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Head/Deputy Head, RIE Talent

Singapore💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-26 → 2026-09-29

Core

Shape Singapore's overall RIE talent strategy and build an internationally competitive attraction, retention, and development ecosystem for a ~$3.5 billion portfolio of talent-related initiatives.

Role type

Strategy-level director (public sector talent policy)

Builds

National-level talent ecosystem, flagship talent schemes, and policy frameworks for research and innovation

Domain

Public sector / National Research Foundation / Science & Technology Policy

Required skills

Strategy formulation, policy oversight, stakeholder engagement, ecosystem design, data analysis, benchmarking

Preferred skills

Sectoral development experience, secretariat support for high-level panels, global talent headhunting

Technologies

National-level talent platforms, policy analysis tools

Responsibilities

Provide policy oversight over talent initiatives, engage senior management of research institutions and private sector, design and implement talent programmes, analyze talent stock/flow/mix to support policy decisions

Seniority

Senior, strategic leadership

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