Singapore Polytechnic

Senior Executive, User Experience Centre (Dept of InP)

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What the role is

Most Positive Workplace Collaboration Award - Singapore International Chamber of Commerce (SICC) Awards 2025

Ranked #19 for The Straits Times Singapore's Best Employers 2024 & 2025

The Department of Industry and Partnerships (InP) plays a pivotal role in fulfilling Singapore Polytechnic (SP) mission as a polytechnic for all ages and prepare our learners to be life-ready, work-ready and world-ready for the transformation of Singapore.

The appointee will be part of the team from Singapore Polytechnic’s User Experience Centre (UXC). He/she will support strategic partnerships, business development, and innovation efforts within the UXC team. The incumbent will be required to collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to contribute to consultancy, project delivery, and training activities. He/she will assist in driving business development initiatives, oversee project implementation, and provide domain-specific technical expertise when required.

What you will be working on

Coordinate and executive with local and regional partners to bring in consultancy, project work, training workshop, pre-employment training, continuous education training short courses and programmes, business development and internationalization work with regional partners in ASEAN.
Coordinate and execute strategies in Design Thinking and/or Humanity-Centred Design framework with the team to grow Singapore Polytechnic as a thought leader in Design Thinking/Humanity-Centered Innovation regionally.
Coordinate with other centres/schools in business development efforts to bring in leads for consultancy and projects.
Ensure project continues beyond their initial scopes and identify additional opportunities within the client’s organization for strategic long-term partnership and collaboration.

What we are looking for

Tertiary education in design, user experience and/or user interface design or 2 years’ of relevant experience with good portfolio.
Positive, dynamic individual with the ability to oversee multiple project teams while maintaining performance, timelines, and team harmony
Proficiency with user research, user interviews methodologies, design, design thinking, and prototyping tools and methods
Strong collaboration and communication skills to influence stakeholders and work well collaboratively and independently
Strong presentation and storytelling abilities
Strong eye for details and a deep curiosity to learn, understand, and make sense of data.
Highly adaptable, professional and resourceful, with the ability to manage diverse projects under pressure

Successful candidate will be offered a 2-year contract in the first instance.

If you are shortlisted for the position(s), you should hear from us within 30 days of the closing date of the advertisement.

About your application process

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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 Singapore Polytechnic or the wider Public Service.

About Singapore Polytechnic

As Singapore’s first polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic (SP) prides ourselves in providing the best learning experience for our students in pre-employment and continuing adult education. The mission of SP is to prepare our learners to be life ready, work ready and world ready. Our vision is to be a caring community of inspired learners committed to serving with mastery.

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