Lead Creative Technologist

Kyndryl; Singapore; On-site; SGD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology services firm in Singapore is looking for a Creative Technologist to merge design and technology across complex projects. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience in creative technology and excels in human-centered design, collaboration, and innovation. Responsibilities include mentoring teams, leading design initiatives, and crafting engaging presentations. A Bachelor's degree is required, with an advanced degree preferred.

Benefits

Hands-on experience

Learning opportunities

Certification programs

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in creative technology or digital innovation.
• Demonstrated depth in industry verticals or technology domains.
• Experience in enterprise-scale project delivery and design consulting.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise IT and architecture.
• Familiarity with organizational change management or DesignOps.
• Advanced background in data science, AI/ML, or computational design.

Responsibilities

• Lead design initiatives across complex projects ensuring innovative solutions.
• Act as a hands-on expert and team leader in emerging technologies.
• Mentor teams and bridge creative vision with technical feasibility.
• Partner with delivery leads on aligning creative workstreams with goals.
• Craft presentations that engage stakeholders and inspire support.

Skills

Human-Centered Design

Cross-disciplinary Collaboration

Innovation

Rapid Prototyping

Feasibility Analysis

Storytelling

AI and Data Ethics

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field

Tools

AI/ML/GenAI

Phygital Design

Connected Product/IoT

Mobile and Web Front-End Architecture

Job description

The Role

A Creative Technologist is a cross-disciplinary person that bridge between a design vision and engineering execution, using experimentation to solve problems in new and novel ways. They Combines technical expertise with human-centered design to prototype and implement innovative solutions. Creative technologists blend expertise in code, hardware, and emerging technologies to bring ideas to life.

As a Creative Technologist at Kyndryl Vital Sinagpore, you will lead design initiatives across a variety of complex projects, ensuring that solutions are innovative, intuitive, and aligned with client objectives. You’ll act as both a hands-on expert and a team leader—driving the use of emerging technologies, setting prototyping standards, and overseeing the end-to-end design process from early discovery through user testing and delivery.

You’ll build strong relationships with senior client stakeholders, serving as a trusted advisor on how technologies like AI, IoT, or AR can unlock value and elevate experiences. Internally, you’ll mentor teams across design and engineering—bridging creative vision and technical feasibility while fostering a culture of experimentation and collaboration.

You’ll partner with delivery leads to ensure creative technology workstreams align with timelines and goals, influencing implementation decisions and ensuring the final product reflects the intended experience. By balancing big ideas with practical constraints, you’ll deliver solutions that are both ground breaking and scalable.

Your Future at Kyndryl

Every position at Kyndryl offers a way forward to grow your career. We have opportunities that you won’t find anywhere else, including hands-on experience, learning opportunities, and certification programs. Whether you want to broaden your knowledge base or narrow your scope and specialize in a specific sector, you can find your opportunity here.

Who you are

You’re good at what you do and possess the required experience to prove it. However, equally as important – you have a growth mindset; keen to drive your own personal and professional development. You are customer-focused – someone who prioritizes customer success in their work. And finally, you’re open and borderless – naturally inclusive in how you work with others.

Required Expertise

Human-Centered Design: You have an expertise in applying human-centered design at a strategic level. You can not only execute design thinking techniques but also guide others in the team to ensure the end product genuinely resonates with users on a functional and emotional level.

Cross-disciplinary Collaboration: You lead cross-functional collaboration. You often act as the “glue” between different disciplines – facilitating communication between design, engineering, business, and even between our team and the client’s technical teams. Everyone stays aligned thanks to your ability to speak everyone’s language.

Innovation: You have a portfolio of projects that introduced new technology or novel interactions. You proactively explore the tech landscape for opportunities. For example, you might have implemented an industry-first use of a technology at a previous job, or you regularly prototype with experimental tech to assess its potential.

Rapid Prototyping: You can swiftly create everything from visual simulations to fully interactive prototypes that are nearly indistinguishable from a real product. Equally important, you can set up an environment for the team to prototype efficiently, possibly by establishing libraries, frameworks, or processes that accelerate prototyping cycles.

Feasibility Analysis: You have a deep skill in technical feasibility and risk assessment. You can map out the technical requirements of a visionary idea and identify what it would take to implement (time, resources, new skill sets, etc.). You anticipate challenges (scalability, performance, integration issues) and address them early.

Storytelling: You craft presentations and narratives that not only explain a concept but inspire and rally support around a vision. As a result, stakeholders (from end-users in testing sessions to C-suite executives in readouts) are engaged and excited about the possibilities you present.

AI and Data Ethics: You lead by example in considering the ethical implications of design decisions, especially when they involve AI or user data. For instance, you ensure any AI features are transparent and fair, and you educate clients and team members about responsible AI and data practices

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 8+ years of experience in roles involving creative technology, user experience, or digital innovation. You have led significant portions of projects and possibly managed other technologists or designers.
• Demonstrated depth in one or more industry verticals or technology domains, which allows you to quickly contextualize solutions for specific business problems (e.g., you deeply understand healthcare tech and regulations, or you have expertise in automotive manufacturing user experience, etc.).
• Experience in both enterprise-scale project delivery and design consulting. You can navigate corporate governance, security reviews, and large program structures, but you also know how to drive lean project delivery.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise IT and architecture (e.g., cloud platforms, databases, APIs, security considerations) enabling you to design solutions that integrate well with clients’ ecosystems or to advise on technical architecture for prototypes.
• Familiarity with organizational change management or DesignOps. At this level, you may be influencing not just the product but how the client organization adopts new tools or processes. Experience here helps ensure your solutions are actually embraced and implemented by the customer’s teams.
• Advanced background in data science, AI/ML, or computational design is a plus. This could mean you’ve worked closely with data scientists, developed AI-driven prototypes, or otherwise have the ability to conceptually design and even build features that leverage data and ML.
• You may specialize more deeply in (at this level, you might be an expert for a specialization while still maintaining a broad skill set):

Preferred Professional and Technical Expertise

• AI/ML/GenAI
• Phygital Design
• Connected Product/IoT
• Mobile and Web + Front-End Architecture for Experience

Required Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field (or equivalent demonstrable portfolio of work).

Preferred Education

• Advanced degree in a relevant field (e.g., MDM, MDes, MFA, MBA or equivalent MS in HCI, MBA with tech focus, PhD in a design or tech field) or equivalent continued education is a plus.