Job Description

The Government Technology Agency (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. We also develop the Smart Nation infrastructure and applications, and facilitate collaboration with citizens and businesses to co-develop technologies.

Join us as we support Singapore\xe2\x80\x99s vision of building a Smart Nation - a nation of possibilities empowered through info-communications technology and related engineering.

Digitalising Governance (Information, Communications Technology & Smart Systems \xe2\x80\x93 ICT & SS) is a shift in the mental model from a conventional \xe2\x80\x9cgate-keeper\xe2\x80\x9d of policies to a governance mind-set that is pro-active, data-driven and more anticipatory in managing ICT & SS risks.

Your primary focus will be to operationalize the Integrated Sense Making and Anticipatory Risk Management to identify top and emerging ICT & SS risk issues that cuts agencies across WOG arising from digitalization and adoption of innovative an. This change in concept of operations for more pro-active and anticipatory risk management will be enabled by a WOG platform with a single authoritative repository of WOG ICT&SS system assets, and a central repository of audit findings, issue re-mediation, cybersecurity incidents, system disruptions.

What you will be working on:

• Lead and drive the implementation of ICT & SS Risk Management (TRM) activities/ initiatives as part of the WOG-wide rollout of the TRM programme
• Maintain/ Revise ICT & SS Risk Management Framework and formulate any associated technology risk management policies taking reference from industry standards on Risk, Program and Control frameworks, such as from NIST, ISO27000 series, Center for Internet Security (CIS) Controls, COBIT etc.
• Develop risk analytics model, perform risk assessment and provide insights on the state of ICT governance for WOG, ministry family and agency. Engage agencies across WOG to improve on effectiveness of ICT governance.
• Provide effective challenge on risk assessments, risk deviations and action plans to address prevailing and emerging cyber/ technology risks
• Provide independent reporting on the technology and cyber risk posture
• Perform analysis of technology risk metrics for emerging risk trends and proactively work at WOG, Ministry Family and Agency level to address the risk
• Facilitate and provide support to Ministry Families and Agencies in the development, conduct and validation of risk management activities including risk self-assessments, risk deviations, risk metrics and associated response/mitigations
• Act as a subject matter expert in relation to ICT & SS risk management. Develop and maintain strong business, operations and technology relationships, becoming a trusted partner.
• Provide advisory on ICT & SS risks on new digital initiatives, as well as adoption of new and emerging technologies.
• Build a culture focused on the pro-active awareness and improvement of the risk environment.

What we are looking for:

• 8 -12 years\xe2\x80\x99 working experience, including experience working in the public sector at WOG level or for large banking, consulting or multinational corporation organizations. Passionate in Technology Risk Management, with minimum 5 years of experience related to technology, information security, and/ or technology control functions such as audit or risk management.
• Exhibit forward-thinking foresight. Fast learner who can quickly adapt, prioritize and respond to the requests of multiple stakeholders with limited situational context
• Possess Degree in IT or equivalent with preferably professional certifications such as CRISC, CISA, CISSP and with proven ability to operationalize digital platform enabled technology risk management and enterprise data warehouse/data mart and reporting for business analytics, risk management, project portfolio management, finance and regulatory reporting.
• Possess strong communication skills and capable of engaging senior stakeholders as well as relate to different levels across WOG, Ministry Families and at Agency level
• Strong leadership and project management skills including the ability to lead teams and drive projects / initiatives across multiple Business Units
• Capability in using data analytics to glean insights from disparate datasets
• Resourceful and driven
• Adaptive and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• High integrity, personal and professional conduct

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company as we believe that diversity is meaningful to innovation. Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market-competitive suite of perks. This includes generous leave benefits to meet your work-life needs. We trust that you will get the job done wherever you are, and whatever works best for you \xe2\x80\x93 so work from home or take a break to exercise if you need to*. We also believe it\xe2\x80\x99s important for you to keep honing your craft in the constantly-evolving tech landscape, so we provide and support a plethora of in-house and external learning and development opportunities all year round.

Government Technology Agency