Assistant Manager, Workplace Innovation

About the role

The Institute for Adult Learning (IAL), an autonomous institute of the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), is hiring an Assistant Manager, Workplace Innovation. Reporting to the Assistant Director, Workplace Innovation, the appointee acts as the team's innovation and productisation specialist. The role drives the institute's workplace learning solutioning capability and advises funded innovation projects, working across teams.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and package workplace learning interventions into scalable, market-ready solutions, covering needs sensing, design, piloting, refinement and go-to-market, grounded in adult learning principles and performance-centred design.
• Create enablement resources such as solution briefs, facilitation guides, case studies and toolkits, and train and coach consultants on how to position and deliver solutions to enterprises.
• Monitor solution adoption, gather enterprise feedback and use it to iterate products and identify new learning needs.
• Contribute to the solutioning knowledge base, including learning needs analysis frameworks and workplace learning methodologies.
• Advise funded project teams on strengthening the pedagogical foundations and market-readiness of their innovations, including alignment with adult learning principles, learning transfer and scalability.
• Review learning design at key project milestones and give structured, pedagogy-informed feedback.

Required profile

• Master's or Bachelor's degree in education, learning sciences, instructional design, adult education, business management or a related field; a mix of educational and business qualifications is an advantage.
• 5-8 years of experience in learning design, instructional design, curriculum development or adult education, with proven use of adult learning theory in designing and evaluating learning interventions.
• Background in business development, product management or strategic planning in education or L&D is welcome.
• Experience productising learning solutions (delivery models, solution packaging, consultant enablement) is highly valued.
• Prior experience in the TAE sector or in L&D roles within enterprises is highly preferred.

Required skills

• Business acumen: assessing market needs, developing value propositions and positioning learning solutions for enterprise adoption.
• Strong communication and presentation skills to engage stakeholders, including senior management and enterprise clients.
• Systems thinking, problem-solving and independent work alongside teamwork.
• Ability to meet deadlines and deliver on KPIs.

What we offer

• Competitive pay package.
• Hybrid work arrangement (subject to job role).
• Medical benefits, flex benefits and family care leaves.
• Wellness and recreation activities, volunteer service leaves and lifelong learning opportunities.
• Career development through internal job postings and transfers.