Product Ops Specialist

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!

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We are looking for a Policy Officer to help Trust & Safety product teams navigate and influence the Singapore government to maximize our collective impact on the public good and transform the Singapore government to be more high-performing.

The role involves:

• Being a Product Enabler!
  The Policy Lead will be the domain expert on the government’s role in the anti-scam space. They will work with product teams to:

• Gain access to the right agencies and decision-makers

• Preemptively identify and circumvent policy blockers,

• Ground the product roadmaps and visions in solving public problems,

• Communicate the nuances of policy to product teams and the technicalities of product development to bureaucrats, and

• Align resources, regulatory levers and government leadership consensus - to achieve product success, policy outcomes, all to improve the lived experiences of citizens and public servants

• Being a solution provider!
  The policy lead will use their strategic view of the problem space to:

• Identify where new/reimagined products and/or policies could solve the problem, at times independent from Product. Once new spaces have seeded teams, the policy lead explores if/how seeded teams can grow, thrive with their stakeholders, and maximize their impact in their domain.

• Discern policy solutions and nurture collaborations and partnerships with external stakeholders and leadership to execute policies to reshape the space to achieve the public good objectives of our problem space

• Being an enabler of T&S's overall goals and mission

  • Navigate and influence the government in support of T&S goals (e.g. financing, manpower, propagation mandate etc.) by e.g. liaising with MDDI, GovTech management, MOF, MHA etc.

  • Create learning and exposure opportunities to ensure that T&S officers have access to the most impactful problems in government anti-scam space and how to work through government to solve these (e.g. fireside chats, learning journeys and public service onboarding).

If you have a passion to improve the lives of Singaporeans and possess the requisite attitudes, knowledge and skills, we invite you to apply for this challenging and rewarding role as a Policy Officer at T&S.

Attitudes

• Empathy and an insatiable drive to improve the lives of Singaporeans

• Curiosity to find the ways of doing so

• Initiative to try these ways independently and

• Willingness to do whatever it takes to get the job done

Knowledge

• Have either extensive experience working in and/or collaborating with the Singapore Government to drive public good outcomes

• Have a deep understanding or appreciation for technology and how it can be used to improve lives

• Able to apply backcasting to a problem space

Skills

• Possess strategic thinking ability, with an eye for operational details.

• Able to drive and implement ideas in a changing environment

• Able to collaborate effectively with people in other parts of government to achieve public good outcomes

• Have excellent communication, presentation and writing skills, and be prepared to work with tight deadlines

• Have excellent analytical and quantitative skills - to make meaning out of data and translate that into actual changes

Overall we look for people who have ability, initiative, good communication, and an interest in public good.

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.

Learn more about life inside GovTech at go.gov.sg/GovTechCareers.
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