Senior Manager/Manager, Strategic Digital Project

Government Technology Agency (GovTech); Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

GovTech in Singapore drives digital transformation across public sectors, focusing on XR, Digital Twin and AI. You will support early adoption, identify gaps, and help deploy scalable solutions with partners.

The role emphasizes project management, stakeholder engagement and strategic playbook development for enterprise deployments. The SDP team works across government and industry to transform business models, apply innovative technologies, and ensure delivery on time and budget with measurable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field.
• Experience in ICT projects with strong project management skills.
• Good understanding of XR, Digital Twin, and AI/GenAI.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Support Singapore's IMDA vision for early adoption of emerging tech with public/private partners.
• Identify ecosystem gaps and develop initiatives to scale technology deployments.
• Perform evaluations of XR, Digital Twin, AI/GenAI and related tech areas.
• Assess capabilities, build networks with providers, integrators and researchers.
• Scope, manage use-case deployments and budget, monitor outcomes, suggest enhancements.
• Plan communications and marketing to raise awareness and adoption.
• Review technical analyses, conduct workshops and architecture discussions.
• Design playbooks guiding enterprises in deploying emerging technologies.

Skills

XR

Digital Twin

AI/GenAI

Project management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science / Software Eng or related

Job description

What the role is

The Digital Transformation Cluster (DTC) is responsible for driving digital transformation projects across major economic sectors and ecosystems.

The team works closely with public and private sectors to drive impactful digitalisation projects, solving complex business-technology problems, involving business model transformation, innovative technology applications and regulatory considerations.

We focus on project seeding and scoping, execution, and implementation to ensure that projects are delivered on-time, within budget and achieve intended objectives which include targeted and widespread adoption.

Current areas of focus for DTC include Extended Reality (XR), Digital Twin (DT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) and Digital Sustainability.

What you will be working on

As part of the Strategic Digital Projects (SDP) team that focuses on XR, DT and AI, you will:

• Support IMDA’s vision in promoting and driving the early adoption of emerging technologies by enterprises and industries, playing a key role in prioritising value-driven innovative projects and drive future innovation efforts and working closely with both public and private sector partners.
• Identify ecosystem and industry gaps in users and tech providers; develop and implement initiatives to help overcome these gaps that would enable the technology to be deployed and adopted at scale by users from different industries.
• Perform technical evaluations of emerging technologies including XR, Digital Twin, AI/GenAI, and other technology areas.
• Assess and understand the capabilities of new technologies, build collaborative networks with technology providers, system integrators and research institutes to develop innovative solutions that meet industry needs.
• Scope, administer and project manage deployment of use-cases, implement strategies for eventual commercialisation and scale-up adoption. This includes managing budgets, assessing, and monitoring project outcomes and recommending enhancements where necessary.
• Plan and support communications and marketing efforts to build awareness and encourage adoption.
• Review and contribute on the technical and implementation analysis of tech solutions, tech discovery workshops and solution architecture discussions.
• Design and write playbooks that provide guidance to enterprises on the deployment of emerging technologies.

What we are looking for

You would need to have:

• Suitable educational qualification in related tech field (Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field), with an understanding of the landscape and challenges faced by solution providers and adopters of emerging technologies.
• Prior experience in working on ICT projects with a good understanding of project execution and strong project management skills.
• Good Understanding of emerging technologies such as XR, DT and AI/GenAI.
• Ability to function in a fast-paced and changing environment, visualise outcomes and provide clarity to stakeholders; and Excellent verbal, written communication, negotiation and presentation skills for engaging internal and external stakeholders.

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The Singapore Public Service plays a key role in the economic growth, progress and stability of Singapore by formulating and implementing government policies, as well as providing key public services.

Whether you are a fresh graduate joining the workforce or an experienced professional, the Singapore Public Service offers a great variety of job opportunities for you.

The work in the Public Service can be broadly categorised into the following sectors: Economic, Social, Security & External Relations, and Administration & Corporate Development.

Be part of the team that shapes the future of Singapore.