Lead Product Manager (Geospatial)

<p>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 &amp; SS), GovTech develops the Singapore Government’s capabilities in Data Science &amp; Artificial Intelligence, Application Development, Smart City Technology, Digital Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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!</p> <p>Learn more about GovTech at tech.gov.sg.</p> <div><strong>Role Summary </strong><br>We are looking for a Lead Product Manager to build Ministry of Education (MOE)'s geospatial and spatial modelling capabilities to strengthen long-term infrastructure and space planning. The role focuses on developing models, tools, and a geospatial foundation that helps MOE anticipate future demand, optimise school locations, and make evidence-based planning decisions.<br> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p> <ol> <li><strong> </strong><strong>Build MOE’s Spatial Modelling Engine (Primary)</strong> <ul> <li>Develop spatial models that forecast future education demand based on housing growth, demographics, migration patterns, land-use plans, and accessibility.</li> <li>Create multi-year scenarios to support decisions on new schools, mergers, campus shifts, capacity planning, and infrastructure renewal.</li> <li>Integrate datasets and insights from other government agencies such as URA, SLA, LTA, DOS, HDB, and GovTech into MOE’s planning logic.</li> <li>Translate planning and policy needs into clear modelling requirements.</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong> </strong><strong>Establish MOE’s Geospatial Data &amp; Platform Foundation (Secondary)</strong> <ul> <li>Build and maintain the authoritative geospatial data layers for MOE (school locations, travel-time layers, catchments, urban constraints, environmental layers).</li> <li>Develop internal APIs, standards, and governance rules to ensure accurate, consistent, and accessible geospatial data.</li> <li>Work with engineering and data teams to set up the geospatial platform that powers analytic tools and downstream products.</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong> </strong><strong>Integrate Geospatial Capabilities into MOE Products (Secondary)</strong> <ul> <li>Embed mapping and location-intelligence features into existing MOE planning and operating tools such as School Cockpit+</li> <li>Improve decision-making workflows using map-based interfaces and visual analytics.</li> <li>Work with planners, policy officers, and product teams to ensure geospatial tools meet real operational needs.</li> </ul> </li> </ol> </div> <div><strong>What Success Looks Like</strong></div> <ul> <li>A working spatial-modelling engine that planners trust for long-term demand forecasting.</li> <li>A central geospatial platform used across MOE for planning and operational decisions.</li> <li>Planning teams have clear, data-backed insights to guide school infrastructure decisions.</li> <li>Geospatial features are embedded meaningfully into key MOE products.</li> <li>Strong cross-agency partnerships that improve data quality and modelling accuracy.</li> </ul> <div><strong>Candidate Profile</strong></div> <ul> <li>Experience developing geospatial products, planning tools, or modelling systems.</li> <li>Familiarity with spatial data (GIS platforms such as ArcGIS, routing engines, geospatial APIs, 3D/2D mapping).</li> <li>Able to work with complex demographics, land-use, and transport data.</li> <li>Strong collaboration skills with planners, policymakers, engineers, and analysts.</li> <li>Product mindset with the ability to translate planning questions into functional tools and datasets.<br><br></li> </ul> <div> <p>We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company as we believe that diversity is meaningful to innovation.</p> <p>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*.</p> <p>We also believe it’s important 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.</p> <p>Subject to the nature of your job role that might require you to be onsite during fixed hours.</p> </div>