Service Delivery Leadership & Governance
- Provide overall leadership for service delivery across multiple government accounts under the GCC and hybrid infrastructure environment.
- Define, implement, and enforce service governance frameworks in alignment withGovTech’s ICT standards,IM8, andMinistry-level SLAs.
- Lead the end-to-end delivery lifecycle—covering incident, problem, change, and release management—ensuring consistent adherence to service protocols and escalation paths.
- Establish and maintain robust“maker-checker”and audit-ready processes to ensure accountability and compliance.
Stakeholder & Agency Engagement
- Serve as thesenior point of contactfor agency CIOs, IT Heads, and GovTech cluster leads, ensuring transparent communication and proactive escalation management.
- Conductmonthly and quarterly service reviews (QSRs)with agencies, highlighting operational performance, incident trends, remediation status, and improvement plans.
- Partner with GovTech and internal delivery teams to ensure alignment of service outcomes with national digital strategies and agency transformation goals.
- Build trusted executive relationships, providing strategic advisory on automation, observability, and cybersecurity readiness.
Operational Excellence & Service Transformation
- Driveautomation and AIOps adoption(e.g., observability dashboards, ShipHat initiatives) to reduce manual workload and improve incident detection and response time.
- Oversee cloud service stability, cost optimization (FinOps), and compliance tracking acrossAWS GCC and Azure GCCplatforms.
- Ensure continuous service improvement (CSI) initiatives, leveraging ITSM tool integration (e.g.,ServiceNow, Streams) for unified service visibility and SLA reporting.
- Champion structured governance onchange freeze windows,security patching, andlog review compliance (ABLR).
People & Resource Leadership
- Lead and mentorService Delivery Managers (SDMs),Technical Leads, andEngineering Teams, fostering operational discipline, knowledge retention, and workforce motivation.
- Oversee workforce clearance planning, on/off-boarding, and knowledge transfer (KT) activities to ensure business continuity and compliance withsecurity clearance requirements.
- Drive resource planning and backfill readiness, ensuring adequate coverage acrossmultiple GCC environments and critical agency workloads.
- Promote aOne LPS(or equivalent) culture that emphasizes collaboration, accountability, and service excellence.
Governance, Risk & Compliance
- Ensure all operations comply withIM8,ISO 27001,GovTech directives, and internal audit requirements.
- Partner withCybersecurity teamsto review security posture, manage vulnerability remediation, and support incident response readiness.
- Maintain audit-ready documentation forSLA evidence, SOPs, KT records, access matrices, andchange approval records.
- Proactively identify and mitigate potentialsingle points of failure (SPOF)and operational risks.
Financial & Performance Management
- Manage service contract financials, including forecasting, cost allocation, and TCV optimization.
- Monitor and report service KPIs, SLAs, and compliance metrics to senior management and agency stakeholders.
- Identify and drive opportunities for cost efficiency through automation, shared service delivery, and workload optimization.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
- Experience:Minimum10 years of IT service delivery managementexperience, with at least5 years leading large-scale managed services or cloud operationswithin theSingapore Government or regulated sectors.
- Proven success managingGovTech contracts,IM8-compliant environments, andmulti-agency service portfolios.
Technical & Process Competencies
- Deep understanding ofAWS GCC, Azure GCC, and hybrid cloud architectures, including associated monitoring tools (CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Grafana) is a must.
- Strong command ofITIL, ISO 20000, and ISO 27001frameworks, with working knowledge ofDevSecOps,AIOps, andFinOpspractices.
- Familiarity withGovTech systemssuch asStreams,ServiceNow ITSM,ABLR, andCTSprocesses.
- Strong track record in service automation, observability, and structured change management under government compliance.
Leadership & Soft Skills
- Strategic leader with strong stakeholder management, executive communication, and crisis management capabilities.
- Adept at balancing cybersecurity and operational agility in compliance-driven environments.
- Excellent negotiation, presentation, and client engagement skills with a proactive, solution-oriented mindset.
- Collaborative and empathetic leadership style, able to inspire teams through vision, structure, and accountability.