Assistant Director, Wearable Technology and

What the role is

The Health Promotion Board’s vision is to make Singapore a nation of healthier people. Come be a part of this journey if you’re passionate about creating boundary-pushing work that drives behavioral change.

You will be a part of HPB’s Integrated Solutions Division, responsible for implementing and operationalising broad-based, population-level programmes for our citizens, such as in the physical activity domain, the National Steps ChallengeTM. We also put in place strategies to ensure that beyond reach, we engage those who signed up to partake in programmes so as to achieve habituation. We aim to create a nation of people who incorporate healthy behaviours, such as regular physical activities, sufficient sleep and healthy eating habits as part of their daily lives. The Division is also in charge of Programme Integration, where a team is dedicated to design, plan and implement programmes and initiatives to deliver person-centric health promotion based on individual’s personalised health needs and goals and cutting across different preventive health domains.

**What you will be working on**
You will be part of a team in the Integrated Solutions Division to oversee these key areas:
i) Technology lead for the National Steps Challenge, the Health Promotion Board’s flagship Programme, as a business user

As Technology lead, you will assume the role of product line manager and oversee the development and implementation of the Programme’s business requirements and delivery to our customers, i.e. the participants of the Programme, via the Board’s digital product, the Healthy 365 app and related platforms and systems. You will lead the Programme’s (product line) requirements gathering, testing and deployment as a business user. You will identify project scopes and dependencies and conduct risk assessment. As part of project management, you will oversee project schedule and timelines, budget estimations, implementation plans as well as track and analyse project deliverables and progress while ensuring alignment to project objective.

A key area of your work involves the HPB fitness wearable, of which you will be responsible for requirements gathering and crafting specification, procurement, integration and partnerships with key players of wearable technologies.
ii) Planning and overseeing day-to-day operations to ensure smooth running of the Programme on the ground, specifically management and distribution of the HPB fitness wearables across various touchpoints

You may also be involved in new and innovative projects, such as those with a focus on leveraging technology to achieve precision public health.

**What we are looking for**
Join us if you are a dynamic and self-motivated individual with at least 7-9 years of relevant experience, of which at least 2-3 years were in a supervisory capacity. You enjoy working in a highly matrixed, fluid and fast-paced environment. You should also possess:

- A keen awareness of and interest in the fitness wearable and technology space
- Strong project management skills and relevant experience in the technology and digital product management space. Prior experience in the health and wellness or fitness wearable industry would be advantageous
- Ability to develop long-term product vision and roadmap and translate it into executable deliverables and milestones
- Demonstrated track record for on-ground operations and execution, and multi-level coordination skills
- Strong communication skills (both verbal and written form)
- Demonstrated ability as a team player, effective collaborator and resourcefulness.
- Desire and motivation to achieve outcomes and pro-activeness in sharing ideas and suggesting solutions

Having relevant qualifications such as health-related sciences, project management, logistics and supply chain management or relevant project management or digital product-related certifications will be a plus.