IPOS is strengthening its enterprise organisational development capability to support workplace transformation. As Assistant Director (Organisational Development), you will lead the design and delivery of organisational development (OD) and change strategies that enable major enterprise-level initiatives to succeed. You will translate strategic priorities into clear organisational solutions by aligning structures, operating models, governance and stakeholder engagement to drive sustainable outcomes. This is a hands-on enterprise role requiring both strategic thinking and practical hands-on execution.
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
Assistant Director (Organisational Development) Workplace Transformation
Permanent
Closing on 26 Mar 2026What the role is
What you will be working on
What You Will Do
• Develop and implement enterprise OD and change frameworks to support workplace transformation priorities.
• Partner clusters, departments and programme teams to assess organisational impacts and design effective organisational solutions for major operational, digital and workplace initiatives.
• Advise senior leaders on organisation design, operating model alignment, governance clarity, stakeholder risks and change sequencing.
• Design and drive structured engagement and communication approaches to strengthen alignment and sustained adoption across IPOS.
• Build sustainable in-house OD and change capability through playbooks, toolkits and advisory support. Where required, lead external consultants to strengthen internal capabilities and embed long-term OD practices within IPOS.
What we are looking for
What We Are Looking For
• At least 8 years of relevant experience in OD, enterprise change or transformation roles.
• Track record supporting organisation-wide or multi-stakeholder initiatives, preferably within or in partnership with the Singapore public sector.
• Strong understanding of organisation design, operating model implementation and change adoption methodologies.
• Ability to operate independently in a lean environment and engage senior stakeholders across functions to drive alignment and decisions.
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience in consulting or cross-functional transformation environments will be an advantage.
About your application process
This job is closing on 26 Mar 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 Intellectual Property Office of Singapore or the wider Public Service.
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.
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