The Centre Manager provides overall strategic, research and operational leadership for RIMA, the Centre for Research on Islamic and Malay Affairs of AMP Singapore. This is the head-of-centre role with overall accountability for RIMA’s strategy, delivery and performance. The candidate would be responsible for the following duties: 1. Strategic Leadership & Direction Set the strategic direction of RIMA’s research, publications and engagement work, ensuring alignment with RIMA’s mission and AMP Singapore’s organisational priorities. Lead efforts to monitor social, economic and policy trends affecting the Malay/Muslim community, including commissioning and/or conducting periodic environmental scans. Translate strategic priorities into multi-year and annual workplans, KPIs and measurable outcomes for the Centre. 2. Research Leadership & Project Governance Provide overall oversight for the design, implementation and dissemination of RIMA’s research projects and studies. Serve as Project Lead/Principal Investigator for selected flagship and externally commissioned projects, including stakeholder engagement, research design, data collection, analysis and reporting. Ensure that research processes adhere to ethical standards, data protection requirements and good research governance, including secure safekeeping of all research data. Oversee the quality assurance of research outputs (reports, briefs, commentaries, books, podcasts and other publications). 3. Organisational, Financial & Operational Management Oversee and manage the administrative, research and operational functions of the Centre, including human resource planning, workload allocation and performance management. Develop, manage and monitor RIMA’s overall budget, including project budgets, grant administration and financial stewardship. Put in place systems, SOPs and policies to support effective operations, risk management and compliance with AMP Singapore’s governance requirements. 4. Programmes, Events, Public