The role is a senior role, reporting to the DSI Managing Director. The holder will be responsible for:

1. Operationalising and driving adoption of digital trade standards by engaging industry, building capacity and supporting pilots or proofs-of-concepts.

2. Developing and implementing initiatives to fill gaps in digital standards, which could be gaps in terms of sectors and industry, parts of the supply chain, or the gaps in standards themselves.

3. Enabling interoperability in standards and digital trust at scale, for instance by

4. Development and scaling of digital supply chain readiness and assessment programmes

5. Development of collaborations and partnerships to accomplish any of the above objectives

The diverse audiences that we seek to engage and inspire include corporates, industry associations, technology solution providers, governments and inter-government organisations.

Qualifications and Experience

• Singaporean or foreigners may apply with preference to those who have an MBA, Masters of Supply Chain, Engineering or technology and over 10 years of work experience.

• Fluency in English (written, oral) required; additional languages and work experience in other parts of the world (outside Asia) would be good.

• Work experience with trade and supply chain would be a plus. Functional roles that would help the holder include finance, compliance / customs, merchandising, shipping and logistics, or digital transformation. Experience in dealing with or working in trade platforms and service providers would be a plus.

Familiarity with trade standards, and digitalization of trade, a plus.