Singapore’s government technology agency, GovTech is on the look-out for a new chief information officer (CIO).
According to a LinkedIn job ad cited by CIO Tech Asia, the CIO will be responsible for managing a cluster of government agencies.
They need to will provide strategic and tactical leadership in harnessing technologies to deliver value-added services. The CIO will also be responsible for leading, driving and executing the overall digitalisation plan, in partnership with the Chief Digital Strategy Officers of the assigned managed agency.
The ad states, the CIO “will strive to meet the business objectives and operational needs of the agencies and to ensure that they are recognised as innovative users of infocomm technologies”.
“You will also provide advice and guidance on the strategic use of ICT and develop strong collaboration with partners and vendors for leverage in resolving critical or escalated issues,” stated the ad.
The GovTech CIO will be responsible for:
- Aligning the agencies’ workplan to higher-level objectives.
- Reviewing ICT initiatives and programmes
- Identifying opportunities to harmonise IT applications, in order to achieve alignment with the over-arching ICT infrastructures and architecture.
They will also:
- Have a strategic partnership with agencies’ senior management to understand their issues and help promote / influence directions.
- Monitor effectiveness of site performance and pre-empt problems.
Facilitate synergies with other entities within GovTech and beyond. You will also cascade down higher-level vision, goals and initiatives. - Manage the deployment of staff effectively and strategically to fulfil resource requirements.
- Coach/mentor staff, identify high potential talent and hone their capabilities, drive staff development opportunities, coordinate and integrate people efforts with the objective of attracting and retaining a motivated and high-performing team.
To be successful for the job, the applicant must have a graduate degree in computer science or related discipline with relevant ICT experiences.
This includes at least 20 years’ experience, with at least 10 years in management capacity; experience in the public sector or robust ICT experience in the private sector, preferably in the development, implementation and deployment of ICT plans and activities; knowledge of ICT operations in public and private sectors; strategic thinking skills with broad perspective of different issues; and strong negotiation and influencing skills.
