Senior Manager/manager, Research

2 days ago

Downtown Core, Singapore Singapore Business Federation Full time

Job Responsibilities:

- Provide leadership and guide the other member(s) of the team to identify, analyse and address issues of concern to businesses.
- Gather feedback to understand and identify the needs, concerns and future plans of businesses through surveys, quick polls and focus group discussions.
- Plan and manage the conduct of research in different geographical markets and a broad range of issues related to internationalisation, with the ability to chart trends and track indicators across markets. This includes planning and managing the conduct of internationalisation surveys.
- Conduct research and analysis on issues of concern facing significant segments of SMEs and the wider business community.
- Conducting workshops and focus group discussions, including the conduct of qualitative interviews and documenting case studies to showcase successful SMEs and provide guidance on best practices.
- Producing topical research reports, newsletters, economic write-ups and commentaries, and other in-depth market studies.
- Engage and work with the business community and relevant stakeholders to identify policies and programmes that should be put in place or changed to create a more pro-enterprise environment.
- Collaborating and liaising with government agencies, think-tanks, trade associations, business chambers and the business community at large.
- Work closely with respective business units (especially those related to internationalization) to understand and distil key areas of interest and concerns.
- Presentation of findings to Council members and other internal and external stakeholders at relevant platforms.

Job requirements:

- Degree in Economics, Statistics, Finance, Business or a related discipline.
- 6-8 years of work experience, with more than 5 years of work experience in a research or policy formulation role.
- Strong analytical, consultation, facilitation, planning, research and presentation skills.
- Knowledge in the use of any of the following data science tools would be looked upon favourably: SPSS, Power BI, Tableau, R, SPSS and Python.
- Ability to present research and data findings in an easily understandable format that appeals to the business community.
- Strong written and communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage and reach out to external stakeholders and businesses at various levels.
- Proficient in organising, facilitating and leading focus group discussions and in-depth interviews.
- Have a good understanding of our Government’s policies, programmes and schemes for businesses as well as government regulations that impact businesses and have a passion in helping Singapore businesses.
- Comfortable in handling multiple tasks and projects.
- A self-starter and an effective team player.

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