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’s vision of building a Smart Nation - a nation of possibilities empowered through info-communications technology and related engineering.
As an ICT Procurement Partner in GovTech, you will collaborate with project managers, business analysts, and application infrastructure engineers who are passionate about developing the required ICT capabilities in government to realize Singapore’s vision of a Smart Nation. You are a decisive and driven individual who takes a proactive approach to ICT procurement requirements with project stakeholders during the procurement phase of the project lifecycle. This includes planning procurement schedules, carrying out the procurement activities in accordance with government policies and procedures, identifying risks, and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. The ability to effectively engage and manage project stakeholders and government agency partners is a must. Success in the role will be demonstrated by your ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
What you will be working on:
- Manage and execute the procurement of ICT systems, goods, and services in a timely manner
- Effectively engage and manage the project stakeholders to complete the procurement project on time
- Understand the government procurement policy, ICT management policy, quality management policy, and security guidelines to ensure the procurement deliverables are designed to comply with these policies and guidelines
- Identify potential procurement risks and its implication to the project stakeholders, and propose mitigating measures to manage the risks
- Propose and implement aggregation of procurement for common ICT systems, goods, and services
- Propose improvements to ICT procurement templates, standards, and guidelines
- Implement appropriate ICT procurement governance and management framework to achieve the organizational and national objectives
What we are looking for:
- Basic degree in Infocomm, business or equivalent
- Minimum 7 years of relevant experience, preferably in both procurement and IT
- Good knowledge of government Infocomm environment
- Good knowledge of ICT procurement and contract management practices
- Able to deliver quality and thorough work, with an eye for details
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Good negotiation, influencing, and stakeholder engagement skills
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 – so work from home or take a break to exercise if you need to*. We also believe it’s 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.
Subject to the nature of your job role that might require you to be onsite during fixed hours
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