Ngee Ann Polytechnic

PROJECT & PRODUCT MANAGER - DIGITAL SERVICES & TECHNOLOGY OFFICE

Fixed Terms

Closing on 28 Dec 2025

What the role is

To bridge business needs and technical delivery for NP’s Enterprise and AI platform.

This role drives the roadmap and implementation of DAISY’s core service layers—Data-as-a-Service, Insight-as-a-Service, and Advanced-Analytics-as-a-Service—ensuring the Enterprise Data Lakehouse meets NP’s strategic and operational goals.

You will also be leading stakeholders’ workshops for requirements, managing backlogs, prioritizing user requirements, and ensuring successful delivery of the product and stakeholders’ use-cases.

This is a 2-year contract position in the Digital Services & Technology Office.

What you will be working on

Product Ownership

Define product roadmap for the Lakehouse platform (dashboards, ingestion, AI/ML use cases).
Engage stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into product features and user stories that align with NP Data and AI platform service model.
Prioritize features and enhancements based on business value and technical feasibility.

Project Delivery

Manage Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives).
Tracks progress, risks, and dependencies across ingestion, governance, AI, security teams.
Work closely with Data Engineers, Platform/Security Engineers, Governance Leads, and AI teams to ensure timely and quality delivery.
Prepares progress reports and updates for leadership.

Collaboration

Acts as the main liaison between business stakeholders and the engineering team.
Ensures alignment between strategic goals (analytics, predictive models, governance) and implementation work.
Support change management and adoption of new analytics/AI tools by business teams.

What we are looking for

Preferably 3–5 years in product management or project management roles.
Prior exposure to data/analytics or cloud projects preferred.
Experience working with Agile teams in a technical environment.

Skills & Certifications

Certifications:
- Agile/Scrum Master or Product Owner certification (CSM, CSPO, PMI-ACP).
- PMP or PRINCE2.
Technical Knowledge:
- Understanding of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and modern data platforms.
- Familiarity with Databricks, Delta Lake, or BI/analytics tools is a plus.
Other Skills:
- Strong stakeholder management and requirements gathering.
- Backlog management (Jira, Azure DevOps, Trello, or similar tools).
- Excellent written and verbal communication.

Attributes

Organized and meticulous.
Strong communicator and collaborator.
Business-value driven with ability to balance priorities.
Adaptable and proactive in fast-paced, technical environments.

About your application process

This job is closing on 28 Dec 2025.

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 Ngee Ann Polytechnic or the wider Public Service.

About Ngee Ann Polytechnic

At Ngee Ann Polytechnic, our nine academic schools offer over 40 full-time diplomas to a growing student population of more than 15,000. As a public tertiary institution, internationally-recognised for its academic excellence and close industry links, NP prides itself on having a dedicated and professional teaching faculty, complete with campus facilities that are among the finest in the world. An institution of higher learning, Ngee Ann Polytechnic believes in giving every student an enriching learning experience and every employee the opportunity to build a meaningful career. If you are a self-starter with an innovative mind, a versatile person with the drive for all-rounded excellence, and a dedicated team player who shares our vision and values, we invite you to join our inspired team.

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