Job Summary

About the Role

As our Lead Product Manager, you are the visionary and the engine behind our product’s success. You will sit at the critical intersection of business strategy, user experience, and engineering execution. We are looking for a collaborative product partner who enjoys connecting deep insights from data and competitive research with the hands-on teamwork needed to support our engineering team. You will define the roadmap, validate it through rigorous product analysis, and drive the cross-functional orchestration required to bring it to life.

Why Join Us

At the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore’s leading public sector R&D agency, you will work at the frontier of technological progress. As a Product Manager, you will guide the development of high-profile AI products that leverage advanced machine learning, high-performance computing, and digital engineering to solve critical national and global challenges.

What You Will Do

• Shape the Future: Co-create the long-term vision, strategy, and product roadmap for AI-driven initiatives, ensuring our goals align with broader organizational priorities.
• Bridge Tech & Experience: Translate cutting-edge AI capabilities and complex models into clear, intuitive Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) and user stories that empower our engineering teams to build with confidence.
• Understand Our Users: Lead collaborative user discovery and feedback loops, including research and usability tests to truly understand user needs and ensure our AI products deliver delightful, tangible value.
• Unify Amazing Teams: Serve as a supportive, cross-functional translator. You will align research scientists, MLOps engineers, developers, and partners to help everyone deliver cohesive, proud product releases.
• Nurture the Lifecycle: Guide products smoothly through their entire lifecycle, championing the natural progression from creative PoCs and MVPs into robust, production-grade systems.
• Measure What Matters: Define and follow meaningful product metrics and adoption rates, using positive insights to help us continuously iterate and refine the user experience.
• Smooth Out Roadblocks: Act as a proactive problem solver, helping teams navigate MLOps bottlenecks or data compliance questions so we can keep our momentum strong and our path clear.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business with a technical focus, or a related field.
• Experience: 4+ years of professional experience as a Product Manager, Technical Product Manager, or Product Owner, specifically delivering software products, SaaS, or digital platforms.
• Product Frameworks: Deep experience managing product backlogs, writing detailed PRDs, defining user personas, and utilizing roadmapping tools (e.g., Jira Product Discovery, Productboard, Confluence).
• Communication & Influence: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority and translate deep technical AI concepts into clear business value.
• Agile Mindset: Comfort operating in highly iterative environments where experimental AI models require flexible product definition and fast-paced pivots.