Director, Industry and Supply Chain – ICC Digital Standards Initiative

As the institutional representative of over 45 million businesses in more than 170 countries, the International Chamber of Commerce operates with a core mission to “make business work for everyone, every day, everywhere”. We act as the primary voice of the real economy in a range of intergovernmental organisations – from the World Trade Organization to the UN climate process – championing the needs of local business in global decision making. The convening power of our global network enables us to set rules and standards that facilitate over $17 trillion dollars in trade each year – as well as providing tailored products and digital services that directly address the real challenges faced by businesses operating internationally. We also provide the world's premier private global dispute resolution services, leveraging ICC's unique independence, integrity, and expertise.

We are looking for a Director – Industry and Supply Chain in Singapore to support its work with the Digital Standards Initiative.

The Digital Standards Initiative – within ICC Asia in Singapore – aims to transform global trade through digitalisation, by enabling regulatory reform, adoption and interoperability on digital trade standards, and scalable trust across the end to end supply chain.

Your responsibilities will include:

Operationalising and Driving Adoption of Digital Trade Standards.

• Engage industry stakeholders to promote awareness and uptake of digital trade standards.
• Build capacity within organisations to implement standards effectively.
• Support pilots, proofs-of-concept, and case studies to demonstrate benefits and feasibility.
• Addressing Gaps in Digital Standards

Address gaps across sectors, industries, and supply chain functions.

• Develop and implement initiatives to create new standards or enhance existing ones.
• Ensure inclusivity of smaller players and underrepresented sectors in standardisation efforts.

Promote technical and semantic interoperability between different standards and platforms.

• Develop frameworks for digital trust, security, and verification to encourage widespread adoption.
• Facilitate cross-industry collaboration to ensure standards are compatible and mutually reinforcing.
• Building digital supply chain readiness

Develop assessment programs to evaluate digital readiness across the supply chain.

• Offer training, tools, and resources to improve digital maturity of organisations.
• Scale programs to support industry-wide adoption and continuous improvement.
• Fostering collaborations and partnerships

Support and advance development, adoption, and scaling of digital standards.

• Collaborate with international organisations, trade bodies, and technology providers.
• Leverage partnerships to accelerate innovation, knowledge sharing, and standard harmonisation.

The diverse audiences that we seek to engage and inspire include corporates, industry associations, technology solution providers, governments and inter-government organisations.

Your profile:

• Singaporeans or foreigners may apply, with preference given to candidates holding a graduate degree and over 10 years of relevant work experience.
• Fluency in English (both written and spoken) is required. Proficiency in additional languages and work experience in regions outside Asia would be an advantage.
• Professional Experience in trade and supply chain is desirable. Functional roles of interest include finance, compliance/customs, merchandising, shipping and logistics, or digital transformation (experience working with trade platforms and service providers is a plus).
• Familiarity with trade standards and digitalization of trade is advantageous.

Estimated start date: As soon as possible

Department: ICC Digital Standards Initiative

Location: Singapore

Contract type and duration: Permanent contract, full time.