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About Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE)
At Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) and our family of agencies – PUB, NEA, and SFA – we drive sustainability and resilience initiatives that improve the everyday lives of Singaporeans. As part of the MSE Family, you will be at the forefront of innovation, leading efforts to safeguard water resources, protect public health, and ensure food safety. Through partnerships across sectors, we tackle evolving challenges while fostering an inclusive, safe, and supportive workplace. Join us in shaping Singapore’s sustainable future and making a lasting impact on the everyday lives of generations to come.
Join a team that empowers divisions across the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) to scope problems, run discovery, and build the confidence to conceptualise their own digital solutions.
The Tech Adoption team is a cross-divisional capability that helps MSE teams adopt new ways of working and problem-solving. The team guides stakeholders through structured discovery to properly scope problems and map operational workflows, then rapidly prototypes and tests concepts to validate solutions. The team partners with stakeholders to reach their own conclusions about what's needed and what's possible, with the objective to raise the digital quotient across MSE, building confidence and capability. As a Senior Designer, you will shape and deliver a portfolio of digital, data and AI products that support some of Singapore's most critical sustainability and resilience functions. You will work with engineers, data scientists, operators, regulators and policymakers to solve complex real-world challenges in water, food, environmental and public health domains. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive product innovation, ensure market fit, and deliver exceptional value to our customers.
[What you will be working on]
Navigate ambiguous problem spaces and lead discovery without fully defined briefs
Map workflows and identify opportunity spaces where technology can add value
Run or support stakeholder workshops and user research, distill insights, test and iterate
Own the end-to-end design process from discovery through validated prototype
Create rapid prototypes and POCs to validate concepts quickly
Advise policy, business and tech stakeholders on solution approaches and technical feasibility
Lead testing sessions with end users and gather feedback
Partner with Service Designer on joint engagements, or lead projects independently
Codify and document learnings and create patterns, skills and templates that divisions can adopt
[What we are looking for]
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Design, HCI, Engineering or related field
At least 5 years of experience in UX/UI, Product design and/or front-end engineering
Strong grounding in user research methods and ability to lead discovery in ambiguous problem spaces
Demonstrated ability to take design work from problem framing through to validated solution
Ability to map workflows and identify where and what kind of tech interventions make sense for the team
Fluency with AI-assisted or driven design and…