Manager (Engineering), Digital Innovation Studio

NHG Health; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

NHG Health seeks a Manager (Engineering) for the Digital Innovation Studio to lead technical prototype engineering and platform governance. You will coordinate front-end and back-end prototype work with NHG project teams, clinicians, and data scientists to deliver scalable, secure digital solutions.

You will maintain multi-cloud sandbox environments (AWS/Azure/GCP), draft architecture diagrams and PRDs, and provide hands-on support for prototyping activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/SE or equivalent.
• 5 years hands-on engineering experience in cloud environments.
• Familiarity with AWS/Azure/GCP and containerized deployments.
• Proficiency in drafting PRDs and architecture sketches.

Responsibilities

• Design and support lightweight prototypes including front-end interfaces and back-end services.
• Maintain multi-cloud sandbox environments and manage access provisioning.
• Provide technical documentation and hands-on support for prototype development.

Skills

Hands-on engineering experience (front

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Containerized deployments

Enterprise integration patterns

Job description

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Manager (Engineering), Digital Innovation Studio

Institution: Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Family Group: Administration

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title:

Manager (Engineering), Digital Innovation Studio

NHG Vision: Adding years of healthy life

CHI Mission: Driving innovation for systems change

The Centre for Healthcare Innovation (CHI) is committed to catalysing and driving innovation for systems change in healthcare, thereby adding years of healthy life. Built on the foundation of co-learning and collaboration, CHI's core is in facilitating innovation through its suite of platforms and programmes. CHI has built a dynamic network of local and international partners who are dedicated to fostering innovation, creating thought leadership, co-building initiatives to inculcate and embed a culture of innovation within healthcare. We spearhead innovation by driving the adoption of the CHI Innovation Cycle, care and process redesign and in the use of technology. CHI leads transformation at the care, systems and ecosystem levels to achieve better health and healthcare.

About the Digital Innovation Office (DIO)

The Digital Innovation Office (DIO) under the Centre for Healthcare Innovation (CHI) drives NHG Health's digital transformation across three key platforms: Digital Hospital, Digital Community, and Health Empowered by AI Launchpad (HEAL).

DIO's mission is to enable transformation and deliver impact by supporting institution-led platforms that advance workforce and care transformation. Through collaborative programmes and partnerships, DIO serves as a catalyst for AI adoption at scale and digital innovation across hospitals and community care.

JOB SUMMARY

Reporting to the Assistant Director, Digital Innovation Studio (DIS), the role will manage DIS's proof-of-concept (POC) platforms consisting of multi-cloud sandbox environments and maintain full technical understanding of their AI and/or IT standards. The candidate will undertake important technical activities together with NHG project teams for the robust prototyping of digital solutions that support CHI's digital and AI-enabled future.

In addition, the candidate will participate in user-engaged product iteration, and technology ecosystem stewardship-working closely with clinicians, operations teams, UX specialists, data scientists, and industry partners.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Technical Prototype Engineering

• Design and support the development of lightweight prototypes, including front-end interfaces, back-end services, and workflow components.
• Collaborate with project teams to define technical requirements and translate business needs into implementable solution designs, ensuring alignment with security and scalability considerations.
• Develop technical documentation such as PRDs that include human-in-the-loop (HITL) workflow and guardrail/safety mechanisms , and architecture diagrams.
• Provide hands-on support for prototype development, testing, and technical troubleshooting.

2. Sandbox Platform Management

• Maintain DIS multi-cloud sandbox environments across AWS, Azure and/or GCP, including user onboarding, resource provisioning, and access management .
• Manage and optimise additional enterprise prototyping platforms, ensuring users can effectively build solutions using pre-established services and reusable architecture patterns.
• Engage industry cloud providers and healthcare IT vendors to stay abreast of emerging platforms, integration approaches, and capabilities, and advise project teams on designing prototypes aligned with target deployment environments.

3. Administrative support

• Support DIS in secretariat or administrative work where needed.
• Design and deliver hands-on training workshops on modern software development practices and the effective use of cloud-based tools and platforms.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

(A) EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or equivalent.
• 5 years hands-on engineering experience (front-end or back-end in cloud environment).
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS preferred), containerized deployments, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Proficient in drafting PRDs and creating pragmatic lightweight solution architectures to guide technical implementation

Desired Skills

• Passion for healthcare and to create new solutions that can benefit patients or hospital systems.
• Experience working in healthcare, or with standards such as HL7/FHIR, is advantageous.
• Understanding of cybersecurity principles, data protection, and safe experimentation in enterprise settings.
• Experience working with vendors or external tech partners is a bonus.
• Flexible mindset to adopt new platforms and create new technical frameworks or processes in our evolving environment