Manager/Senior Mgr (International Maritime Centre Services Dev)(2-Year Contract)

at  MPA Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore

You will be part of a team that drives and develops Singapore’s global status as a leading International Maritime Centre (IMC).
The IMC Services Development team devises, implements and administers initiatives to grow maritime ancillary services in Singapore including maritime green finance, marine insurance, shipbroking, maritime legal and arbitration and maritime decarbonisation such as price discovery for alternative fuels.
You will work with both local and foreign maritime ancillary services’ companies to grow the above-mentioned sectors. You will also work with relevant government agencies and industry associations to develop, promote and enhance the depth and breadth of such ancillary maritime services offered from Singapore. This in turn, would strengthen Singapore economically – through the creation of business and job opportunities in Singapore, opening up of global opportunities for locals, strengthen linkages within the Singapore maritime cluster and also linkages between the Singapore IMC to the international shipping community.
[What you will be working on]

The key responsibilities for Manager / Senior Manager in IMC Services Development will include (but are not limited to):

• Attracting players in the green financing space to set up and/or establish new functions in Singapore e.g. family offices
• Keeping abreast of trends and developments in the green finance sector, developments on maritime finance, and the growth plans of key companies.
• Promoting and encouraging adoption of MPA-administered programmes to support Government-level and agency-level vision and initiatives – these include the areas of digitalisation, decarbonisation, manpower development upskilling and future-proofing.
• Developing Singapore as a price discovery centre for alternative fuels
• Contributing to the development of tools or platforms to mobilise financing to fund the development of ownership of green vessels
• Developing risk-sharing tools to manage risks related to ownership of green/transition vessels

Other responsibilities will include:

• Developing and enhancing relationships between MPA and companies within targeted sectors in order to promote Singapore as an attractive location to do business
• Providing customer service / assistance to companies we engage and uphold Singapore’s efficient and business-friendly image

The key responsibilities for Manager / Senior Manager in IMC Services Development will include (but are not limited to):

• Attracting players in the green financing space to set up and/or establish new functions in Singapore e.g. family offices
• Keeping abreast of trends and developments in the green finance sector, developments on maritime finance, and the growth plans of key companies.
• Promoting and encouraging adoption of MPA-administered programmes to support Government-level and agency-level vision and initiatives – these include the areas of digitalisation, decarbonisation, manpower development upskilling and future-proofing.
• Developing Singapore as a price discovery centre for alternative fuels
• Contributing to the development of tools or platforms to mobilise financing to fund the development of ownership of green vessels
• Developing risk-sharing tools to manage risks related to ownership of green/transition vessel

Other responsibilities will include:

• Developing and enhancing relationships between MPA and companies within targeted sectors in order to promote Singapore as an attractive location to do business
• Providing customer service / assistance to companies we engage and uphold Singapore’s efficient and business-friendly imag