Great ideas do not discriminate, and anyone can have them. Given the right protection and support, a great idea can become a powerful brand, a transformative technology, an innovative process or design, or even a song or story that moves one’s soul. Housing Singapore’s largest community of intellectual property (IP) experts, IPOS understands better than anyone how important it is to protect ideas and creations for now and for the future. We leverage our deep technical, legal and business expertise to help innovative enterprises grow, through their intangible assets, including IP, from Singapore, through Singapore. We catalyse the ideas of today, into the assets of tomorrow.

Senior Executive, Strategic Planning and Policy
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
Permanent/Contract
Closing in 4 day(s)
What the role is
What you will be working on
As a member of the Strategic Planning and Policy team, you will be involved in charting our national direction and strategy to develop Singapore as a global hub for intangible assets and IP. You will be directly involved in Singapore’s efforts to formulate and implement policies and initiatives that will support our creators, innovators and enterprises in using their intangible assets for growth. In your role, you will have the opportunity to work closely with local and international stakeholders, including government and innovation agencies, IP practitioners, innovators and enterprises.
Specifically, your role will involve the following:
• Shaping organisational directions and outcomes together with senior management and other departments, including through policy, data and economic studies;
• Engaging with local and international partners to formulate and implement initiatives to help enterprises use their intangible assets and IP for growth; and
• Supporting the department in a variety of tasks, including organising and coordinating meetings, stakeholder engagements, and data analytics and visualisation.
What we are looking for
Please write to us if you:
• Are looking for opportunities to obtain experience and knowledge in innovation and IP.
• Enjoy working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including enterprises, industry practitioners and economic agencies.
• Have experience in data and/or statistical analysis.
• Possess strong communication skills, and the capacity to generate new ideas and derive practical solutions.
About Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) is the national authority that registers and is responsible for the administration of IP rights in Singapore. IPOS helps businesses use intangible assets (IA) and IP to grow and is committed to building Singapore into an international IA/IP hub. We help to catalyse a future driven by life-enhancing, commercially successful ideas created by businesses, professionals and everyday people. We help to turn today’s ideas into tomorrow’s assets. IPOS is a statutory board under the Ministry of Law.