A*STAR

Senior Associate/Associate (Ops Planning and Workplace Enablement)

A*STAR
ResearchSingaporeFull-time2 weeks ago

About the role

AI summarised

The (Senior) Associate will support the planning, coordination, and delivery of digital projects and technology-enabled initiatives. The role focuses on day-to-day project operations, stakeholder coordination, data management, and process improvement, ensuring digital initiatives are delivered efficiently and aligned with business objectives.

ResearchFull-time

Key Responsibilities

  • Support end-to-end coordination of digital projects, including requirements gathering, task tracking, timelines, and deliverables.
  • Assist Project Managers and product owners in monitoring project progress, risks, dependencies, and action items.
  • Maintain project documentation such as project plans, requirement documents, meeting notes, decision logs, and status reports.
  • Support the organisation of project meetings, taskforce sessions, workshops, and user engagement sessions.
  • Act as a key point of contact between business users, IT teams, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
  • Coordinate inputs, feedback, and approvals from multiple stakeholders to ensure timely project execution.
  • Prepare presentation materials, progress updates, and briefing notes for management and governance forums.
  • Review existing business processes and identify opportunities for digitalisation, automation, or efficiency improvements.
  • Support user acceptance testing (UAT), pilot runs, and rollout activities for new digital solutions or systems.
  • Track issues, user feedback, and enhancement requests, and follow up on resolution with relevant teams.
  • Maintain project dashboards, trackers, and reports to support project governance and management oversight.
  • Analyse basic project or operational data to identify trends, risks, or improvement areas.

Requirements

  • Diploma in Information Systems, Business, Digital Transformation, Project Management, or a related discipline.
  • At least 2 - 4 years of relevant experience in project coordination, digital initiatives, or operations support.
  • Experience supporting IT, digital, automation, or data-related projects is an advantage.