About this role
[What the role is]
We are seeking a Senior or Principal Manager to manage and/or lead the design, implementation, and governance of the Career Guidance Division’s (CGD) systems and data assets to ensure reliability, scalability and security, while enabling innovation and operational excellence for continuous improvement.[What you will be working on]
1. Systems & Digital Management
Manage and/or lead system through the entire lifecycle – from planning and development to maintenance and retirement – using methodologies like Agile or Waterfall.
Able to streamline workflows, drive digital awareness, adoption and reimagine processes for operational efficiency.
2. Data Governance & Management
Track records, make complex data understandable and easy to use, enabling stakeholders to make informed decisions and drive innovation.
Able to assess complex issues and design structured, data-driven solutions.
3. Operational & Stakeholder Management
Possess experience in managing diverse stakeholder requirements and aligning them with organizational objectives.
Possess experience in overseeing procurement, managing project budgets, and monitoring vendor performance to ensure projects are delivered on time and within cost.
Possess strong knowledge of risk, compliance, and audit management for systems and data.
4. Collaboration & Communication Skills
Adept at engaging diverse stakeholders with effective written and verbal communication skills.
Effective in cross functional settings; adaptable and resilient in fast-changing environment.
5. Leaderships and Capability Building (For Principal Manager)
Provide strategic guidance informed by digital, systems, and data trends and policies.
Demonstrate expertise in digital, systems and data trends to inform and influence strategic decisions.
[What we are looking for]
Job Responsibilities
Develop and implement CGD’s system and data management strategy aligned with organisational goals.
Drive digital transformation through adoption of systems and re-engineering processes.
Oversee systems integration and manage end-to-end life cycle of CGD’s applications and platforms.
Establish policies, frameworks and standards to ensure high quality, secure data.
Oversee vendor partnerships, balancing with stakeholders’ management ensuring value and accountability of projects.
For Principal Manager:
Provide strategic guidance and advisory to a multidisciplinary team of system and data professionals.
Build internal capability through training, knowledge sharing, and talent development.
Provide thought leadership on digital, system, and data trends to inform strategic decision-making.
Other facts
About Public Service Division
The Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) is the lead agency driving Singapore's Smart Nation initiative and public sector digital transformation. We harness the power of technology to make lives better for citizens, businesses, international audiences and the public service sector.
Our mission: Engineering Digital Government, Making Lives Better.
Our goal is to create a government that is "Digital to the Core, and Serves with Heart". We achieve this by using technology to create services that are easy, seamless and secure for people to use, and placing the needs of citizens and businesses at the centre of everything we do.
As a digital government, our public officers are also able to continually upskill, adapt to new challenges and work more effectively across agencies as well as with citizens and businesses in Singapore.
What you'll do
- The role involves managing and leading the design, implementation, and governance of systems and data assets for the Career Guidance Division. Responsibilities include overseeing the entire lifecycle of systems, ensuring data quality and security, and managing stakeholder relationships.
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