Manager/ Senior Manager, Planning

[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 will   work across several of the following workstreams, depending on business needs and   your strengths :

- 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   common understanding   of EDB’s   priorities   and   contribution to the economy .

- D e sign 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 .

[What we are looking for]

We are looking for candidates who   combine system thinking with execution rigour, and who are comfortable operating   at the intersection of strategy,   data   and organisational dynamics.

You should   possess   the following :

- A strong sense   of intellectual curiosity – as manifested in a willingness to   build network   and engage   individuals to   solicit   insights .

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

- Strong   written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to   facilitate   senior-level discussions.

- A bility to influence   and work through   internal/ external stakeholders , while being sensitive to organi s ational 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,   manager   or peer leader.

- Strong analytical capabilities, with ability to draw insights across multiple data sources, and utili s e   appropriate frameworks   to drive discussions

- Singaporean