Product DirectorPrincipal Product Manager (Managed Agencies)

[What the role is]

The Government Technology Agency (GovTech) aims to transform the delivery of Government digital services and products by taking an outsidein view, putting citizens and businesses at the heart of everything we do. We also develop the Smart Nation infrastructure and applications and facilitate collaboration with citizens and businesses to codevelop technologies.

Join us as we support Singapore’s vision of building a Smart Nation a nation of possibilities empowered through infocommunications technology and related engineering.

Do you want to apply your skills, knowledge and energy to implement cuttingedge infocomm technology and digital solutions that will change the lives of Singaporeans and the public? In GovTech, you can!

[What you will be working on]

Product Managers make sure that the right things get done so that our digital products meet user needs and continuously remain relevant. At a high level, this means establishing a clear vision for what a product should be and what is needed to get there. On a daytoday basis, this means handling all the different facets of a product and making sure they are coordinated – across user needs, technical constraints, and design goals.

Be the leader and driver in executing the implementation of a Whole of Government (WOG) finance and accounting system from the transformation of business processes to product development, testing, and delivery.

[What you will be working on]

You will be involved in planning and executing the full product lifecycle including the following:

Crafting Custom Experiences for Each User Journey

• Engage the agency Product Owner to establish a clear vision for what the product should be and what is needed to get there
• Collaborate with business partners to define the product vision and mission and obtain key stakeholder buyin
• Work out the product outreach and promotion strategies with business partners
• Define the product gotomarket strategy and work with relevant partners to execute the plan

• Designing, Testing, and Iterating Through Experiments

  • Design, test, and iterate through experiments to improve the user journey
  • Manage the product budget through expenditure monitoring, cashflow management, and securing funding
  • Develop the workplan with the product team
  • Provide sufficient resources for product development, including procurement of software, hardware, and ICT professional services

  • Monitoring, Capturing, and Studying User Behaviour

    • Conduct user studies to understand their needs and problems
    • Analyse data to uncover usage patterns that can inform product decisions
    • Research the industry to understand complimentary and competing solutions

    • Collecting, Analyzing, and Presenting User Interest

      • Translate the product strategy into technical, detailed, actionable plans for business and vendor teams
      • Understand the developers’ needs and if necessary support them in exploring emerging tools and techniques that can meet their needs

      • Analysing and Studying User Segments

        • Formulate strong proposals by evaluating the pros and cons of different solutions and provide compelling justifications for them
        • Consider how the services could be delivered for different market segments and prioritize feature development

        • Creating DataDriven Analytics and Insights

          • Create datadriven analytics and insights for action and to make appropriate tradeoffs
          • Coordinate efforts across multiple functions including marketing, legal, and finance
          • Cocreate with the Product Owner to draft the budget papers to seek resources for the products development

          • Driving User Growth

            • Drive user adoption and growth through increased engagement, expanding types of features, and higher usage in a financially sustainable manner
            • Maintain a wide network with key user agencies and central government product teams to seek opportunities for product collaborations
            • Participate in publicspeaking engagements to raise awareness of the product and gain more users

            • Keeping Things Organized

              • Run efficient meetings to keep stakeholders and product team members updated
              • Prioritize, plan, and track what needs to be done
              • Document key information and decisions about the product
              • Be responsible for securing funding and monitoring expenses

              • Compliance and Governance

                • Ensure that Product meets security and performance requirements (SSAT, VAPT, Performance Testing)
                • Adhere to compliance requirements and audits (IM, AGO, QMS, etc.)

                • [What we are looking for]

                  • DiplomaDegree in Computer Science, Infocomm Technology, Engineering or related subject area with minimum 15 years of relevant experience
                  • Experience in managing finance and accounting system projects, or largescale product implementations involving multiple government agencies organisational units with development budget exceeding $50m, preferred
                  • Prior working experience in product management, IT business analysis, application solutioning design and testing
                  • Experience in modern product developmentmanagement technologies and practices such as Agile, Cloud, Design Thinking, and ProductCentric Development will be strongly preferred
                  • Working directly with engineers, designers and other product managers (ideally at least 3 years).
                  • Strong analytical, conceptualisation and problemsolving skills
                  • Good communication skills with the ability to pitch ideas and influence
                  • A driven and motivated personality with an inquisitive mind
                  • Ability to learn and apply
                  • Relevant certifications such as CITPM, COMIT, PMP, and Certified Scrum Master.

                  • We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company as we believe that diversity is meaningful to innovation. Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and marketcompetitive suite of perks. This includes generous leave benefits to meet your worklife needs. We trust that you will get the job done wherever you are, and whatever works best for you – so work from home or take a break to exercise if you need to*. We also believe it’s important for you to keep honing your craft in the constantlyevolving tech landscape, so we provide and support a plethora of inhouse and external learning and development opportunities all year round.

                    Subject to the nature of your job role that might require you to be onsite during fixed hours.