How to become an iCT product design manager
Official title: ICT product design manager
Also called: Head of Information and communications technology (ICT) product design, Head of Product Design, Lead Product Designer, Head of ICT product design
ICT product design manager drives the design strategies and development of product lifecycle, including end-to-end iterative design process. He/she establishes design policy principles and formulates design strategies to drive product development in the conceptualisation and design. He/she guides a team to align product design and concepts to market trends while considering product technologies and frameworks.
Main tasks
- Consulting with users, management, vendors, and technicians to assess computing needs and system requirements and specifying technology to meet those needs
- Directing ICT operations, analysing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines
- Establishing and directing operational and administrative procedures
- Representing the enterprise or organisation at ICT related conventions, seminars and conferences
Ways in
- University: Computing & IT degrees, Offered by 5 universities in Singapore
- University: Creative Arts & Design degrees, Offered by 4 universities in Singapore
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Chief product officer
- Chief information officer/Chief technology officer/Chief information security officer
- Software and applications manager
- Network/Communications/Infrastructure manager
- ICT service manager
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Questions people ask
How do I become an iCT product design manager?
Ways in include: Computing & IT degrees; Creative Arts & Design degrees.
Will AI change the work of an iCT product design manager?
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026