Director - Workplace

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The Director, Workplace will shape and deliver Singtel’s end-to-end workplace strategy, design, and experience, ensuring workplaces are well-planned, beautifully designed, and effectively executed, while supporting evolving ways of working.

This role leads the conception and delivery of Singtel’s future workplace vision, with a flagship mandate to drive Workplace28 and the new Comcentre HQ. The incumbent will balance strategic planning, design excellence, and disciplined project delivery, while championing a consistent, user-centred workplace experience across the portfolio.

Technology and data are leveraged as enablers to support design intent, improve usability, and optimise space performance — not as ends in themselves. Working closely with Group Property, IT, People & Culture, and business leaders, the Director ensures workplaces are functional, flexible, sustainable, and aligned to business needs, from early planning through post-occupancy.

Make an Impact by

Workplace Strategy, Planning & Design Leadership

• Define Singtel’s workplace strategy and design direction, aligning business needs, growth forecasts, and ways of working
• Lead space planning, block and stacking, scenario planning, and utilisation strategies for major sites
• Establish and govern workplace design standards, guidelines, and briefs across the Group
• Ensure design outcomes balance functionality, aesthetics, flexibility, and cost effectiveness

Workplace28 & Major Project Delivery

• Provide end-to-end leadership for Workplace28 and the new Comcentre HQ, from early planning and design through construction and handover
• Translate workplace strategy into clear project scopes, design briefs, and delivery plans
• Oversee consultants, designers, contractors, and internal project teams to ensure quality, budget, timeline, and design intent are achieved
• Guide decision-making on trade-offs between design aspirations, operational practicality, and cost

Workplace Experience

• Champion a design-led, user-centred workplace experience, ensuring spaces are intuitive, inclusive, and support collaboration and focus
• Ensure workplace environments reflect Singtel’s culture, brand, and ways of working, without over-engineering solutions
• Drive post-occupancy reviews and user feedback to refine layouts, amenities, and spatial adjacencies

Technology as an Enabler

• Sponsor the thoughtful adoption of workplace technology that supports space usage, booking, navigation, and performance insights
• Partner with IT to ensure technology supports design intent and user simplicity, rather than driving complexity
• Use data to inform planning decisions, utilisation reviews, and future investments

Change Management & Stakeholder Engagement

• Lead stakeholder engagement across business units to align requirements, manage expectations, and drive adoption
• Support workplace change through clear communication, planning, and transition strategies
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on workplace planning and delivery decisions

Governance, Cost & Vendor Management

• Oversee workplace budgets, capex planning, and cost controls for workplace initiatives and projects
• Establish strong governance, reporting, and risk management across workplace delivery
• Lead vendor selection, performance management, and consultant partnerships

Sustainability & Wellbeing by Design

• Embed sustainability, wellness, and responsible design principles into workplace planning and projects
• Ensure workplaces meet relevant standards (e.g. Green Mark, WELL) while remaining practical and cost-effective

Skills for Success

• Degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Urban Planning, Real Estate, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• 12–15+ years of relevant experience in workplace strategy, planning, design management, or workplace delivery.
• Workplace planning and experience design leadership
• Space planning and block & stacking
• Data and utilization analytics
• Design management
• Project governance and execution
• Budget and vendor management
• Strategic and analytical thinking with strong execution discipline
• clear communication and influencing skills to engage with senior stakeholders

Rewards that Go Beyond

• Flexible work arrangements
• Full suite of health and wellness benefits 
• Ongoing training and development programs 
• Internal mobility opportunities

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