Total 4 purchasing lead job vacancies in Information Technology category in Singapore

The Transformation Program Lead plays a crucial role in driving strategic change and ensuring successful program execution. This individual will lead cross-functional teams, manage stakeholder expectations, and deliver tangible business value through the implementation of transformation initiatives.

The individual will:

• Spearhead large-scale strategic change initiatives and transformation programs
• Drive efforts to boost operational efficiency, elevate customer experience, and propel business growth
• Collaborate with executive team to align program objectives with company vision and priorities
• Develop comprehensive program plans outlining timelines, resources, risk mitigation, and communication
• Ensure initiatives align with organizational needs, regulations, and market dynamics

Key job responsibilities
Program Strategy and Planning:

• Collaborate with executive stakeholders to define the strategic vision, objectives, and scope of transformation programs.
• Develop and manage comprehensive program plans, including timelines, resource allocation, risk mitigation strategies, and communication plans.
• Ensure alignment between program goals and organisational priorities, considering business needs, regulatory requirements, and market trends.

Program Execution and Delivery:

• Lead cross-functional teams, ensuring effective collaboration, communication, and coordination across different departments and stakeholder groups.
• Oversee the execution of program initiatives, monitoring progress, and ensuring adherence to established timelines and budgets.
• Identify and address potential risks, issues, and dependencies that may impact program success.
• Implement robust change management processes to facilitate the smooth adoption of new processes, systems, or organisational structures.

Stakeholder Management and Communication:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with executive leadership, program sponsors, and key stakeholders.
• Communicate program status, progress, and achievements to stakeholders through regular reporting and presentations.
• Facilitate effective decision-making by providing insights, analysis, and recommendations based on program data and industry best practices.
• Manage stakeholder expectations, address concerns, and resolve conflicts that may arise during program execution.

Continuous Improvement and Benefits Realisation:

• Establish and monitor program success metrics, ensuring alignment with desired business outcomes and value creation.
• Conduct post-implementation reviews to assess program effectiveness, identify areas for improvement, and capture lessons learned.
• Collaborate with relevant teams to sustain program benefits and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Basic qualifications

• Experience in leading large-scale, complex transformation programs or strategic initiatives.
• Understanding of project management methodologies, risk management, and change management principles.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities to identify and address complex challenges; Proficiency in reporting tools.
• Leadership and team management skills to motivate and guide cross-functional teams.

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Business Administration, Management, Engineering); advanced degree or relevant certifications preferred.

The Transformation Program Lead plays a crucial role in driving strategic change and ensuring successful program execution. This individual will lead cross-functional teams, manage stakeholder expectations, and deliver tangible business value through the implementation of transformation initiatives.

The individual will:

• Spearhead large-scale strategic change initiatives and transformation programs
• Drive efforts to boost operational efficiency, elevate customer experience, and propel business growth
• Collaborate with executive team to align program objectives with company vision and priorities
• Develop comprehensive program plans outlining timelines, resources, risk mitigation, and communication
• Ensure initiatives align with organizational needs, regulations, and market dynamics

Key job responsibilities
Program Strategy and Planning:

• Collaborate with executive stakeholders to define the strategic vision, objectives, and scope of transformation programs.
• Develop and manage comprehensive program plans, including timelines, resource allocation, risk mitigation strategies, and communication plans.
• Ensure alignment between program goals and organisational priorities, considering business needs, regulatory requirements, and market trends.

Program Execution and Delivery:

• Lead cross-functional teams, ensuring effective collaboration, communication, and coordination across different departments and stakeholder groups.
• Oversee the execution of program initiatives, monitoring progress, and ensuring adherence to established timelines and budgets.
• Identify and address potential risks, issues, and dependencies that may impact program success.
• Implement robust change management processes to facilitate the smooth adoption of new processes, systems, or organisational structures.

Stakeholder Management and Communication:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with executive leadership, program sponsors, and key stakeholders.
• Communicate program status, progress, and achievements to stakeholders through regular reporting and presentations.
• Facilitate effective decision-making by providing insights, analysis, and recommendations based on program data and industry best practices.
• Manage stakeholder expectations, address concerns, and resolve conflicts that may arise during program execution.

Continuous Improvement and Benefits Realisation:

• Establish and monitor program success metrics, ensuring alignment with desired business outcomes and value creation.
• Conduct post-implementation reviews to assess program effectiveness, identify areas for improvement, and capture lessons learned.
• Collaborate with relevant teams to sustain program benefits and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Basic qualifications

• Experience in leading large-scale, complex transformation programs or strategic initiatives.
• Understanding of project management methodologies, risk management, and change management principles.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities to identify and address complex challenges; Proficiency in reporting tools.
• Leadership and team management skills to motivate and guide cross-functional teams.

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Business Administration, Management, Engineering); advanced degree or relevant certifications preferred.

Would you like to be a part of a subject matter experts’ (SMEs’) public policy team that is shaping regulatory policy and driving the adoption of cloud computing among regulated industries in the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading provider of cloud computing services, providing IT infrastructure offerings such as on-demand compute capacity, storage, content delivery, database services, AI capabilities and more. The AWS Public Policy team is at the forefront of helping customers in regulated industries (such as telecommunications (telecoms), financial, energy services and other companies) maximize the benefits of cloud computing and AI by removing regulatory and policy blockers to cloud and AI adoption and shaping policy frameworks. It also supports and facilitates expansion of cloud infrastructure and services in APJ.

