Job Description
Job Title:  Senior Assistant Director, Employee Listening & Culture
Requisition ID:  3291
Posting Start Date:  25/09/2026

Job Summary

As Senior Assistant Director, Employee Listening & Culture, you will play a pivotal role in a newly established team dedicated to defining, diagnosing, and enhancing organisational health, workplace culture, and employee sentiment across our research institutes and corporate entities. As a valued member of the People & Culture team, you will design and deploy enterprise-wide listening tools, translate qualitative and quantitative data into actionable insights, and implement interventions that strengthen organisational health and activate shared values.

Key Responsibilities

Organisational Diagnostics & Employee Listening

  • Design, implement, and govern A*STAR’s continuous Employee Listening Ecosystem, including pulse checks, organisational health surveys, lifecycle feedback, focus groups, and real-time sentiment tracking.
  • Conduct enterprise-wide culture and organisational health assessments using established OD and/or organisational psychology frameworks to identify systemic strengths and areas for growth, while leveraging AI-enabled tools.

 

Culture Activation & Enterprise Alignment

  • Design and execute targeted culture activation campaigns and interventions to translate organisational values and strategic priorities into behavioural expectations, culture principles, and workplace habits across diverse scientific and corporate units.
  • Establish measurement frameworks, key performance indicators (KPIs), and dashboards to monitor employee sentiment and evaluate the long-term impact of culture initiatives.

 

Organisational Health & Stakeholder Partnership

  • Collaborate with colleagues across functions (e.g. communications, L&D, business partnership) to ensure alignment and consistent messaging across culture touchpoints.
  • Partner with business unit leaders to communicate diagnostic insights, address engagement gaps, and foster a healthy organisational climate.
  • Manage multiple project workstreams concurrently, ensuring high quality, timeliness, and alignment with enterprise priorities.

Job Requirements

  • Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in HR, Organisation Development, Organisational Psychology, or Employee Engagement.
  • Proven track record in designing and running enterprise engagement surveys, diagnostic assessments, or culture initiatives.
  • Strong foundation in survey design, focus group facilitation, and behavioural science.

 

All new hires are appointed on a 3-year renewable contract in the first instance.

The above eligibility criteria are not exhaustive. A*STAR may include additional selection criteria based on its prevailing recruitment policies. These policies may be amended from time to time without notice. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.