Total 4 Director/C-Level product engineer job vacancies in Woodlands & Tuas, North West

About our company

We are a leading engineering and construction company based in Singapore. With multifaceted project management capabilities and a strong diverse workforce, we provide a full range of services in engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance of power and industrial plants across the world.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the installation, testing, and commissioning of piping systems on-site
• Ensure piping installations meet project specifications, codes, and standards
• Address any on-site technical issues related to piping and provide solutions
• Coordinate with contractors, suppliers, and other engineering teams to ensure timely and efficient execution of piping work
• Conduct inspections and tests on piping systems and prepare documentation
• Maintain records of piping activities, including work progress, testing, and inspection reports
• Any duties to be assigned from time to time

Pre-requisites

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum 5 years experience in a similar role
• Candidates are required to have prior experience in power and/or industrial plant projects
• Proactive learner and ability to multi-tasks
• Ability to adapt to dynamic and challenging construction site environments
• Project Location: Jurong Island

Our company is an innovative, global healthcare leader that is committed to improving health and well-being around the world with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. We continue to focus our research on conditions that affect millions of people around the world - diseases like Alzheimer's, diabetes and cancer - while expanding our strengths in areas like vaccines and biologics.

Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of an individual like you. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork. As part of our global team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.

We are seeking an energetic, collaborative and self-driven professional to join the Digital Supply Chain value team to play an active role in transformation journey to become the leading digital supply chain organization that leverages data, technology and processes to deliver end to end solutions enabling enterprise-wide collaboration, customer satisfaction, and seamless orchestration.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

The Value Team Architect works closely with Product Line Leads, Product Managers and all squad members to create a modular, scalable solution that addresses/incorporates future architectural changes and designs.

Responsibilities

In collaboration with the Value Team Lead, Product Line Leads, Product Managers and Lead Engineers you will work on the following:

• Understand
  supply chain domain business use cases, opportunities and challenges
  current industry technology trends and introduce best practices to Value Team
• Create
  architecture deliverables and artifacts relevant for accountable architecture domain(s)
• Drive
  the technology strategy for the Value Team that aligns with the business needs and enterprise architecture strategy
  the notion of reusable architecture assets & standards such as current-state business/technology capability maps as well as future state planning roadmaps for the Value Team.
  Tech Center strategy for Digital Supply Chain organization by boosting collaboration within Singapore and across all locations in Technology Center network
  Our workforce pipeline in Value Team by leveraging company programs to onboard, mentor and upskill the leaders of the future in Technology Centers
• Partner with
  product teams to use agile, value-centric, business outcomes-oriented, and total cost of ownership-based principles to guide decision making
  product line solution architects to develop a documented business, solution, information, and data architecture for supply chain
  architecture community and leaders across the Value and Enabling Teams in the division focusing on data and analytics, manufacturing and quality systems
  Enterprise Architecture team to drive the adoption of company architecture standards and blueprints
• Manage
  Architecture Governance within the Value Team
• Train and mentor
  technical delivery teams to understand, embrace, and successfully implement solutions following the architecture strategy

WHAT YOU MUST HAVE

Education

• B.A./B.S. or M.A./M.S. in a scientific or technical discipline (such as computer science, engineering, biology, chemistry, etc.)

Required Experience and Skills

• 10+ years of relevant work experience in the pharmaceutical/life sciences or similar industry, with demonstrated hands-on experience in solution architecture and information system designs
• 10+ years of experience in leading development squads/ teams in global environment
• Strong understanding of enterprise, solution and information architecture principles
• Domain knowledge of technology for supply chain management including data and analytics platforms, ERP solutions, supply chain planning, warehousing, distribution and logistics
• Experience in working closely with a range of business lines to identify business needs and opportunities
• Experience with Agile ways of working, leading or working as part of scrum teams
• Experience as a change agent of transformation to product model organization/ operating model
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to quickly establish productive working relationships with a variety of stakeholders
• Ability to perform under broad direction taking initiative and full responsibility for meeting allocated technical and/or project/supervisory objectives

