These Senior Product Manager roles sit in End User Compute and Collaboration, who are responsible for all Home Office end user services, including the provision and support of devices, development and support of applications and business critical services. For example, laptops, mobile phones, video conferencing, contact centre platforms and M365 applications such as MS Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive.
As a Senior Product Manager, you'll use your understanding of user needs and business goals to frame problems, set priorities and guide delivery teams. You'll own the product vision and quality, working alongside Lead Product Managers or programme directors where required, and identify opportunities to improve outcomes and drive continuous improvement.
You'll hold final responsibility for product quality and release readiness, managing a complex product or portfolio of related products. You may also line manage, coach and mentor Product Managers, support recruitment activities, and help shape product strategy to ensure delivery aligns with business objectives.
What you will do
* Define and evolve the product vision, engaging teams and stakeholders throughout its development.
* Lead the creation of roadmaps, release plans, and lifecycle strategies from inception to retirement, contributing to departmental planning.
* Manage the full product lifecycle, including discovery, alpha, beta, and live phases, ensuring successful service assessments.
* Represent user needs throughout delivery, championing user-centred design and decision-making.
* Prioritise development work by maintaining a balanced product backlog that reflects both immediate needs and long-term business value.
* Provide final sign-off on completed functionality before deployment to production environments.
* Use product data and user feedback to drive continuous improvement, generating ideas for new functionality and promoting evidence-based design.
* Ensure product quality meets standards such as the Government Digital Service Standard, Technology Code of Practice, TDA standards, and accessibility legislation, while advocating these across the department and wider government.
What you will bring
* Investigating patterns and trends identify and resolve problems.
* Working in the delivery of technology-based projects.
* Budgeting and financial control skills as well as commercial awareness.
* Communicating using a variety of methods (written reports, verbal feedback, presentations etc.), applying the appropriate method to each scenario/audience, which at this level, will usually be large groups.
* Leading in promoting the needs of the team, and of the product; understanding how these may vary between the different phases of a product lifecycle.
Additional Information
Your CV and Personal Statement will both be assessed. Your Personal Statement should clearly evidence your experience against the essential skills, using the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result). Make full use of the word count to create a comprehensive and compelling application. STAR -
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Please note - 3+ years UK residency is typically required to be eligible for SC Clearance and unfortunately we cannot offer sponsorship.