Deputy Director, Engineering Management (PDO Lead), Ministry of Social and Family Development

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.

The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) is Singapore's lead ministry for social and family policies, working to build a caring and inclusive society where every individual and family can thrive.

As the Deputy Director, Engineering Management (MSF), you will lead engineering across the MSF Ministry Family, working in close partnership with Product and Design leadership, the Ministry CIO Office, agency stakeholders and GovTech engineering practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and champion a unified engineering vision, strategy and multi-year technical roadmap for the MSF Ministry Family, aligned with Ministry priorities and GovTech's engineering direction.
• Serve as the senior technical authority for engineering across MSF, providing leadership on architecture, engineering standards, technology choices and long-term sustainability.
• Establish common engineering principles and technical standards across teams and vendors, promoting interoperability, reuse and alignment with shared government platforms.
• Guide strategic technical investments and trade-offs, balancing delivery speed, security, scalability, maintainability and cost-effectiveness.
• Own the strategic direction and evolution of MSF's enterprise architecture, ensuring coherence across business capabilities, applications, platforms, infrastructure and data integration.
• Establish and drive the MSF Engineering Landscape, creating Ministry-wide visibility of engineering capabilities, maturity, technical risks and delivery practices across 30+ systems and multiple vendors.
• Develop an evidence-based understanding of engineering practices across teams, supported by technical reviews, code-level assessments, delivery pipelines and operational metrics.
• Build and lead a high-performing engineering leadership community across MSF, developing Engineering Managers, Tech Leads and senior engineers.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to the Ministry CIO and senior stakeholders on engineering strategy, architecture, technical risks and technology investments.

Requirements:

• Significant experience leading software engineering teams and technical leaders across multiple products, systems or delivery workstreams.
• Strong technical foundations, with hands-on experience designing, building or operating production systems at scale.
• Demonstrated ability to define engineering strategy, establish technical standards and guide architectural decisions across complex environments.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, modern software architecture, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems and system integration.
• Experience driving system modernisation, engineering transformation and long-term technical improvement.

What we offer:

• A purposeful career to make lives better
• Robust learning and development opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements
• Employee benefits, including leave benefits and employee wellness programs