Deputy Director / Director, Product Management, IHL Learning and Skills

About the role

GovTech, Singapore's lead agency for Smart Nation and public sector digital transformation, is recruiting a Deputy Director / Director of Product Management for its IHL Learning and Skills programme. The role supports a key sector programme moving from a project-based model to a product-centric approach focused on continuous value delivery, scalability and sector outcomes. The successful candidate will be forward deployed to an IHL agency and work closely with stakeholders across the IHL sector and MOE HQ.

Key responsibilities

• Define and drive the overall product vision, strategy and roadmap for the Learning & Skills product portfolio.
• Build product management capability, practices and ways of working within the forward-deployed agency and across participating IHL teams.
• Act as the accountable product leader, aligning priorities, dependencies and delivery across IHLs around sector outcomes.
• Lead prioritisation of product features and enhancements based on user needs, business value, sector impact and operational considerations.
• Ensure delivery is aligned with product strategy, architecture and sector priorities, and define and track success measures such as adoption, user value, service performance and sector outcomes.
• Engage senior management and stakeholders across MOE, the IHLs and partner agencies to shape product direction.
• Work with enterprise architects, designers, engineers and delivery teams to turn strategy into scalable capabilities, and oversee the transition from legacy systems and project-based arrangements to sustainable products.

Required profile

• Qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Education, Engineering or a related discipline.
• At least 10 years of relevant experience in product management, digital transformation, enterprise systems, programme leadership or related fields.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale digital products, platforms or transformation initiatives with multiple stakeholder groups.
• Experience building product management capability, establishing product operating models or shifting from project-based to product-centric delivery.

What we offer

• A total rewards package with leave benefits and employee wellness programmes.
• Flexible work arrangements (subject to the job role).