Product Operations Specialist

ACTIVATE INTERACTIVE PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Activate Interactive Pte Ltd is seeking a Product Operations Specialist for a fixed-term one-year contract in Singapore. The role sits at the intersection of operations and product, supporting enhancements, bug fixes, incidents with co-sourced development teams and government agencies.

You will drive dashboards, SLA tracking, and governance while ensuring clear documentation and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience as a technical business analyst or product operations specialist in a tech or systems-driven environment.
• Strong understanding of data flows, backend processes, databases, APIs, and system architecture, with comfort using SQL to investigate issues and support decisions.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product managers, engineers, policy leads, partner agencies, system owners, and helpdesk teams to ensure operational readiness for new features, launches, agency engagements, documentation, testing, and post-launch support.
• Triage, investigate, and coordinate resolution of production issues, including analysing user impact and logs, and working with technical teams to clarify root causes and remediation options.

Skills

Technical BA

Product ops

SQL

Data flows

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Activate Interactive Pte Ltd (\"Activate\") is a leading technology consultancy headquartered in Singapore with a presence in Malaysia and Indonesia. Our clients are empowered with quality, cost-effective, and impactful end-to-end application development, like mobile and web applications, and cloud technology that remove technology roadblocks and increase their business efficiency.

We believe in positively impacting the lives of people around us and the environment we live in through the use of technology. Hence, we are committed to providing a conducive environment for all employees to realise their full potential, who in turn have the opportunity to continuously drive innovation.

We are searching for our next team members to join our growing team.

If you love the idea of being part of a growing company with exciting prospects in mobile and web technologies that create positive impact on people's lives, then we would love to hear from you.

Co-Development Business Unit is looking for a Product Operations Specialist

This is a fixed term contract role. The engagement is 1 year

You will work in Singapore Government Agencies

Internal Code: A26326

The Family Life Group in Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) enables trusted, secure digital transactions for every citizen, parent and employer.

As a Product Operations Specialist, you'll help ensure the integrity, reliability, and operational excellence of our suite of family and inter-generational products.

You'll work at the intersection of operations and product, supporting the ongoing enhancements, bug fixes and incidents with co-sourced development teams and downstream or upstream agencies.

This role suits someone who thrives in a product-driven environment, enjoys connecting dots across teams, and communicates clearly and confidently in both technical and non-technical settings.

What will you do?

• Partner with product managers, engineers, policy leads, partner agencies, system owners, and helpdesk teams to ensure operational readiness for new features, launches, agency engagements, documentation, testing, and post-launch support.
• Triage, investigate, and coordinate resolution of production issues, including analysing user impact, reviewing data flows, checking logs or database records where appropriate, and working with technical teams to clarify root causes and remediation options within defined SLAs.
• Manage the backlog of ProdOps issues, including issue logging, categorisation, impact assessment, prioritisation, follow-up with owners, and reporting of key trends or blockers to management, product and operations leads.
• Scope, implement, and maintain dashboards to track helpdesk performance, production issue trends, backlog status, product-level risks, and operational metrics to support leadership reporting, prioritisation, and data-driven decisions.
• Prepare clear documentation and submissions for operational approvals, including data patches, production fixes, risk acceptance, exception handling, and other matters requiring division Director or management endorsement.
• Establish clear feedback loops between customer experience teams, helpdesk agents, product teams, technical teams, and policy stakeholders to improve issue resolution and ensure user insights drive continuous improvement.
• Improve and maintain internal tools, workflows, and SOPs, including JIRA, escalation frameworks, ticket tagging or logging standards, issue playbooks, and operational governance processes.
• Understand and map data flows, user journeys, dependencies, risks, and operational issues across systems, including identity records, data accuracy, and upstream or downstream system dependencies.
• Maintain and ensure timely updates to product documentation is carried out by both product operations and engineering team.

What are we looking for?

• 2 to 4 years of experience as a technical business analyst or product operations specialist in a tech or systems-driven environment.
• Strong understanding of data flows, backend processes, databases, APIs, and system architecture, with comfort using SQL to investigate issues and support decisions.
• Ability to break down complex systems into clear user journeys, operational steps, dependencies, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Experience triaging production issues, assessing user or operational impact, coordinating with technical teams, and tracking issues through to resolution.
• Ability to manage issue backlogs in a structured way, including categorising issues, assessing severity and urgency, prioritising follow-up, and communicating trade-offs clearly.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Structured, detail-oriented, and accountable, with strong documentation habits and follow-through.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with engineering, product, policy, frontline teams, and external partners.
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