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Government Technology Agency

Government Technology Agency

Lead/Principal Product Manager (SLS)

Full-time

Role Overview

You will play a pivotal role in shaping core educational products that empower personalized education for each student.
We are seeking a Lead/Principal Product Manager to lead the modernization and transformation of the Student Learning Space (SLS). SLS is one of the key learning platforms used by primary, secondary and junior college students. You will establish SLS as a key player in the education technology ecosystem, delivering differentiated learning for each student.
 
Key Responsibilities
  1. Develop the product vision, strategy for SLS, with buy-in from senior stakeholders.
  2. Galvanise action from internal (policy, operations, technology) and external (industry partners, vendors) stakeholders to execute the product strategy.
  3. Lead a team of product managers, designers and software engineers to rapidly discover problems (e.g. user research, user testing), efficiently mitigate risks (e.g. prototypes, POC, POV) and reliably deliver solutions (e.g. frequent uncoupled releases).
  4. Drive user advocacy by designing a great user experience and executing a robust go-to-market strategy.
  5. Define and track appropriate metrics to measure success and support product decisions.
  6. Balance between development of new capabilities, migration of re-usable components, and maintenance of existing tools, while ensuring stakeholder alignment and operational continuity.
  7. Actively uncover opportunities to leverage AI to enhance the team’s capabilities, teachers’ teaching capabilities, and students’ learning experience.
What we are looking for:
We are looking for someone with:
  1. 8+ years of product management experience, with proven success driving large-scale transformation of complex digital initiatives (education, or enterprise-level systems preferred).
  2. Excellent stakeholder management skills, to influence senior business leaders and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
  3. Comfort in ambiguity, to discern the highest leverage problems to solve in a complex, constantly changing environment.
  4. Validated leadership ability, to lead product teams to rapidly iterate and solve problems.
  5. Deep technical capabilities, to work effectively with design and engineering teams.
  6. Keen product intuition, to identify high-potential opportunities and place strategic bets.
  7. Strong analytical skills, to synthesize product metrics and user feedback into actionable insights.
About Government Technology Agency
The Government Technology Agency (GovTech) is the lead agency driving Singapore’s Smart Nation initiatives and public sector digital transformation. As the Centre of Excellence for Infocomm Technology and Smart Systems (ICT & SS), GovTech develops the Singapore Government’s capabilities in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Application Development, Smart City Technology, Digital Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity. At GovTech, we offer you a purposeful career to make lives better. We empower our people to master their craft through continuous and robust learning and development opportunities all year round. Our GovTechies embody our Agile, Bold and Collaborative values to deliver impactful solutions. GovTech aims to transform the delivery of Government digital services by taking an "outside-in" view, putting citizens and businesses at the heart of everything we do. Play a part in Singapore’s vision to build a Smart Nation and embark on your meaningful journey to build tech for public good. Join us to advance our mission and shape your future with us today! Learn more about GovTech at tech.gov.sg.

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If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the job ad closing date, we seek your understanding that it is likely that we are not moving forward with your application for this role. We thank you for your interest and would like to assure you that this does not affect your other job applications with the Public Service. We encourage you to explore and apply for other roles within Government Technology Agency or the wider Public Service.