Lead / Principal Product Manager (SLS)

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. At GovTech, we offer you 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. Role Overview You will play a pivotal role in shaping core educational products that empower personalized education for each student. We are seeking a Lead/Principal Product Manager to lead the modernization and transformation of the Student Learning Space (SLS). SLS is one of the key learning platforms used by primary, secondary and junior college students. You will establish SLS as a key player in the education technology ecosystem, delivering differentiated learning for each student. Key Responsibilities Develop the product vision, strategy for SLS, with buy-in from senior stakeholders. Galvanise action from internal (policy, operations, technology) and external (industry partners, vendors) stakeholders to execute the product strategy. Lead a team of product managers, designers and software engineers to rapidly discover problems (e.g. user research, user testing), efficiently mitigate risks (e.g. prototypes, POC, POV) and reliably deliver solutions (e.g. frequent uncoupled releases). Drive user advocacy by designing a great user experience and executing a robust go-to-market strategy. Define and track appropriate metrics to measure success and support product decisions. Balance between development of new capabilities, migration of re-usable components, and maintenance of existing tools, while ensuring stakeholder alignment and operational continuity. Actively uncover opportunities to leverage AI to enhance the team’s capabilities, teachers’ teaching capabilities, and students’ learning experience. What we are looking for: We are looking for someone with: 8+ years of product management experience, with proven success driving large-scale transformation of complex digital initiatives (education, or enterprise-level systems preferred). Excellent stakeholder management skills, to influence senior business leaders and collaborate with cross-functional teams. Comfort in ambiguity, to discern the highest leverage problems to solve in a complex, constantly changing environment. Validated leadership ability, to lead product teams to rapidly iterate and solve problems. Deep technical capabilities, to work effectively with design and engineering teams. Keen product intuition, to identify high-potential opportunities and place strategic bets. Strong analytical skills, to synthesize product metrics and user feedback into actionable insights. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company as we believe that diversity is meaningful to innovation. Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market-competitive suite of perks. This includes generous leave benefits to meet your work-life needs. We trust that you will get the job done wherever you are, and whatever works best for you – so work from home or take a break to exercise if you need to*. We also believe it’s important for you to keep honing your craft in the constantly-evolving tech landscape, so we provide and support a plethora of in-house and external learning and development opportunities all year round. Subject to the nature of your job role that might require you to be onsite during fixed hours