Preferred Experience and Skills

• Demonstrated ability to solve problems with a sense of ownership, enthusiasm and innovation
• Knowledge of current cloud trends and offerings, and extensive hands-on experience and strong expertise in cloud engineering
• Certifications in AWS and/or modern data technologies

Who we are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

Job Description & Requirements

Job Summary: The Product Director is a senior leadership role responsible for shaping and executing the product strategy of an organization. This position plays a pivotal role in defining, planning, and overseeing the development of products that meet customer needs, drive business growth, and align with the company's strategic goals. The Product Director typically reports to the Chief Product Officer or another executive leader.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Product Strategy:Develop and communicate a clear product vision and strategy that aligns with the company's overall objectives.
Define and communicate product goals, key performance indicators (KPIs), and success metrics.

2. Market Research:Conduct market research to understand customer needs, market trends, and competitive landscapes.
Use insights to inform product development and enhancement decisions.

3. Product Roadmap:Create and manage a comprehensive product roadmap outlining short-term and long-term development plans.
Prioritize features and enhancements based on customer feedback, business value, and market dynamics.

4. Requirement Gathering:Collaborate with stakeholders, customers, and cross-functional teams to gather and document detailed product requirements.
Create clear product specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.

5. Product Development:Work closely with engineering, design, and other teams to oversee the product development process.
Ensure that the product is developed on time, within scope, and meets quality standards.

6. User Experience (UX) and Design:Collaborate with UX/UI designers to create user-friendly and visually appealing product interfaces.
Validate design decisions based on user feedback and usability testing.

7. Testing and Quality Assurance:Oversee the testing and quality assurance processes to ensure the product meets defined requirements and quality standards.
Address and prioritize issues and defects.

8. Product Launch:Plan and execute product launches, coordinating marketing, sales, and support efforts.
Monitor product performance and gather user feedback after launch.

9. Performance Analysis:Analyze product performance and user feedback to make data-driven decisions for product improvements.
Continuously monitor KPIs and adapt the product strategy as necessary.

10. Stakeholder Communication:Maintain effective communication with stakeholders, including executive management, development teams, marketing, and sales.
Provide regular updates on product progress and outcomes.

Requirements:

1. Education: A bachelor's degree in business, marketing, computer science, or a related field is typically required. An MBA or relevant certifications (e.g., Certified Scrum Product Owner) may be preferred.

2. Experience: A minimum of 5-8 years of experience in product management, with a proven track record of successful product launches and improvements, is typically required.

3. Market Knowledge: Strong understanding of the market, target audience, and industry trends relevant to the product.

4. Technical Knowledge: Familiarity with technology, development processes, and product management tools (e.g., Jira, Trello).

5. Analytical Skills: Proficiency in data analysis and the ability to make data-driven decisions to optimize the product.

6. Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills for effective collaboration with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

7. Problem-Solving: strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to address product challenges and make strategic decisions.

8. Leadership: Effective leadership and project management skills to guide the product development process.

9. Customer-Centric: A customer-focused mindset, with a deep understanding of user needs and the ability to advocate for user-centric product design.

10. Adaptability: The ability to adapt to changing market conditions and evolving product requirements.

The Product Director is instrumental in driving the success of the organization's products, from concept to launch and beyond. They are responsible for shaping the product strategy, overseeing development, and optimizing performance to meet business objectives and customer satisfaction.

The User Experience Product Line Lead is a core and leadership position in Digital Services, our Digital Manufacuring Division responsible for leading the definition and implementation of User Experience strategy in our Digital Manufacuring Division. The Product Line Lead drives priorities setting and holistic value delivery of the UX capabilities across squads and products in Digital Services. The Product Lead collaborates and partners closely across product teams, our company value and enabling teams, our Manufacturing Operations, and IT CTO with product line UX professionals, UX researchers, UX/UI Designers, product managers, and business stakeholders at all levels to define, implement, maintain, and make innovative improvements to deliver user-centric and outcome-driven products and solutions.

