Job Description

What the role is:As the Head of Digital Innovation, you will lead the MOE\'s Digital Innovation Office, and report directly to the Ministry\'s Chief Information Officer (CIO). Your focus will be on driving digital experimentation, prototyping, and innovation initiatives across the organisation. This role emphasises innovation leadership, emerging technologies, and rapid prototyping, with a strong focus on human-centered design. The ideal candidate will cultivate a culture of innovation, lead cross-functional teams, and deliver scalable solutions through various means such as ideathons, hackathons, and design thinking workshops.What you will be working on:

• Strategic Leadership to develop and execute a digital innovation strategy, driving experimentation and prototyping to address key challenges within MOE. \xe2\x80\xa2 Innovation Culture, fostering a culture of continuous learning and experimentation by organising ideathons, hackathons, and problem-solving workshops. Run design thinking workshops to embed user-centred methodologies, ensuring that new prototypes and innovations are able to meet the needs of educators, students, and administrators. \xe2\x80\xa2 Prototype Development & Innovation Excellence, leading the development, testing, and rapid iteration of prototypes for digital solutions, focusing on delivering human-centred designs. Guide teams through ideation, prototyping, and evaluation, ensuring solutions are user-friendly and scalable. \xe2\x80\xa2 Cross-functional Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement, to lead multidisciplinary teams in organising and facilitating ideathons, hackathons, and design thinking sessions that emphasise user-centred solutions. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to share insights from these workshops and explore new possibilities for digital transformation. \xe2\x80\xa2 Performance & Measurable Outcomes, to establish metrics to assess the success of innovation initiatives, with a focus on usability, effectiveness, efficiency, time-to-market for prototypes, impact on user adoption and experience, number of proof of concept/ value (POCs and POVs) and scaled solutions. To establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) related to the effectiveness of human-centred workshops and prototypes, including user feedback and value delivered. To manage and optimised the innovation budgets and resources, ensuring they are allocated effectively to maximise value from ideathons, workshops, and experimentation efforts \xe2\x80\xa2 Team Development & Coaching, to mentor innovation teams, helping them build capabilities in design thinking, human-centred design, and digital prototyping. Promote a collaborative environment that encourages experimentation, creativity, and continuous improvement through regular problem-solving workshops and design sessions.

What we are looking for:

• Experience: At least 15 years of experience in digital innovation, prototyping, or strategic leadership roles, with a focus on innovation. \xe2\x80\xa2 Strategic Leadership: Proven ability to lead innovation initiatives and manage cross-functional teams through design thinking and innovation processes. \xe2\x80\xa2 Innovation & Agile Mindset: Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies, with experience in driving rapid prototype development and testing. \xe2\x80\xa2 Technical Proficiency: Proficient in design thinking, digital prototyping tools (e.g., Figma) and understand the use of data analytics, AI, automation and emerging technologies. \xe2\x80\xa2 Workshop Facilitation & User-Centered Design: Experience in organising and running human-centred design thinking workshops, ideathons, and hackathons. \xe2\x80\xa2 Communication & Stakeholder Engagement: Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate strategies and outcomes from innovation workshops to senior leadership and partners. In general, applicants can expect to hear from us within 3 weeks of the close of the application window. In the event where we receive a high number of applications, applicants will receive an update on their status within 5 weeks of the close of the window. As part of the processing of your application, you may be required to undergo a medical examination that will be fully paid by MOE. You will be provided with instructions regarding the medical examination. Note: The medical examination is part of the selection process and does not indicate that you have been offered the appointment. If you are facing issues submitting your application through the Careers@Gov portal, please contact us at Careers.gov.technicalhelp@psd.gov.sg for assistance.

About Ministry of Education:The wealth of a nation lies in its people - their commitment to country and community, their willingness to strive and persevere, their ability to think, achieve and excel. Our future depends on our continually renewing and regenerating our leadership and citizenry, building upon the experience of the past, learning from the circumstances of the present, and preparing for the challenges of the future. How we bring up our young at home and teach them in school will shape Singapore in the next generation. The mission of the Education Service is to mould the future of the nation, by moulding the people who will determine the future of the nation. The Service will provide our children with a balanced and well-rounded education, develop them to their full potential, and nurture them into good citizens, conscious of their responsibilities to family, society and country.

Ministry of Education