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Senior Manager, Enterprise Innovation & Product Capability

NTUC First Campus · Singapore

About this role

The Senior Manager, Enterprise Innovation & Product Capability will be a founding member of the new Enterprise Product, Innovation & AI function at NTUC First Campus (NFC). This role is responsible for establishing the organizational foundations, operating models, and practices necessary to scale AI and innovation across the organization. Reporting to the Head, AI & Innovation, the successful candidate will bridge the gap between enterprise-level capability building and practical product delivery. Responsibilities include: Enterprise Capability & Operating Model: Develop and evolve enterprise product and innovation operating practices, frameworks, and playbooks to support business-led adoption. Innovation, AI & Organizational Capability: Lead initiatives to strengthen organizational capability in AI, identify opportunities for innovation, and support responsible AI adoption. Knowledge Management & Organizational Learning: Establish knowledge management practices, including prompt libraries and Communities of Practice, to accelerate organizational learning. Product Leadership: Lead a portfolio of strategic products and innovation initiatives within Curriculum & Child Support, driving discovery and roadmap planning. Change, Adoption & Partnerships: Build partnerships across government, academia, and industry while developing change strategies to maximize organizational impact. Qualifications: Candidates should have approximately 8–12 years of experience in product management, innovation, organizational development, or enterprise transformation. A Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, Information Systems, Education, or a related discipline is required. Postgraduate qualifications or certifications in Product Management, Agile, Design Thinking, or Change Management are considered advantageous. The role requires strong systems thinking, stakeholder engagement, and a collaborative leadership style.

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Skills for this role

Product ManagementInnovation ManagementOrganizational DevelopmentEnterprise TransformationAI EnablementOperating ModelsGovernanceKnowledge ManagementChange ManagementStakeholder EngagementSystems ThinkingAgileDesign Thinking

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What matters most

Establish Enterprise Operating Models
Develop and implement standardized frameworks, playbooks, and governance structures for product management and AI adoption. The priority is to move beyond ad-hoc initiatives to create repeatable, scalable practices that the entire organization can adopt.
Drive Strategic Product Delivery
Lead product discovery and roadmap planning specifically within the Curriculum & Child Support domain. This requires translating high-level enterprise innovation goals into practical, measurable improvements for educators and children.
Foster Organizational Learning
Build knowledge management systems, including prompt libraries and Communities of Practice. The goal is to institutionalize learning and ensure that AI and innovation capabilities are shared and sustained across different business units.
Manage Change and Stakeholder Adoption
Develop and execute change strategies to ensure business units and technology teams effectively adopt new ways of working. Success depends on influencing stakeholders and building partnerships to ensure innovation is culturally integrated.

Likely challenges to think through

Navigating Organizational Ambiguity
As a founding member of a new function, you will face significant ambiguity in defining roles and processes. Prepare by demonstrating experience in building structures from scratch and your ability to maintain progress while simultaneously defining the operating model.
Balancing Enterprise Strategy with Practical Execution
The role requires a difficult trade-off between long-term enterprise capability building and immediate, tangible product delivery. Prepare by showcasing how you have previously managed dual-track responsibilities where you had to deliver quick wins while building foundational systems.
Driving Adoption in a Non-Technical Environment
Implementing AI and innovation practices in an educational context may meet resistance from staff accustomed to traditional methods. Prepare by highlighting your approach to change management and your ability to communicate the value of new tools to non-technical stakeholders.

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Technical practice

Designing Enterprise Operating Models for AI

What to coverExplain your approach to establishing an operating model that balances centralized AI governance with decentralized business-led innovation. Discuss how you ensure consistency in practices while allowing for the agility required by different business units.

Scaling Innovation Beyond Pilot Projects

What to coverDescribe the frameworks you use to transition innovation initiatives from standalone experiments into enduring organizational capabilities. Focus on how you embed these practices into existing workflows to ensure long-term sustainability.

Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning

What to coverHow would you design a knowledge management strategy, including prompt libraries and Communities of Practice, to accelerate AI adoption? Address how you measure the effectiveness of these assets in driving actual organizational learning.

Responsible AI Adoption Frameworks

What to coverWhat key pillars do you consider essential when developing a responsible AI adoption framework for a large organization? Discuss how you balance the need for innovation with the necessity of governance and risk management.

