Overview
Senior Product Manager role at UK Home Office. 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, sometimes working alongside a Lead Product Manager or programme director. You may line manage, coach, and mentor Associate and Product Managers, and support recruitment activities. Your leadership will help shape product strategy and ensure delivery aligns with business objectives. You will be working with an enabling infrastructure product which utilises AWS. The focus of the role is on managing the enabling platforms, APIs, tooling and services that underpin the broader product ecosystem.
What you will do
* Define and evolve the product vision, engaging teams and stakeholders throughout.
* Lead on roadmaps, release plans, and lifecycle management from inception to retirement.
* Manage the full product lifecycle (discovery to live), ensuring successful service assessments.
* Champion user needs and user-centred design in all decisions.
* Prioritise development work through a balanced product backlog aligned to business value.
* Drive continuous improvement using data and user feedback to inform new functionality.
* Ensure compliance with standards (GDS, Technology Code of Practice, TDA, accessibility) and promote them across the department.
* Translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable roadmaps.
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.
* Partnering with engineering, architecture and operations team to design scalable, reliable infrastructure solutions.
Additional Information
This role requires SC clearance. To meet national security vetting requirements, you typically need to have been resident in the UK for at least three years. Unfortunately, we cannot offer sponsorship.
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 - https://lnkd.in/gs8mx4WN
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Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Information Technology and Strategy/Planning
Industries
* Government Administration
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