Assistant Director, Performance, Planning & Screening (2-Year Contract)

About the role

The Health Promotion Board (HPB) is recruiting an Assistant Director for its Planning, Performance & Screening Division (PPS), based in the Planning Department. PPS leads national health promotion planning and runs the Healthier SG Programme, which encourages regular screening for chronic diseases and specific cancers (breast, cervical and colorectal). The role is a 2-year contract.

Key responsibilities

• Foster strategic partnerships with healthcare sector stakeholders to implement and refine screening-related policies, including coordination with the Ministry of Health on national screening priorities, engagement with public healthcare institutions on operational models and reporting processes, and partnership with the Agency of Integrated Care on change management.
• Support multi-agency workgroups on screening as a key resource person, translating policies into operational frameworks that are accessible and cost-effective.
• Coordinate across internal teams and external partners to deliver planning objectives and organisational outcomes.
• Conduct horizon scanning to identify new screening opportunities and collaborations, turning them into implementation plans with internal teams.
• Assess the feasibility of different strategies and provide analytical insights to guide senior management decisions.
• Work with data and partnership teams to find data synergies, analyse data to identify opportunities, and run post-implementation reviews to improve screening uptake nationally.

Required profile

• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in policy review, strategic planning or related fields, including 2 years in supervisory roles.
• Proven track record of delivering complex projects and managing partner and stakeholder relationships.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills, able to navigate complexity and ambiguity with sound judgement.
• Able to understand stakeholder needs and operational feasibility and turn them into grounded policy formulation and evaluation.
• Exemplifies HPB's core values of respect, care and concern, professionalism, innovativeness, excellence and person-centricity.

Required skills

• Data analysis and related software such as Python and R.
• Familiarity with evaluation methodologies in public health or public policy contexts.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and writing skills.
• An advantage: experience on the impact and use of technology in policy operations.