AWS is looking for a talented, experienced, and innovative individual to develop and drive regional regulatory policy advocacy strategy including representation of AWS before regional policymakers and regulators in the telecoms and other heavily regulated industries. The role is focused around telecommunications and broader digital regulatory frameworks as well as AI policies and regulations. The successful candidate will be responsible for advocating for favorable policies and regulations to promote AWS’ business interests in the telecoms and other regulated industries, and developing strategies to convince regulators of the security and innovation potential of the cloud and AI.

Key job responsibilities
This SG or AU based position reports to the AWS Head of Public Policy for Regulated Industries and Regulatory Strategy, APJ, and includes the following responsibilities:
• Comprehensive knowledge of AWS business in telecoms and other regulated industries in APJ and of AWS services and use cases, including AI;
• Fluency in all aspects of telecoms (and other regulated industries’) policy frameworks in APJ and their impact on cloud; AI policy and regulation and their trends – in APJ and globally;
• In coordination with in-country Public Policy teams, develop and execute APJ policy advocacy strategies that mitigate regulatory policy risks to the business and advance business opportunities;
• Support cloud infrastructure and services expansion in APJ, where necessary engaging respective policymakers and regulators;
• Develop external messaging, talking points, and narratives on AWS’ regulatory policy priorities; support the drafting and submission of AWS’ policy position papers and represent the views of AWS before governments, regulatory, and legislative bodies;
• Work with in-country Public Policy teams to proactively build and advance relationships with key telecoms policymakers, regulators and decision makers;
• Build up relationships with respective regional industry associations, inter-governmental agencies, academia, other industry thought leaders and third parties, and drive direct and indirect engagements to promote cloud friendly policies;
• Drive long term strategic thinking and thought leadership in the telecoms, digital and AI policy spaces, including organizing regional and global policy campaigns and events;
• Facilitate high-level meetings between AWS executives and key stakeholders, including senior government officials, regulators, industry associations and partners to promote and advocate the company’s policy priorities.

The successful candidate must be inquisitive, enthusiastic about technology (especially AI), enjoy being continually challenged, and demonstrate sound judgment in ambiguous situations. They should have public policy experience in a regulated industry, preferably from telecoms and must be able to point to successful advocacy outcomes they delivered in the past.

Would you like to be a part of a subject matter experts’ (SMEs’) public policy team that is shaping regulatory policy and driving the adoption of cloud computing among regulated industries in the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading provider of cloud computing services, providing IT infrastructure offerings such as on-demand compute capacity, storage, content delivery, database services, AI capabilities and more. The AWS Public Policy team is at the forefront of helping customers in regulated industries (such as telecommunications (telecoms), financial, energy services and other companies) maximize the benefits of cloud computing and AI by removing regulatory and policy blockers to cloud and AI adoption and shaping policy frameworks. It also supports and facilitates expansion of cloud infrastructure and services in APJ.

AWS is looking for a talented, experienced, and innovative individual to develop and drive regional regulatory policy advocacy strategy including representation of AWS before regional policymakers and regulators in the telecoms and other heavily regulated industries. The role is focused around telecommunications and broader digital regulatory frameworks as well as AI policies and regulations. The successful candidate will be responsible for advocating for favorable policies and regulations to promote AWS’ business interests in the telecoms and other regulated industries, and developing strategies to convince regulators of the security and innovation potential of the cloud and AI.

Key job responsibilities
This SG or AU based position reports to the AWS Head of Public Policy for Regulated Industries and Regulatory Strategy, APJ, and includes the following responsibilities:
• Comprehensive knowledge of AWS business in telecoms and other regulated industries in APJ and of AWS services and use cases, including AI;
• Fluency in all aspects of telecoms (and other regulated industries’) policy frameworks in APJ and their impact on cloud; AI policy and regulation and their trends – in APJ and globally;
• In coordination with in-country Public Policy teams, develop and execute APJ policy advocacy strategies that mitigate regulatory policy risks to the business and advance business opportunities;
• Support cloud infrastructure and services expansion in APJ, where necessary engaging respective policymakers and regulators;
• Develop external messaging, talking points, and narratives on AWS’ regulatory policy priorities; support the drafting and submission of AWS’ policy position papers and represent the views of AWS before governments, regulatory, and legislative bodies;
• Work with in-country Public Policy teams to proactively build and advance relationships with key telecoms policymakers, regulators and decision makers;
• Build up relationships with respective regional industry associations, inter-governmental agencies, academia, other industry thought leaders and third parties, and drive direct and indirect engagements to promote cloud friendly policies;
• Drive long term strategic thinking and thought leadership in the telecoms, digital and AI policy spaces, including organizing regional and global policy campaigns and events;
• Facilitate high-level meetings between AWS executives and key stakeholders, including senior government officials, regulators, industry associations and partners to promote and advocate the company’s policy priorities.

The successful candidate must be inquisitive, enthusiastic about technology (especially AI), enjoy being continually challenged, and demonstrate sound judgment in ambiguous situations. They should have public policy experience in a regulated industry, preferably from telecoms and must be able to point to successful advocacy outcomes they delivered in the past.

Basic qualifications

• 8+ years of experience representing a large company or association in the telecoms industry, a policymaker or regulator, with significant experience running public policy and/or regulatory advocacy efforts; • A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (Law, Economics, Political Science, Public Policy, etc.);