Info-communications Media Development Authority

M/AM, Open Innovation Platform

Fixed Terms

Closing on 30 Jan 2026

What the role is

In this role, you will champion "innovation-as-a-service", helping corporates leverage technology to achieve their business outcomes and contribute to Singapore's digital economy. You will work closely with corporates to understand their business needs, guide their digital innovation journeys, and enable successful outcomes through two key products:

(a) Open Innovation Platform (OIP) - our national digital marketplace that connects corporates with innovative solution providers through crowdsourcing challenges. Through OIP, you will help organisations transform their business challenges into opportunities for digital innovation.

(b) IMDA PIXEL - our innovation experience centre where corporates can explore and engage with emerging technologies in a tactile business-contextualised manner. Here, you will facilitate hands-on technology discovery and adoption.

What you will be working on

Industry Engagement and Project Management:

Drive Corporate Innovation: Identify and engage corporate partners, articulate OIP’s value proposition, and convert/onboard them for innovation challenges. Apply design thinking principles to help partners define and refine challenges, uncover user needs, and translate business requirements into clear, actionable briefs
Lead Innovation Challenge Management: Oversee the end-to-end project lifecycle of multiple innovation challenges, coordinating across challenge owners, solution providers, and internal stakeholders. Use a consultative and facilitative approach to guide ideation, solution development, and evaluation towards achieving meaningful business outcomes
Strategic Account Management: Develop and execute strategies for key stakeholders to build and maintain strong relationships with corporates, identifying opportunities for deeper collaboration and value creation
Grant management: Leverage appropriate grant instruments to drive partnerships with industry, accelerate sector-level innovation, and drive impactful sector use cases
Data-driven: Leverage historical data, market research and industry trends to develop and refine engagement strategies, while establishing quantifiable metrics to track and measure innovation project outcomes

Requirements:

At least 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in industry-facing/corporate-facing roles, digital innovation, innovation consulting and management, or related fields
Demonstrated experience applying design thinking, service design, or user-centric innovation frameworks to help organisations identify challenges, ideate solutions, and validate opportunities
Proven ability to facilitate or lead design thinking workshops, particularly in problem framing and solution scoping, engaging cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders
Familiarity with the innovation ecosystem (e.g., corporate innovation roles, technology accelerators, incubators) is a plus
Strong ability to adapt to changes, with excellent written and verbal communication skills to engage, influence, and facilitate across multiple stakeholder levels
Demonstrated initiative, resourcefulness, and strong problem-solving abilities, with a drive to turn ideas into tangible outcomes

What we are looking for

Why Join:

Be part of a young, vibrant, fun and transforming team to strategise, refine and execute the OIP product for the next bound.
Shape the ethos of a start-up in government, being scrappy, running fast and lean, and failing forward.
Rare opportunity to co-develop and drive an innovation platform in government, to benefit corporates, industry at large and the economy at scale.
Enjoy a collaborative environment where you can work with a diverse range of stakeholders, including ecosystem and industry partners, innovation community groups and government agencies.

Position will commensurate with experience.

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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About your application process

This job is closing on 30 Jan 2026.

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 Info-communications Media Development Authority or the wider Public Service.

About Info-communications Media Development Authority

Info-communications Media Development Authority (www.imda.gov.sg) offers a rewarding career that gives you a front seat in the fast-changing infocomm media sector, where technology and content are shaping the way people view the world more than ever. We offer a wide range of opportunities, where talented individuals and teams can make a difference. Whether you are developing a telecommunications policy affecting consumers or spearheading a scheme to nurture budding media talents, each member of IMDA contributes towards driving innovation, enhancing productivity for economic growth, and improving the quality of life for all Singaporeans. As a statutory board in the Ministry of Communications and Information, IMDA promotes and regulates the infocomm and media sectors.

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