The UX Product Line Lead sets the vision for best-in-class products, anticipating future business capabilities, emerging technologies, designs and best practices, ensuring that vision is realized through implementation and value delivery. This role will lead a product line team to create, scale and maintain our Digital Manufacuring Division UX solutions and capabilities to support digital transformations.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Accountable for Product roadmap (e.g., key capabilities delivered to the business) for designing, building, delivering, and maintaining UX products and technological capability enhancements
• Optimize team setup and delivery models across all functional areas, working with functional leads, while removing roadblocks and impediments, enabling efficient and effective product team delivery
• Translate business goals and end user needs into UX strategy, communicate product priorities to the development team, other matrixed teams, and vendor partners
• Oversee delivery of applications in the products and the on-going operations of cohesive & integrated applications
• Design, develop, and deliver a consistent product line vision, strategy, and roadmap for several products related to Experience Design, UX/UI, User Research, and Technical Product Management relevant to our company user environment.
• Partner with Product teams across our Digital Manufacuring Division and IT to develop, test, and deliver high quality, scalable, and reusable data and digital products
• Oversee Agile Scrum processes for product teams to define and prioritize backlog, create user stories, drive sprint planning and execution, standups, product demos, track velocity, burndown, and deliver retrospectives
• Demonstrated experience in leading strategic design and user-centric research and usability studies, and applying change management approaches to understand user needs and deliver results
• Manage, monitor and calibrate relevant metrics on UX effectiveness
• Demonstrated experience in leading UX designs using a variety of techniques, tools, and best practices to improve product usability, accessibility and desirability
• Lead, develop, upskill, and grow a high-performing and diverse User Experience team
• Set strategy for resource management within systems development, accountable for the allocation of resources for systems development programs, and maintain an overview of the contribution of such program to organizational success. Manage the quality and appropriateness of the work performed and delivers measurable business benefits
• Engage and partner with cross-functional stakeholders (value teams, domain leads, business partners, product owners, etc.) to build project plans and business cases that drive our Manufacuring Division business outcome and value realization while maintaining scalability of UX capabilities
• Ensure senior leaders and business stakeholders are consistently well informed about product strategy, capabilities, priorities, timelines, releases, issues, and risks
• Drive and reinforce highest standards and best practices in technical and operational excellence relevant for user experience
• Accountable for the management and optimization of the product line’s total cost of ownership (TCO)

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Graphics Design, or related field.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in a delivery lead, team lead, product owner, or product line lead capacity.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in leading the development and delivery of User Experience, Experience Design, UX Strategy.
• Demonstrated experience in software development lifecycle, agile methodologies e.g. Scrum, and relevant tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing or similar area, building, managing, and leading high-performing, diverse, collaborative and geographically distributed digital product teams
• Solid knowledge and experience in UX capabilities, methodology, and tools to enable User Research, UX/UI Design, and Digital Product capabilities in Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain domains.
• Strong leadership and team building skills and must be able to collaborate effectively with a group of high performing individuals in a fast-paced, agile, dynamic operational environment
• Experience in product and people management with Experience Design, Graphics Design, User Experience, and Data & Digital products knowledge, roadmap, and implementation (e.g., in an organizational unit with 10+ team members)​
• Demonstrated experience owning and delivering digital products​ throughout their entire lifecycle
• Proven ability to facilitate and break down complex product requirements into actionable strategy, implementation plan, and user stories
• Strong leadership skills and the proven ability to drive organizational change​ and alignment, and communicate technical information to senior executives
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills – able to effectively communicate complex concepts in simple ways​
• Active coach and mentor whose goals are to grow, upskill, and maximize the squads’ potential​
• Strong understanding of modern architecture patterns​
• Demonstrated ability to partner with business stakeholders and navigate across conflicting priorities to balance critical tactical and strategic needs ​to achieve business goals and OKRs
• Strategic leader, with demonstrated ability to work in a global, broad, and diverse environment with a fair amount of ambiguity
• Growth and global mindset and ownership mentality with a passion to challenge status quo to find new solutions and drive out of the box ideas

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• MBA or Master’s degree in a relevant field
• Previous experience working in a global environment and transformational change
• Experience with manufacturing shopfloor or lab environments and digital culture is a plus
• Experience with P&L responsibility is a plus

Who we are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.