Assistant Director

**Responsibilities**:
DSO National Laboratories (DSO) is Singapore’s largest defence research and development (R&D) organisation, with the critical mission to develop technological solutions to sharpen the cutting edge of Singapore's national security. At DSO, you will develop more than just a career. This is where you will make a real impact and shape the future of defence across the spectrum of air, land, sea, space and cyberspace.

The Corporate Plans and Services (CPS) Division undertakes a range of responsibilities in innovation, Strategic Planning, and Partnerships, and collaborates with R&D divisions in the areas of Finance, Estate Management, and Procurement to meet DSO’s strategic and business needs.

People are DSO’s greatest asset. You will get to realise your career aspirations and develop your own niche either as a deep technical expert or a leader in the team. With frequent career dialogues and a robust training and development framework, we will provide you with the necessary development tools for you to reach your potential. You will also be recognised and rewarded through competitive remuneration packages and scholarship opportunities.

Assistant Director (Organisation Excellence)

In this role, you will:

- Lead studies to review, develop and implement initiatives to address gaps and enhance management systems, policies and processes to ensure a high-performance DSO.
- Lead Corporate Plans & Services (CPS)#s digital transformation effort using design thinking approach, and drive data
- analytics effort with the aim to improve operations and governance by deriving insights from data.
- Oversee and drive agenda setting for Organisation and Division-level Management Meetings
- Assume Board Secretary role and ensure smooth running of Board-related activities including organisation of Corporate Briefing sessions for new Board members, agenda setting and conduct of Board Meetings and AGM, and working with Ministry counterparts to plan for the renewal of the Board.
- Lead the development of Annual Report and Workplan to apprise DSO Board on DSO’s organisational performance and strategic focus for each work year.
- Lead the OE team in the management of DSO’s Key Performance Indicator (KPI) and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Framework. This includes monitoring of performance indicators and risk items, conducting regular review and reporting to management, to ensure relevance to DSO#s prevailing business strategy and objectives. As part of this effort, you will also be looking into the optimisation and digitalisation of the reporting process.
- Drive the formulation of Corporate Plans & Services (CPS) workplan and annual report. You will also maintain oversight of CPS workplan initiatives through quarterly reporting to CPS management.
- Work as a team with members in the Strategic Plans Cluster to plan and organize Management Retreats and Workplan Seminars at DSO and CPS Division level.
- Lead any other adhoc workstreams related to organisation performance and stakeholder management.

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Science or Engineering
- 12 to 15 years of experience in corporate planning and/or business excellence
- Prior experience in Corporate Planning, and KPI and ERM management would be preferred
- Knowledge in Tableau or Power BI dashboard development for corporate reporting would be an advantage
- Strong writing, interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Good project management and organisational skills
- Comfortable to deal with different levels from senior leadership group, middle management to junior staff
- Able to work with mínimal supervision
- Proactive and able to work under time pressure in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.