How to become a strategic planning manager

Official title: Strategic planning manager

Also called: Corporate planning manager, Strategic analysis director, Strategic management director, Fellow/Senior Fellow, Head of Business Management, Head of Innovation and Process Excellence, Head of Strategy, Head of Strategy and Analysis, Head of Transformation, IP Director/IP Strategist, Mergers and Acquisitions Partner/Mergers and Acquisitions Director, Restructuring and Insolvency Partner/Restructuring and Insolvency Director

Strategic planning manager plans, directs and coordinates the strategic initiatives of the organisation. He/she ensures consistency in the implementation of the strategic plans. He/she creates content and narration for presenting new business models, and designs strategic roadmaps for innovation and commercial activities. He/she helps to interpret the overall strategic plan and may create a detailed strategic plan for each one of the departments and branches.

Main tasks

• Developing, implementing and monitoring strategic plans, programmes, policies, processes, systems and procedures to achieve goals, objectives and work standards
• Developing, directing, administering and participating in policy research and analysis
• Coordinating the implementation of policies and practices
• Establishing activity measures and measurements of accountability
• Planning and directing daily operations
• Leading and managing the activities of policy development and strategic planning staff
• Representing the enterprise or organisation in negotiations, and at conventions, seminars, public hearings and forums
• Establishing and managing budgets, controlling expenditure and ensuring the efficient use of resources

Ways in

• University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 6 universities in Singapore

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: $155,232 a year. The middle half earn $98,220 to $234,552 a year.
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Policy manager
• Risk management manager
• Budgeting/Financial accounting manager
• Administration manager
• Audit manager
• Personnel/Human resource manager

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Questions people ask

How do I become a strategic planning manager?

Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees.

How much does a strategic planning manager earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $155,232 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $98,220 to $234,552.

Will AI change the work of a strategic planning manager?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026