Assistant Director, Data Engineering & Architecture (1 Year Contract)

About the role

The Health Promotion Board (HPB) is hiring an Assistant Director to lead its Data Engineering and Architecture team within the Chief Data Officer's Office. The team is building the National Lifestyle Repository (NLR), a platform that brings together lifestyle and preventive health data from across Singapore's health and community ecosystem. The role provides strategic leadership and technical direction across the full lifecycle of the NLR, from architecture and governance to data partnerships.

Key responsibilities

• Define and own the technical vision, architecture roadmap and data governance frameworks, including data exchange protocols and interoperability frameworks.
• Contribute to HPB's data portability strategy by drawing on international approaches and adapting them to Singapore's context.
• Lead high-level data partnerships with agencies such as PA, SportSG, AIC/AAC, NParks, LTA, MOH policy and technical teams, and regional health clusters, securing data sharing agreements and consent frameworks.
• Translate policy and organisational requirements into clear strategic technical directions for the team.
• Provide oversight and guidance across workstreams, resolve escalated issues and ensure coherence between business needs, pipeline implementation and governance standards.
• Research, prototype and champion new technologies and engineering approaches, and surface strategic issues requiring senior-level decisions.
• Lead, mentor and develop a team of data engineers, set priorities, manage dependencies and milestones, and engage senior stakeholders on future use cases.

Required profile

• At least 8 years of experience, including minimally 2 years in supervisory roles, in data engineering or data architecture.
• Proven track record designing and managing large-scale, scalable data platforms on-premises and in the cloud (e.g. AWS, Azure).
• Demonstrated experience leading data engineering teams and overseeing pipeline development and data governance in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills, able to collaborate with partner agency leadership and technical teams.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced matrix environment, with a genuine interest in digital health and precision public health.
• Prior experience in healthcare IT, health promotion or cross-agency data governance is an added advantage.

Required skills

• Solution architecture design, infrastructure planning, data quality management and data governance strategy.
• Coding and programming proficiency (e.g. Python, R).

Successful candidates will be offered a 1-year contract.