Hybrid Deputy Director – Design Management, MOE Digital Excellence & Products Division

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About the role

  • Deputy Director / Director of Design Management at GovTech shaping design vision for education. Leading design strategy and ensuring design quality in MOE digital products and services.

Responsibilities

  • Define, shape and communicate a clear design vision aligned with MOE’s education priorities and long-term digital ambitions
  • Ensure design is a core capability in shaping how MOE delivers meaningful digital products and services at scale
  • Lead with clarity and conviction, shaping product and service strategy through deep user understanding, systems thinking, and strong design judgment
  • Develop future design leaders, influence organisational direction
  • Ensure that digital products measurably improve the experiences of educators, students, parents, and MOE officers
  • Contribute significantly to organisational strategy, product culture, and cross-agency collaboration
  • Reports directly to MOE CIO and works closely with the Product & Engineering Directors

Requirements

  • > 10 years experience
  • Led design for complex, high-stakes digital products across multiple releases
  • Managed and developed senior designers and managers, including performance and talent decisions
  • Shaped product and service strategy – not just execution
  • Influenced senior stakeholders in ambiguous, politically sensitive environments
  • Built or significantly evolved design practices that improved outcomes at scale
  • Highly desirable: experience leading design across multiple teams or portfolios
  • Demonstrated impact linking design decisions to measurable outcomes
  • Experience in government, education, or other complex public-sector contexts
  • Strong grounding in accessibility, inclusive design, and service design

Benefits

  • flexible work arrangements (subject to your job role)
  • holistic and market-competitive suite of perks

Job title

Deputy Director – Design Management, MOE Digital Excellence & Products Division

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

HybridSingapore

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