Senior Executive/Assistant Director (Digitalisation Strategy & Governance) Ministry of Sustaina[...]

What the role is:

At MSE and our family of agencies – PUB, NEA, and SFA – we drive sustainability and resilience initiatives that improve the everyday lives of Singaporeans.

As part of the MSE Family, you will be at the forefront of innovation, leading efforts to safeguard water resources, protect public health, and ensure food safety.

Through partnerships across sectors, we tackle evolving challenges while fostering an inclusive, safe, and supportive workplace.

Join us in shaping Singapore’s sustainable future and making a lasting impact on the everyday lives of generations to come.

As part of the team driving the Ministry’s digital transformation, you’ll play a key role in shaping and implementing strategies, policies, and governance frameworks.

Your work will help ensure technology investments support business goals while meeting governance and compliance requirements.

What you will be working on:

Strategic Planning and Governance

Develop and drive digitalisation initiatives, including:

• Formulating strategies and roadmaps to guide the Ministry’s digital transformation
• Designing governance frameworks for key areas such as data and AI
• Engaging teams across the Ministry Family to build shared understanding, coordinating implementation, and tracking progress

Transformation and Adoption

Translate business needs and drive adoption of digital solutions to transform work effectiveness and efficiency:

• Identify and support smooth adoption of digital tools and practices
• Drive change management and communication efforts to promote adoption of digital tools to raise awareness and secure buy-in
• Oversee project timelines, budgets, and resources

Building Digital Capability and Competency

Enhance digital literary across the Ministry through targeted learning and development:

• Identify skill gaps and design learning programmes
• Curate relevant resources and facilitate learning sessions/workshops
• Measure outcomes to ensure staff are equipped with relevant skills

What we are looking for:

• Knowledge in organisation development, and process review;
• Experience in IT product management and development, and digitalisation of work processes would be advantageous;
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, writing skills and excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage with diverse stakeholders;
• Good team player as well as an independent contributor that is agile, resilient, and collaborative.
  
  

About Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

The Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) is committed to providing Singaporeans with a clean and sustainable environment, and safe and secure supplies of food and water.

MSE’s key priorities are to ensure a sustainable, resource-efficient and climate resilient Singapore.

Our three strategic directions include economic resilience, resource resilience and climate resilience.

We enjoy challenging and diverse careers, which are bound together by the common cause - making Singapore’s living environment among the best in the world.

Everyone who works at MSE has a role to play in helping to shape our environment – not just for now, but for generations to come.

We are constantly on the lookout for energetic, pro-active and committed individuals to join us.

Successful candidates can expect a fulfilling career with competitive remuneration package and comprehensive range of benefits, as well as opportunities for cross-deployment within MSE and our Statutory Boards as part of our holistic career development.

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