[What the role is]
The Government Technology Agency (GovTech) aims to transform the delivery of Government digital services by taking an "outside-in" view, putting citizens and businesses at the heart of everything we do. We also develop the Smart Nation infrastructure and applications, and facilitate collaboration with citizens and businesses to co-develop technologies.Join us as we support Singapore’s vision of building a Smart Nation - a nation of possibilities empowered through info-communications technology and related engineering.
[What you will be working on]
Government Productivity Engineering
The Government Productivity Engineering (GPE) Division provides end-to-end solutions, encompassing both user-facing productivity tools and robust backend infrastructure, to support a wide array of operational needs. Our mission is to empower public officers to boost work productivity and enhance service delivery with digital tools, leveraging on a trusted, secure, and resilient Whole-of-Government Infrastructure.
Digital Resilency Engineering Team (DRE)
We are seeking an experienced engineering leader to join the Digital Resiliency Engineering (DRE) team. This role leads the platform engineering team responsible for building core platform services that enable other teams deliver secure, reliable, and resilient systems faster.
The DRE team focuses on solving common infrastructure engineering problems once – so other teams don’t have to. This includes areas like CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, observability, and incident response. You’ll help shape what gets built, ensure it’s useful and easy to adopt, and make sure it runs well in production. You’ll work closely with external technology partners and vendors to evaluate and integrate solutions where appropriate.
You’ll collaborate with teams across engineering, operations, and cybersecurity to make smart technical choices and ensure DRE’s work delivers clear value for GovTech and the whole of Singapore government.
Key Responsibilities
Product Strategy and Vision
Define and evolve the long-term product strategy and roadmap across DRE’s platform offerings.
Ensure strategic alignment across engineering, operations, and business stakeholders.
Define success metrics and use data to inform decisions and prioritization.
Execution & Delivery
Drive the full product lifecycle from discovery to launch, with strong focus on user impact, performance, and scalability.
Oversee go-to-market planning including pricing, positioning, packaging, and rollout coordination.
Manage a portfolio of infrastructure products, ensuring coherence and value across the suite.
Leadership & Collaboration
Mentor other team members and contribute to growing product capability within the division.
Facilitate clear, structured communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Represent DRE in working groups and decision forums involving infrastructure product strategy.
What Success Looks Like
DRE’s product strategy and roadmap are clearly articulated, widely understood, and directly shaping engineering direction and priorities.
Each product under DRE has measurable impact, clear value proposition, and increasing adoption across user teams.
Teams are aligned around shared goals and working iteratively toward long-term product outcomes.
Product thinking is embedded in team processes, with stronger capabilities emerging across functions.
Go-to-market activities for DRE products—such as pricing, onboarding, and adoption—are structured and effective.
[What we are looking for]
At least 5 years of product management experience, with a focus on platform infrastructure products or developer-facing tools.
Demonstrated ownership of a product portfolio, including setting vision, roadmaps, and priorities.
Strong strategic thinking, able to balance long-term goals with short-term execution needs.
Proficiency with data-driven product development—defining success metrics, experimentation, and continuous iteration.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to influence across technical and executive audiences.
Experience mentoring peers and uplifting product thinking across teams.
Preferred Qualifications
Prior experience working in GovTech, public sector, or regulated environments.
Familiarity with go-to-market activities, including pricing strategy and user adoption planning.
Understanding of DevOps, observability, cloud infrastructure, or SRE principles.
Comfortable working in agile environments and using service design or design thinking methodologies.
Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market-competitive suite of perks. These include leave benefits to meet your work-life needs and employee wellness programmes.
We champion flexible work arrangements (subject to your job role) and trust that you will manage your own time to deliver your best, wherever you are, and whatever works best for you.
Learn more about life inside GovTech at go.gov.sg/GovTechCareers.
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