Assistant Director, Programme Management

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.

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[What you will be working on]

GovTech, as the lead agency for Singapore's Smart Nation initiative, is seeking an Assistant Director for Programme Management within its Developer Productivity and Services (DPS) division. This role is crucial for overseeing and integrating two key programs: Developer Productivity, which enhances government engineers' coding and deployment processes, and Developer Services, focused on building a Central Product Marketplace for GovTech's offerings. The Assistant Director will ensure coherent execution across both programs, provide clear leadership visibility, and manage projects to translate strategies into actionable plans and measurable objectives. A significant part of the role involves driving the supply side of the Central Product Marketplace by engaging with over 45 GovTech platform product teams to integrate them onto the Console platform, requiring strong relationship management and judgment.

What you will own:

The programme management function across Developer Productivity and Developer Services, ensuring tight execution and conditions that make good product decisions possible. You will be responsible for managing projects within the programme, and play a leading role in nudging the teams to translate strategies into plans, OKRs reviewed with accountability, workstreams visible, blockers surfaced early, and the right people in the room when decisions need to be made. On the Developer Services side, a significant part of this is driving the supply side of the Central Product Marketplace, managing structured engagement sessions with 45+ GovTech platform product teams to get them integrated onto Console. This is a sustained, relationship driven effort that requires persistence, good judgment, and the ability to build trust across a wide group of stakeholders.

You are expected to:

Own the operating rhythm of both programmes, including strategy reviews, OKR cycles, and workstream tracking, to ensure teams focus on building. Maintain a clear line of sight across all active workstreams and flag risks early. Build and sustain working relationships with senior stakeholders, facilitating decisions that teams on the ground cannot make alone. Coach and mentor direct and indirect repor9ts, investing in team capability and creating an environment for optimal performance. Manage the small programme support team covering Procurement, Finance, and Admin, aligning these functions with programme priorities. Support the supply side Console integration effort through structured engagement sessions, removing blockers, tracking progress, and building a repeatable playbook.

You do this by:

Ensuring programme practices are lean and purposeful, such as regular workstream check ins, OKR reviews, and strategy sessions that surface information without creating meeting overhead. Staying close enough to each workstream to understand realities versus optimism without becoming a bottleneck. Enabling structured engagement with central product teams to sustain Console integration, building relationships, resolving hesitations, and making integration the path of least resistance. Working alongside PMs, designers, engineers, and product ops as a connector and enabler, understanding each discipline to ask the right questions and foster communication. Preparing leadership updates and briefings that are honest about status and clear about needed decisions. Building a high trust environment where the team raises issues early and collaborates to resolve them.

[What we are looking for]

Who we are looking for:

A programme manager skilled at making organizations work, not just tracking them. Candidates should have 8 to 14 years in programme or delivery management, ideally in technology, with a proven track record of coordinating complex, multi workstream portfolios across diverse teams. The ideal candidate works naturally with PMs, designers, engineers, and product ops, understanding each discipline to be a credible partner. They build strong stakeholder relationships, communicate clearly, and possess working knowledge of OKRs and performance frameworks, using data for accountability. Comfort in an AI assisted work environment and curiosity about technology trends are valued. Familiarity with developer facing platforms, government digital products, or large scale platform adoption is an advantage.

Why join us:

Work at the center of two of GovTech's most strategically important programmes, one reshaping how government engineers build software and the other building the marketplace for central products. Experience real scale and visibility, as the work impacts every agency developer and administrator in the Singapore Government. Gain direct access to senior leadership and a genuine seat at the table on programme direction. Join a team that values craft, comprising strong PMs, designers, and engineers who are serious about their work and seek a programme function that enhances their capabilities. GovTech is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace, offering a holistic and market competitive suite of employee benefits and championing flexible work arrangements.

What we offer you:

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

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 programs. 

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. 

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