The People Organization Division (POD) partners with GovTech's leaders and business divisions to shape how we organise, develop, and grow our people. We're hiring a People Business Partner to take strategic ownership of a portfolio of business units, working alongside division leaders to translate business direction into the workforce composition, team structure, and talent decisions that will move it forward.
Government Technology Agency
HR Business Partner
Fixed Terms
Closing on 30 Jul 2026What the role is
What you will be working on
- Workforce planning and organisational design. Shape the size, structure, and capabilities of the workforce in your portfolio. Lead workforce reviews and organisational design work in partnership with division leaders.
- Performance management. Drive the performance and calibration cycle across your portfolio. Coach people managers to lift the quality and consistency of how performance is led.
- Talent and succession. Build the talent map for your portfolio, identify and develop successors for critical roles, and partner leaders on growing the next layer of leadership.
- Manager capability and leadership development. Strengthen the people manager bench in your portfolio. Partner with the relevant teams to bring leadership development into the flow of how managers actually lead.
- Employee relations. Provide judgement and counsel on sensitive people matters across the employee lifecycle, balancing organisational interests with care for individuals.
- Strategic partnership. Work alongside division heads as a thinking partner on organisational direction - diagnosing where the business is, anticipating where it needs to go, and recommending the people moves that get it there.
What we are looking for
- 10+ years of HR experience, with substantial time spent partnering senior business leaders.
- Demonstrated track record across workforce planning, organisational design, performance management, and talent and succession.
- Strategic mindset. Comfortable with ambiguity, able to hold a clear point of view, and confident influencing leaders through credibility.
- Strong judgement on sensitive people matters and the maturity to navigate them with discretion.
- Works effectively across the HR ecosystem - partnering COEs, peers, and the business to deliver integrated solutions.
About your application process
This job is closing on 30 Jul 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 Government Technology Agency or the wider Public Service.
About Government Technology Agency
The Government Technology Agency (GovTech) is the lead agency driving Singapore’s Smart Nation initiatives and public sector digital transformation. As the Centre of Excellence for Infocomm Technology and Smart Systems (ICT & SS), GovTech develops the Singapore Government’s capabilities in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Application Development, Smart City Technology, Digital Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity.
At GovTech, we offer you a purposeful career to make lives better. We empower our people to master their craft through continuous and robust learning and development opportunities all year round. Our GovTechies embody our Agile, Bold and Collaborative values to deliver impactful solutions.
GovTech aims to transform the delivery of Government digital services by taking an "outside-in" view, putting citizens and businesses at the heart of everything we do.
Play a part in Singapore’s vision to build a Smart Nation and embark on your meaningful journey to build tech for public good. Join us to advance our mission and shape your future with us today!
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