Details
Reference number
430430
Salary
£52,799 - £56,738
Your total reward package will be up to £73,518 annually which includes benefits outlined in the advert.
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP
Job grade
Grade 7
Contract type
Temporary
Fixed term
Length of employment
12-month temporary position
Type of role
Information Technology
Project Delivery
Other
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed hours
Number of jobs available
1
Contents
* Location
* About the job
* Benefits
* Things you need to know
* Apply and further information
Location
Exeter, South West England, EX1 3PB
About the job
Job summary
We're looking for a Senior Product Manager to help us make a difference to our planet.
As our Senior Product Manager, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work.
Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week, but we would also consider applicants wishing to work a minimum of 28 hours per week. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.
Whilst this is a 12-month temporary position, there is potential for it to develop into a permanent position.
World changing work
From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are.
* We're a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
* We're experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better
* We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
* We're better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
* We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers
Job description
As a Senior Product Manager, you'll lead the management and lifecycle of innovative user-centred products. Our work transforms cutting edge science and innovation into products and services that enable our users to consume and interrogate supercomputer data in ways that meet their needs, ultimately helping them to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive.
You'll be joining our Product Delivery team who are responsible for a diverse portfolio of products, ranging from contractual services for Defence and Civil Aviation, to government funded offerings for UK citizens, media, and resilience communities. Our Product Delivery team also build tools for meteorologists, deliver international services, and manage data products that support environmental and climate insights.
Our Senior Product Manager role is within the Government Digital and Data (GDaD) profession, adopted by the Met Office as guidance to ways of working to ensure our public digital services meet government standards
Your key duties:
* Lead the strategy for a portfolio of products through all stages of the lifecycle, balancing technical feasibility, organisational strategy, market insights, constraints, and stakeholder expectations to deliver measurable value.
* Define and communicate the portfolio product vision for high-impact products that serve a wide range of users from internal meteorologists to government, industry, and the public.
* Champion user-centred design, ensuring products are intuitive, accessible, and solve real problems for our end users.
* Collaborate across teams and directorates to ensure products and services meet user needs, guided by evidence, feedback, and demonstrable business value.
* Work collaboratively across our established Product Community, contributing to its success and growth across the organisation.
* Mentor and line manage a team of product managers, including leading the recruitment of associate product managers, product managers and contractors as required.
Person specification
Essential Criteria, skills and experience:
* You keep evolving, with proven experience leading the strategy of digital products, balancing user needs, technical feasibility and organisational goals to make data-informed decisions that support the product lifecycle.
* You're an expert by nature, with experience of aligning cross-functional teams around a clear direction and purpose whilst applying Agile and Lean principles to drive iterative delivery, continuous improvement and customer value.
* You're a force for good, championing user-centred design with experience of contributing to the delivery of intuitive, accessible products that solve real problems for diverse user groups.
* You work better together, with excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills, demonstrating experience working across disciplines and directorates to ensure products meet user needs and business objectives.
* You live and breathe it, with experience of mentoring or managing product managers and contributing to the growth of the product management profession.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £52,799, Met Office contributes £15,295 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is Great Place to Work UK certified. We are also featured on their 'Best Workplaces in Tech' 2023 and 2024 lists, as well as their '54 Best Workplaces for Women' 2023 list.
As our Senior Product Manager, your total reward package will be up to £73,518 annually, which includes:
* £52,799 base pay.
* An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 28.97%.
* Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 32.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) after 5 years and option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
How to apply
If you share our values, we'd love to hear from you Click apply to begin your application. Please complete your career history and provide evidence against each of the essential criteria in the supporting statement questionnaire. We recommend candidates use the CARL method (Context, Action, Result and Learning) for presenting evidence of experience and skills.
Closing date 13/10/25 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 04/11/2025. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed.
Using AI in your application
We welcome applications that use AI tools for support in drafting or refining, as long as they accurately reflect your own skills and experience. All hiring decisions at the Met Office are made by people, not AI. For more details, visit our approach to recruitment.
How we can help
If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us at
If you're considering applying and need support to do so, please get in touch. You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role.
We understand that great minds don't always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code.
We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible, 2 of these years must be immediately preceding the point of your application. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .
See our vetting charter .
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Medical
Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
* UK nationals
* nationals of the Republic of Ireland
* nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
* nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
* nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
* individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
* Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .
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