Senior / Product Designer (MOE - Teacher Productivity)

Government Technology Agency; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Singapore is seeking a product designer to drive research and design tools for teachers, impacting their interactions with students. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in product design, demonstrating strategic and hands-on skills. This role offers opportunities to shape meaningful digital experiences in a collaborative environment focused on public good.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Holistic benefits package

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• 5+ years in experience, product, or service design with a strong portfolio.
• Expertise in various research methodologies.
• Ability to guide decision-making with structured product thinking.

Responsibilities

• Drive and deliver strategic research influencing vision and strategy.
• Lead end-to-end research with storytelling to impact products.
• Create service design deliverables like wireframes and user journeys.

Skills

Product design

Strategic research

User journey mapping

Prototyping

Collaboration

Job description

About GovTech

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.

We offer 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!

Learn more about GovTech at tech.gov.sg.

What the role is

The MOE Digital Excellence and Products Division’s Teacher Productivity team is hiring a top-tier product designer to actively develop and execute discovery to drive scale, tap new opportunities as we design, develop and mature tools that help teachers interact effectively and efficiently with their students and colleagues. Partnering with Product, Design, and Engineering, you will tackle our highest impact problems, influencing the overall area’s strategy for both the short and long term.

We’re a tight-knit team that moves quickly and values quality, collaboration, and a clear sense of purpose in the work we do. Here you’ll join a team that values craft, speed, trust, and purpose, and you’ll have a real impact on shaping digital experiences that matter.

Core responsibilities

• Independently drive and deliver strategic research and recommendations and materially influencing the vision and strategy
• Break down complex business challenges into clear research plans; lead the end to end research process and demonstrate strong storytelling skills to deliver significant impact on each product within the vertical
• Design and lead workshops that inspire collaboration, align stakeholders, and generate actionable insights
• Harness your product mindset and storytelling chops to influence product roadmap, by framing and telling the story of design solutions, communicating research findings, conceptual ideas, and design rationale both verbally and visually
• Advocate for the role of Research as a strategic partner in the business process
• Create service design deliverables including experience maps, user journeys, service blueprints, interaction models, flows, and wireframes
• Translate concepts into wireframes and low-fi prototypes, iterating quickly based on feedback from users, team, and internal stakeholders

What we are looking for

• 5+ years in experience, product, or service design, with a strong portfolio demonstrating both strategic and hands‑on work that have led to shipped products
• Expertise in applying a variety of research methodologies, including both qualitative and quantitative techniques, to address product challenges spanning from opportunity identification, concept testing, to feature iterations
• The ability to guide decision‑making with structured and sharp product thinking, being excellent at laddering key user needs to critical product decisions and broader business impact
• Takes on a deeply collaborative approach with cross‑functional partners and stakeholders, seeing discovery and delivery as a process to build consensus and momentum, instead of simply passively making recommendations
• A visual and verbal storyteller who can deliver insights about people and behaviour, and design decisions in ways that generate empathy and engagement from teams and stakeholders
• Extensive knowledge of rapid prototyping methods, ranging from paper sketching to digital prototypes across different media
• Strong sense of ownership over your work, ability to run independently while believing deeply in collaboration, a strong sense of initiative, and a comfort with navigating ambiguity, and comfort in challenging the status‑quo when it benefits our users to do so

Nice to have (bonus)

• 2+ years in product design and delivery, with demonstrable experience designing and shipping products
• A deep interest or prior experience working in education, and a love for learning
• Experience with design systems and agile processes

Equal Opportunity Employer

GovTech is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that values diverse voices and perspectives, as we believe it is key to innovation.

Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market‑competitive suite of perks.

We champion flexible work arrangements (subject to your job role) and trust you to manage your time to deliver your best.

Learn more about life inside GovTech at go.gov.sg/GovTechCareers