Lead / Senior Product Manager (Digital Accelerator Unit)

Government Technology Agency; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous leave

Work from home option

Learning & development

Job summary

GovTech in Singapore is hiring a Product Manager in the Digital Accelerator Unit to balance hands-on delivery with strategic thinking. You will shape product vision, set direction, and manage stakeholders while leading a diverse team of engineers, data specialists, designers and ops experts.

You will own the backlog, roadmaps, and cross-functional execution, making trade-offs between business value, user needs and technical constraints.

Qualifications

• 3 - 5 years of product management experience.
• Product management experience in a start-up environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience managing stakeholders effectively.
• Proven track record working with cross-functional teams and fostering inclusive environments.
• Track record of shipping impactful product or feature.
• Strong product sense and intuition.
• Entrepreneurial spirit and comfort with ambitious goals in a fast-moving environment.
• Technical background in Computer Science or similar.
• Experience building self-serve, scalable products.
• Experience guiding teams through ambiguous situations and tough trade-off decisions.
• Scrum Master or Product Owner certification.

Responsibilities

• Create vision and strategy with Product Lead / Programme Manager.
• Evaluate new product opportunities and pitch capabilities based on data and user needs.
• Lead cross-functional teams of engineers, data specialists, designers, and operations.
• Manage the product backlog and roadmap, prioritising based on business value and user impact.
• Navigate bottlenecks and trade-offs between business needs, user requirements and technical constraints.
• Present roadmaps and updates to stakeholders regularly.
• Build short-term plans that ladder up to long-term goals.
• Deliver product features and outcomes.
• Handle user stories, acceptance criteria and product requirements using JIRA, Trello and Confluence.
• Gather business and user requirements and turn them into development-ready user stories.
• Keep documentation current, including project plans and risk logs.
• Manage sprint planning and backlog prioritisation.
• Ensure everything meets IM8 and government security standards.

Skills

Product Management

Startup Experience

Strong Communication

Analytical Thinking

Stakeholder Management

Cross-functional Leadership

Shipping Experience

Product Sense

Entrepreneurial Spirit

CS Background

Self-Serve/Scalable Products

Ambiguity Navigation

Scrum Master / Product Owner

Education

Computer Science or related field

Tools

JIRA

Trello

Confluence

Job description

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 where we empower our people to master their craft through robust learning and development opportunities all year round.

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!

As a Product Manager in the Digital Accelerator Unit, you will need to balance hands-on product delivery with strategic thinking. We are looking for someone who can execute well while also setting direction and managing stakeholders effectively.

The role covers 3 main areas:

Vision & Strategy

You will help shape what our products should become and figure out how to get there. This means creating a clear vision backed by solid data and working out the steps to make it happen.

Communication

Once you've got your vision sorted, you will need to sell it. You'll be convincing stakeholders - to get behind your ideas. Strong communication skills and deep product knowledge are essential here.

Execution

You will lead the product team to actually deliver on that vision. This means making tough calls about what to prioritise, balancing security, technical constraints, design needs, and product goals. You will also need to keep everyone aligned and moving in the same direction.

What you will be doing

• Work with Product Lead / Programme Manager to create vision and strategy
• Evaluate new product opportunities and pitch new capabilities based on data and user needs
• Lead cross-functional teams of engineers, data specialists, designers, and operation experts with an inclusive approach that values diverse perspectives
• Manage the product backlog and roadmap, prioritising based on business value and user impact
• Navigate bottlenecks and make trade-offs between business needs, user requirements and technical constraints
• Present roadmaps and updates to stakeholders regularly.
• Build short-term plans that ladder up to long-term goals
• Product Delivery
• Handle user stories, acceptance criteria and product requirements using JIRA, Trello and Confluence
• Gather business and user requirements and turn them into development-ready user stories
• Keep documentation current, including project plans and risk logs
• Manage sprint planning and backlog prioritisation
• Ensure everything meets IM8 and government security standards

What we are looking for

• 3 - 5 years of product management experience

• Product management experience in a start-up environment

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Sharp analytical and problem-solving abilities

• Experience managing stakeholder effectively

• Proven track record working with cross-functional teams and foster inclusive environments

• Track record of shipping impactful product or feature

• Strong product sense and intuition

• Entrepreneurial spirit and comfort with ambitious goals in a fast-moving environment

• Technical background in Computer Science or similar

• Experience building self-serve, scalable products

• Experience guiding teams through ambiguous situations and tough trade-off decisions

• Scrum Master or Product Owner certification

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 market-competitive suite of perks. This includes generous leave benefits to meet your work-life 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 constantly-evolving tech landscape, so we provide and support a plethora of in-house 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.