Deputy Director, ICT & SS Risk Specialist

GovTech is the lead agency driving Singapore’s Smart Nation initiatives and public sector digital transformation. As the Centre of Excellence for Infocomm Technology and Smart Systems (ICT SS) GovTech develops the Singapore Government’s capabilities in Data Science Artificial Intelligence Application Development Smart City Technology Digital Infrastructure and Cybersecurity.

At;GovTech we offer you a purposeful career to make lives better where we empower our people to master their craft through robust learning and development opportunities all year round.

Play a part in Singapore’s vision to build a Smart Nation and embark on your meaningful journey to build tech for public good. Join us to advance our mission and shape your future with us today!

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:1 The challenge

What happens when technology delivery and threats move faster than an organisation’s ability to see and respond to risk?

And what could become possible if risk management moved just as quickly?

Every organisation needs a way to detect warning signs connect the dots and act before problems spread.

That is the role of governance risk and control.

Think of it as the organisation’s nervous system. It picks up signals from across the organisation helps leaders make sense of them and enables a timely response.

When that system works well teams can move faster take smarter risks and deliver with greater confidence. When it does not warning signs are missed decisions slow down and governance becomes a barrier rather than an enabler.

GovTech has strong platforms talented people and an important mission. As our role and public impact grow the risks we manage are becoming more interconnected fast-moving and consequential.

We are looking for Deputy Directors and Assistant Directors in Enterprise Risk Management who want to help build what comes next.

You will have the opportunity to challenge established practices experiment with data and AI influence senior decisions and shape how one of Singapore’s most important technology organisations manages risk.

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1 This is a role for people who want more than a steady portfolio. It is for those who want to build push boundaries and leave the system better than they found it.

What you will have the chance to change. We want to move enterprise risk management

from periodic reporting to more continuous risk visibility

from manual collation to data and AI-enabled insight

from risk registers to clearer decisions and action

from unclear accountability to risks with active owners

from retrospective assurance to earlier intervention

from compliance activity to practical support for delivery

This is not simply a reporting role. You will help shape how risk is understood discussed owned and acted upon across GovTech.

Your mandate

Your job is to make enterprise risk management useful.

You will work with senior leaders risk owners and teams across GovTech to identify what matters make trade-offs visible and support action before issues become incidents.

Depending on your experience and appointment level you will lead or take ownership of significant ERM portfolios and initiatives.

You will have room to test ideas challenge established practices and build better approaches. You will also need to influence people you do not manage and create clarity where risks priorities or accountabilities are contested.

That is part of the job.

Break the Frame

Modern risk management cannot rely only on inherited frameworks templates and periodic reporting.

We want people who are prepared to question established practices test better approaches and rethink how risk management should work in a technology organisation.

You will explore how data AI and automation can help GovTech

detect weak signals and emerging risks earlier

connect information across the organisation

reduce manual reporting and administrative work

give leaders more timely and useful risk insight

strengthen judgement without removing human accountability

This requires an experimental mindset. You should be comfortable testing ideas learning from what does not work and turning successful experiments into practical capabilities.

The aim is not to use AI to perform old processes faster. It is to ask whether those processes are still needed and design better ones where they are not.

We call this Break the Frame looking beyond established ways of working pushing boundaries responsibly and building an ERM function that can keep pace with modern technology.

What you will do

Strengthen our ERM approach

Develop and improve GovTech’s enterprise risk framework methodology and governance arrangements.

Clarify who owns each risk how issues should be escalated and where decisions should sit.

Make sure the approach works for a modern technology organisation rather than forcing teams into processes that add little value.

Build a forward-looking view of risk

Maintain a current view of GovTech’s key risks across strategy technology operations delivery vendors regulation data reputation and organisational capability.

Look beyond known issues and past incidents. Identify emerging threats dependencies and concentrations of risk before they become larger problems.

Keep GovTech’s enterprise risk profile register and monitoring approach relevant and useful to decision-makers.

Support better leadership decisions

Provide clear and practical advice to senior leadership Board-level committees auditors and oversight bodies including SNDGO and relevant central agencies.

Turn complex risk issues into straightforward choices trade-offs and recommendations.

Help leaders understand what matters most what needs to be done who should act and where attention is required.

Modernise how risk management is done

Improve processes that are too manual retrospective or disconnected from day-to-day operations.

Use data AI automation and emerging technologies to improve the timeliness and quality of risk information.

Run practical experiments test new approaches and turn successful ideas into reusable capabilities.

Develop tools and guidance that help teams manage risk as part of their work not as a separate compliance exercise.

Work across GovTech

Partner with product engineering cybersecurity operations policy procurement and corporate functions.

Help leaders balance delivery speed resilience governance and risk appetite.

Build trusted relationships and support honest conversations especially where risks or accountabilities are unclear or contested.

Represent GovTech in relevant cross-agency risk and governance forums.

1 What good looks like

Success will not be measured by the number of reports produced.

You will know the role is making a difference when

leadership has a clearer view of GovTech’s most important risks

risks are surfaced earlier and acted on faster

ownership and accountability are clear

risk insight improves strategic and operational decisions

governance supports responsible delivery rather than slowing it down

manual reporting is reduced

successful experiments lead to better ways of working

teams see ERM as a practical partner

GovTech is better prepared for disruption and emerging risks

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1 We are looking for people who want to improve how things work not simply maintain existing processes. You should bring

relevant experience in enterprise risk governance assurance or a related field

experience in a technology-intensive operationally complex or regulated organisation

a strong understanding of risk appetite governance accountability and assurance

sound judgement and the confidence to challenge constructively

the ability to turn complex issues into clear choices and actions

credibility with senior leaders auditors regulators and technical teams

experience influencing across organisational boundaries

curiosity about how data AI and automation can improve risk management

a willingness to experiment learn and challenge the status quo

Candidates considered for the Deputy Director level should have substantial leadership experience enterprise-wide influence and the confidence to advise senior leaders and oversight bodies on complex risk matters.

Candidates considered for the Assistant Director level should have strong delivery capability sound risk judgement and the ability to lead significant portfolios and stakeholder engagements.

What would be useful

Experience or strength in one or more of the following would be valuable

government technology

critical digital infrastructure

large-scale platforms or digital services

technology or operational resilience

digital transformation

risk analytics automation or AI-enabled risk management

systems thinking including the ability to see dependencies feedback loops and second-order effects

narrative competence including the ability to turn complex risk issues into clear and persuasive stories that support decisions

You do not need to tick every box. Relevant experience matters but so do judgement curiosity and the ability to make change happen.

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GovTech;is an;equal opportunity;employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that values diverse voices and perspectives as we believe that diversity is the foundation to innovation.:false:false:1:1:0

Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach offering a holistic and market-competitive suite of;perks. These include leave benefits to meet your work-life needs and employee wellness programs.:false:false:1:1:0

We champion flexible work arrangements (subject to your job role) and trust that you will manage your own time to deliver your best wherever you are and whatever works best for you.:false:false:1:1:0

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