual contributor,manageror peer leader.