Product Discovery and Roadmap Planning

What to coverDescribe your methodology for conducting product discovery within a complex, multi-stakeholder environment like education. How do you prioritize features in a roadmap to ensure they deliver measurable value to both educators and end-users?

Systems Thinking in Organizational Transformation

What to coverProvide an example of how you have applied systems thinking to identify bottlenecks in an organization's innovation pipeline. How did you map the interdependencies between people, processes, and technology to drive improvement?

Measuring Impact of Innovation Initiatives

What to coverWhat metrics and KPIs do you use to evaluate the success of enterprise-level innovation and AI initiatives? Explain how you distinguish between vanity metrics and those that truly reflect improved organizational effectiveness.

Change Management for New Ways of Working

What to coverWhen introducing new product or AI practices, how do you develop a change strategy to ensure high adoption rates? Discuss how you address resistance to change from stakeholders who may be accustomed to traditional processes.

Behavioural practice

Influencing Senior Stakeholders

What to coverDescribe a situation where you had to influence senior leadership to adopt a new innovation strategy or operating model. How did you tailor your communication to align their priorities with the proposed transformation?

Navigating Ambiguity in Founding Roles

What to coverShare an experience where you were tasked with building a new function from scratch with limited initial guidance. How did you define your scope, establish early wins, and manage expectations during the setup phase?

Cross-Functional Collaboration

What to coverGive an example of a time you successfully bridged the gap between technical teams and non-technical business units to deliver a product. What specific actions did you take to ensure alignment and shared understanding?

Managing Partnerships for Strategic Impact

What to coverDescribe a time you built a partnership with an external entity (e.g., academia, industry, or government) to advance an organizational goal. What was the situation, the specific action you took to formalize the partnership, and the resulting impact?

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Topics to prepare

Enterprise Operating Models for AI
The role requires establishing frameworks to scale AI across an organization. Exercise: Draft a conceptual operating model that defines how a central AI function interacts with business units, focusing on governance, resource allocation, and decision-making rights. This is relevant to the requirement of building organizational foundations for AI adoption.
Knowledge Management and Communities of Practice
The role involves creating knowledge assets like prompt libraries to accelerate learning. Exercise: Design a strategy for a 'Community of Practice' within a large organization, including how to curate reusable assets and incentivize knowledge sharing. This is directly linked to the goal of building organizational learning and capability.
Systems Thinking in Organizational Transformation
The job emphasizes that transformation is about people, processes, and culture. Exercise: Map out the interdependencies between technology, educator workflows, and child outcomes for a hypothetical product initiative. This demonstrates the systems thinking required to translate enterprise capabilities into practical improvements.

Skills to revise

Change Management Strategy
The role requires developing strategies to maximize impact and adoption. Exercise: Create a communication and adoption plan for a new AI-driven tool, identifying key stakeholders, potential resistance points, and metrics for success. This is essential for the 'Change, Adoption & Partnerships' responsibility.
Product Discovery and Roadmap Planning
You will lead a portfolio of strategic products. Exercise: Develop a product discovery framework that incorporates user feedback from educators and curriculum specialists to prioritize features. This is relevant to the requirement of driving product leadership within Curriculum & Child Support.

Your preparation checklist

Map your experience to enterprise transformation frameworks
Prepare a summary of past initiatives where you built organizational capabilities, such as operating models or playbooks, rather than just delivering single products. Be ready to explain how you scaled these practices across different business units.
Develop a perspective on responsible AI adoption
Formulate a structured approach for integrating AI into an organization that balances innovation with governance. Prepare to discuss how you would establish prompt libraries or Communities of Practice to foster organizational learning.
Prepare a product discovery and roadmap case study
Select a past project where you led discovery and roadmap planning. Focus on how you engaged cross-functional stakeholders—such as educators or subject matter experts—to translate complex needs into actionable product outcomes.
Draft a change management strategy for new ways of working
Create a brief outline of how you would drive adoption for a new enterprise-wide tool or process. Highlight your methods for influencing senior leadership and securing buy-in from diverse teams.
Formulate strategic questions for the interview
Prepare questions regarding the current maturity of NFC's innovation function, the specific challenges in the Curriculum & Child Support portfolio, and how the team measures the success of enterprise-wide capability building.

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