Health Promotion Board

Assistant Director, Research & Development (Behavioural Science & Insights)

Permanent

Closing on 30 Oct 2025

What the role is

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The Health Promotion Board (HPB) is seeking a highly motivated, innovative and dynamic candidate to advance health promotion through the translation of research to practice. The job holder will play an important role in charting the next generation of health promotion by distilling learnings and insights from cutting-edge research, rich data and novel technologies for deployment in nation-scale population platforms.

What you will be working on

Job Responsibilities

The jobholder will drive and manage high impact projects in priority growth areas by:

Managing digital product cycle including ideation, design and implementation of feasibility trials, outcome evaluation and translation into deployable solution at scale
Incorporating behavioural insights in the setup, design, implementation and review of human centric user experiences and products
Working with cross-functional teams comprising subject matter experts, data scientists, deployment teams and practitioners to develop innovative and practicable solutions
Demonstrating value to citizens in developed solution through quantifiable outputs and outcomes, and developing compelling narratives to convince and secure buy-in from internal and external stakeholders

Required Skills and Competencies:

Ability to adopt big picture thinking and distil clarity from complex problems
Ability to make connections across divergent areas and converge into solutioning and problem solving
Familiarity with behavioural insights and design thinking
Comfortable managing complexity and ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
Strong sense of intellectual curiosity and openness to new ideas
Ability and willingness to explore and grasp new domain areas quickly
Strong project management skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to engage a wide range of audience
Comfortable as an individual contributor or leading a team

What we are looking for

Required Qualifications

Good degree in any discipline
At least 8 years of total relevant working experience with 5 years of practical experience overseeing and/or managing end-to-end projects including stakeholder management and 3 years of experience leading cross-functional or multidisciplinary teams to oversee development and implementation of end-to-end product cycles or multi-year projects
Practical ground experience and proven track record in applying behavioural insights and/or design thinking
Prior experience working in the field of public health, health care, health sciences, research or quantitative domains will be an added bonus
Knowledge or experience in AI (particularly generative AI) would be an added bonus

About your application process

This job is closing on 30 Oct 2025.

If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the job ad closing date, we seek your understanding that it is likely that we are not moving forward with your application for this role. We thank you for your interest and would like to assure you that this does not affect your other job applications with the Public Service. We encourage you to explore and apply for other roles within Health Promotion Board or the wider Public Service.

About Health Promotion Board

Established in 2001, the Health Promotion Board’s (HPB) vision is to build a nation of healthy people. We aim to empower residents in Singapore to attain optimal health, increase the quality and years of healthy life, and prevent illnesses, disability and premature death. To achieve this, HPB drives national health promotion and disease prevention programmes, spearheads health education initiatives and creates a supportive environment in Singapore where healthy lifestyle options are available and accessible for healthy living every day.

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