Product Designer

The Government Technology Agency (GovTech) seeks to transform the delivery of Government Digital Services by taking an "outside-in" view, putting citizens and businesses at the heart of everything we do. We also develop the Smart Nation infrastructure and applications, and facilitate collaboration with the public to co-develop technologies.

Join us as we support Singapore’s vision of building a Smart Nation - a nation of possibilities empowered through info-communications technology and related engineering.

We have built a product team who have developed software that improves citizen digital experience. As a product designer, you will work with both the product team and other government agencies to inform product and design decisions. You will get to influence strategic design experience for the citizens' journey and the government as a whole. This will involve having good interpersonal skill, sharp analytical mind, and astute design judgment. You will work closely with our designers, engineers, data scientists and product managers to continuously deliver solutions for transforming citizen experience and improving agency efficiency. This is a mid-senior level role which sits with the product team, as a member of the UX team in Dcube (GDS). The office will be located at Hive, Sandcrawler Building.

How To Succeed

Delivery centric mindset

• You need to be able to grasp the use case and come up with the task flows in a short
  

span of time

• You are able to propose and present the most ideal design for users, yet anchoring the
  

design proposal with project constraints in consideration

• You are collaborative and understand that a product that is co-created with the team and
  

stakeholders will have the highest chance of being the best product

• You find the quickest route to design, test, and ship a design prototype to 'prove' a
  

concept. Be agile and lean

• You are data-driven yourself, with experience in user research, in order to use data to
  

justify design decisions

Technologist at work

• You are able to translate user research into design recommendations and findings
• You contribute to the design system and ensure UI standards are met
• Frontend development knowledge is a bonus
  

Strategist at heart

• Able to comprehend and communicate well.
• Be flexible, be a team player, solve problems, and contribute to the UX and product
  

team's success.

Preferred Skills

• At least 5 to 7 years of relevant experience in production, working on end-to-end delivery.
  

That would include experience in facilitating workshops, gathering requirements, usability

testing, envisioning flows, and delivering hi-fidelity mockups.

• Strong in rapid prototyping while able to test, improve and validate solutions with actual
  

users.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company as we believe that diversity is essential to innovation. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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 meaningful 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

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