Enterprise Singapore

Deputy Director, Future Leaders Attraction

Permanent

Closing on 17 Dec 2025

What the role is

The Enterprise Academy (EA) builds organisational capabilities that enables EnterpriseSG to stay ahead of the curve and deliver on its mission as an economic development agency. Our raison d’etre is to build a pipeline of next generation talent and grow future fluent Enterprise leaders.

We attract and develop a bench of agile, innovative and collaborative early talent, build and deepen organisational core competencies and future fluent capabilities at all levels through curating and designing learning and development experiences, and enabling the knowledge and learning ecosystem.

You will play a key role in developing our most prized assets: our People. If you are passionate about talent attraction and unlocking growth potential through learning and development, desire to champion and lead initiatives, experiment novel ideas and scale innovative practices that make a positive impact - Join us on an exhilarating journey!

Deputy Director

As a middle manager, you will coach and nurture a high performing team to enable their professional development, enhance job performance and unlock potential. You will play a key role in shaping and executing talent strategies in a domain area such as - Early Talent Attraction including Employer Branding, and Capability Development, taking an eco-system approach in engaging multiple partners for diversity of perspectives and building communities of influence.

Responsibilities in Early Talent Attraction & Engagement

You will own and shape the Early Talent Attraction/Employer Branding and Engagement strategy through to execution by developing deep insight of the early talent education landscape and market, applying relevant frameworks to move from and between strategy-execution-impact measurement, and implementing creative and innovative approaches.

You will oversee Early Talent initiatives such as EnterpriseSG Global Executive Scholarship, Internship and Management Associate Programme; managing the full-cycle process for early talent recruitment from Screening, Selecting through to Onboarding.

What you will be working on

Responsibilities include:

Developing, executing and measuring impact of on-off campus engagements, partnerships and talent attraction initiatives on EnterpriseSG Employer Brand and pipeline building
Representing EnterpriseSG’s work in economic development at relevant on-off campus platforms and engage prospective hires, on-off campus communities, influencers and alumni
Designing and ensuring an exceptional and delightful experience to prospective candidates and internal partners in the recruitment journey
Driving efforts to improve efficiency and effectiveness by optimising and re-imagining processes
Overseeing the team in managing Early Talent initiatives such as EnterpriseSG Global Executive Scholarship, Internship and Management Associate Programme
Guiding and working alongside the team in designing relevant in-programme engagement experiences and coaching interventions at scale that maximises effectiveness and impact
Establishing and monitoring success measures; translate data to actionable insights to inform strategy reviews and programme management

What we are looking for

Requirements

To succeed in this role, you should be/have:

Expertise in human capital domain areas such as talent acquisition, graduate recruitment, talent management and development, or experience developing and/or executing similar early talent programmes and employer branding strategies
People management experience or demonstrated deep interest and passion for developing talent
Exceptional communication skills and able to deliver succinct, impactful presentations
Adept at building relationships with and engaging diverse stakeholder groups, with the resilience to drive change
Highly adaptable and comfortable working with and through ambiguity in a matrix environment
A resourceful self-starter with a learner mindset
Experience in process optimisation, recruitment technology, and using evidence/data based approach in translating data to actionable insights to inform decision making

About your application process

This job is closing on 17 Dec 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 Enterprise Singapore or the wider Public Service.

About Enterprise Singapore

Enterprise Singapore is the government agency championing enterprise development. The agency works with committed companies to build capabilities, innovate and internationalise. It also supports the growth of Singapore as a hub for global trading and startups, and builds trust in Singapore’s products and services through quality and standards. Visit www.enterprisesg.gov.sg for more information.

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