Senior Executive, User Exp Centre, 1-year contract (Dept of InP), Singapore

The appointee will be part of the team from Singapore Polytechnic’s User Experience Centre (UXC). They will lead strategic partnerships, business development, and innovation efforts within the UXC team, collaborating closely with internal and external stakeholders to contribute to consultancy, project delivery, and training activities. The incumbent will lead business development initiatives, oversee project implementation, and provide technical expertise where required.

• Coordinate with local and regional partners to bring in consultancy, project work, training workshops, pre‑employment training, continuous education short courses and programmes, business development and internationalization work with regional partners in ASEAN.
• Develop strategies in Design Thinking and/or Humanity‑Centred Design framework with the team to grow Singapore Polytechnic as a thought leader in Design Thinking/Humanity‑Centered Innovation regionally and in the areas of Continuing Education, planning for the team’s future needs and operations.
• Coordinate with other centres/schools in business development efforts to bring in leads for consultancy and projects.
• Be responsible and accountable for project continuity and transformation beyond their initial scopes and identify additional opportunities within the client’s organization for strategic long‑term partnership and collaboration with SP.

• Tertiary education in design, architecture, spatial design, user experience and/or user interface design or relevant experience with a good portfolio.
• Positive, dynamic individual with the ability to oversee multiple project teams while maintaining performance, timelines, and team harmony.
• Proficiency with user research, user interview methodologies, design, design thinking, and prototyping tools and methods.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills to influence stakeholders and work well collaboratively and independently.
• Strong presentation and storytelling abilities.
• Strong eye for details and a deep curiosity to learn, understand, and make sense of data.
• Highly adaptable, professional and resourceful, with the ability to manage diverse projects under pressure.

Successful candidate will be offered a 1-year contract in the first instance.