Senior Executive / Assistant Director / Senior Assistant Director, LTTO & LPFD

The Legal Technology Transformation Office (LTTO) and Legal Partnerships & Futures Division (LPFD) are divisions within MinLaw’s Legal Industry Group, with a mission to shape Singapore's future as a global legal powerhouse. LTTO develops strategies and implements initiatives to enable law practices and legal professionals to harness technology in a safe, responsible and sustainable manner, supported by quality infrastructure and a thriving legaltech ecosystem. LPFD leads MinLaw’s engagement with the legal sector, including Singapore Law Practices, professional bodies, in-house counsel and other stakeholders in various areas of interest, including legaltech. Given the close alignment of the responsibilities and objectives of LTTO and LPFD, your role will straddle both divisions and will interact with the Legal Industry and Talent Development Division and other internal and external stakeholders to chart the future of legaltech adoption and innovation and engage the legal sector through: • Monitoring, anticipating, and contextualising the impact of new technology on the legal sector, and developing responses to them. • Developing legaltech adoption strategies for the legal sector, including Singapore-based in-house counsel. • Enhancing the vibrancy of Singapore’s legaltech ecosystem through strategic partnerships, capability development, and fostering innovation activities locally. • Formulating grant policies and overseeing the administration of grant programmes to support Singapore Law Practices in adopting IT solutions and consultancy services. • Strengthening the cybersecurity posture of Singapore Law Practices through policy development, guidance frameworks, and capability building initiatives. • Working with relevant stakeholders to enhance access to justice through technology adoption. • Designing and implementing a comprehensive engagement strategy for the legal industry. • Regularly communicating with various industry stakeholders to maintain key relationships in the legal arena and manage stakeholder relationships. • Promoting initiatives that aim to enhance the competitiveness of the legal sector, including those relating to legaltech and internationalisation of legal services.

Your key responsibilities will include: • Formulating and reviewing grant policies to enhance programme effectiveness. • Managing grant programme administration, including evaluating applications, monitoring compliance, and fund disbursement. • Engaging with Singapore Law Practices, technology vendors, and other stakeholders for the purposes of grant programme administration and building and maintaining key relationships in the legal arena. • Organising and managing engagement sessions and developing briefing and presentation materials. • Designing and administering policies or programmes to enable law practices and legal professionals to discover legaltech, drive adoption and build digital capabilities.

*Key Competencies* • [Systems Thinking]: Connect issues with larger system and identify inter-dependencies across issues/ domains/ agencies • [Clear and Concise Writing]: Crystalise core issues via clear and concise writing • [Deep Critical Thinking]: Distil critical issues and sense-make from a wide range of information, arriving at effective policy solutions • [Industry Engagement]: Develop and implement stakeholder engagement strategies to enhance their participation in ways that complement the agency's objectives and add value to the agency's services • [Sector/ Industry Development]: Formulate and implement strategies, policies, and plans, in collaboration with sector partners and stakeholders, to drive the transformation and development of the sector *Work Experience/Personal Traits* • Strong project management skills with attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities and projects. • Strong analytical skills to distil complex issues and synthesise various policy objectives. • Strong interpersonal skills for effective collaboration with various industry stakeholders and ability to influence and collaborate with multiple stakeholders. • Ability to innovate and be creative in problem-solving. • Ability to work well independently as well as in a team. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills to be able to distil and convey ideas with clarity. • Possess strategic vision for collaboration with colleagues and industry stakeholders to formulate and implement sector development initiatives. • Prior experience in grant administration, policy development, or financial programme management would be an advantage. We welcome candidates from diverse academic backgrounds. While legal qualifications and/or relevant work experience are an advantage, your passion and potential matter most. Successful candidates will be offered a 1-year contract in the first instance, subject to renewal. #LI-SW1