Company Description
Version 1 has celebrated over 28 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Our expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly changing Digital-First world we live in. We foster strong partnerships with leading technology giants including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services. We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of Version 1 and what we do.
Job Overview
We are looking for an experienced Product Manager who is skilled in framing problems and setting priorities for delivery teams working on Government Digital Service (GDS) projects. Working to GDS standards ensures the development of consistent and user-friendly end-to-end government digital services. You will influence and provide direction on product development, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team including delivery managers, user researchers, service designers and technical leads to define and prioritise a product roadmap and ensure delivery of successful outcomes.
Responsibilities
* Make evidence-based strategic and tactical product decisions and prioritise key calls.
* Develop the product strategy and set the product vision, own the product roadmap, and communicate product success to stakeholders while defending controversial decisions as needed.
* Advise on product development in line with GDS standards to deliver consistent, user-friendly government digital services.
* Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to define and prioritise the product roadmap and ensure delivery of successful outcomes.
Qualifications
* Agile working. You are an expert in Agile and Lean practices, coaching and leading teams across the lifecycle stages of projects. You can think of new and innovative ways of working to achieve the right outcomes, challenging stakeholders and the team to overcome barriers and achieve better results for the user and the organisation within legislative or commercial constraints.
* Product ownership. You are able to create and own an end-to-end product roadmap, prioritising the product backlog and getting buy-in from the organisation to ensure successful delivery. You work closely with research to understand user needs, ensuring the service is designed for the people who use it. You are experienced in product and service development and can promote best practice across agile teams including implementing solutions for assisted digital users.
* Financial ownership. You are accountable for realising project benefits and securing funding for projects when necessary. You can realise the benefit of a product, how it integrates with other systems or services and align benefits to user needs and to the business case. You can work with development teams to manage scope within commercial constraints such as budget restrictions or deadlines.
* Stakeholder and problem management. You can identify important stakeholders, tailoring communication to their needs, and work with teams to build these relationships across the project’s lifecycle stages. You have good communications skills, able to articulate the problem and help others to understand its impact. You can use evidence to build consensus to deliver the best outcome.
* Operational management. You know how to make operations efficient, acting as the escalation point for major operational issues. You can work closely with leaders of operational delivery teams in an organisation.
Why Version 1?
* Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits.
* Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
* Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
* Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
* Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
* Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
* Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
* Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.
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