Job Summary

About the Role
The SDSO drives A*STAR’s scientific data strategy across its Research Institutes (RIs) and National Platforms through three strategic pillars: Community, Governance, and Build. This role straddles the Community and Governance pillars, supporting work in community-building and stakeholder engagement, and governance framework development and operations. You will be the operational engine that turns community and governance plans into reality:standing up stewardship networks, running engagement programmes, drafting governance artefacts, and ensuring that frameworks are adopted on the ground, not just published on paper.
This role is ideal for someone who combines strong interpersonal and programme coordination skills with an interest in data governance and policy — someone equally comfortable facilitating a workshop with researchers as they are drafting a data quality assessment rubric.

Key Responsibilities

Supporting the Community Pillar
Data Stewardship Model Operations
• Support the onboarding, training and coordination of key data community stakeholders across the organisation
• Maintain the cadence of stewardship activities: domain committee meetings, cross-domain coordination, progress tracking
• Help design and administer recognition mechanisms (performance appraisal inputs, professional development opportunities, publication acknowledgments) for stewardship role-holders

Scientific IT Practitioner Community
• Coordinate the community of Scientific IT practitioners
• Organise regular meetings, knowledge-sharing sessions, and technical showcases
• Track community health metrics: participation rates, issues surfaced, solutions shared

Corporate Function and Tech-Biz Partner Engagement
• Serve as a day-to-day liaison to corporate function stakeholders and tech-biz partners
• Coordinate roadshows, awareness sessions, and ad-hoc taskforces on governance and licensing topics
• Maintain a stakeholder register and engagement log to ensure consistent, visible consultation pathways 

Outreach and Training
• Plan and deliver training programmes on data management best practices, governance policies, and tools
• Develop training materials, case studies, and communication collateral
• Track training effectiveness through participant feedback, follow-up assessments, and behavioural change indicators

Governance Pillar
Governance Framework Drafting and Consultation
• Draft governance artefacts: policy documents, process guides, templates
• Coordinate consultation rounds with stakeholders to validate and iterate governance frameworks
• Support the development of data citation and attribution guidelines, embargo period procedures, and controlled access mechanisms

Accountability and Metrics Support
• Help design and maintain compliance dashboards at RI level
• Collect, validate, and report on governance KPIs (data quality improvements, reuse rates, compliance rates)

Requirements

Education
• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in a relevant discipline (science, engineering, information management, communications, public policy, or related field)

Experience
• 3+ years of professional experience, with demonstrated involvement in at least two of: community/stakeholder engagement, programme coordination, data management, policy/governance development
• Experience coordinating activities across multiple teams or organisational units

Technical
• Exposure to data governance, data quality, or compliance frameworks
• Exposure to data governance, data quality, or compliance frameworks
• Familiarity with community of practice models or knowledge management approaches
• Experience with dashboarding, reporting, or KPI tracking tools

Communication and Organizational Skills
• Strong interpersonal skills: comfortable engaging researchers, IT staff, and corporate functions; able to build trust and maintain productive working relationships
• Clear, audience-appropriate written and verbal communication: can draft a policy document and present at a workshop with equal competence
• Organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams, track deliverables, and follow through
• Self-starter mentality: able to work with broad direction, identify what needs doing, and drive it forward

What We Offer

• A role with genuine breadth, from grassroots community building to governance policy at an organisational level
• Direct exposure to senior stakeholders across A*STAR’s research and corporate landscape
• The chance to shape how a major research agency manages its data assets
• A small, collaborative team where your contributions are visible and impactful
• Professional development at the intersection of research, data, and policy

Application Process: Interested candidates should submit their resume and a cover letterdetailing their interest in the position and relevant experience.