Length of employment: Job Summary: DWP Digital offers fulfilling careers for people who want to use their skills to make a difference. We're part of the UK's biggest government department, administering the state pension and a range of working age, disability, and ill health benefits to around 22 million claimants and customers. People who use our services are among some of the most vulnerable in our society. All our product managers are part of a community where we share our experiences and problems and show what we are working on. This role sits within our Data and Analytics area of DWP Digital, delivering a data platform to enable our data scientists to detect as early as possible any potential fraud and error in claims. Our goal is to serve the public by ensuring that benefits go to those who most need it, with the target of saving billions in fraudulent claims. Product Management at DWP may not be easy at times, but you'll be well supported, and you'll get opportunities for learning and development. If you are disabled and have any problems or concerns with the application process, email:digitalrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see 'Selection process details'. Job Description: We are looking for a lead product manager to join the Data and Analytics team looking at Fraud & Error. The role will be responsible for leading a portfolio of products within the Insight & Analytics team. You will use your experience of delivering products and services in a highly technical context to set the vision for the platform and collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to ensure that user needs are understood and met. You will ideally have experience of working in a data context, with data scientists, data engineers or other data professionals, and be able to speak their language. You will be accountable for all the decisions made within your portfolio and actively own a roadmap of roadmaps. You will own and lead the product strategy and vision for your area and make key evidenced based strategic and tactical product decisions. You will have the overall priority call and use a wide range of techniques to make those decisions. You will work with and communicate product success and failure to a wide range of stakeholders, both internally and external to DWP. You will defend key controversial decisions about your set of products and protect the team so they have the space to deliver. You will also have wide ranging experience of product management techniques that you can coach and mentor other product professionals on. You will be part of a senior leadership team, contributing to the aims of DWP digital and also line manage product managers within your area. Additionally, you'll be a part of our Product Community of Practice, where Product Managers across DWP Digital come together to share learning, discuss their development needs, gain support, and solve for common problems. We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours. Generous annual leave - at least 25 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (pro-rata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave. Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme. Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly). Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 year's continuous service. Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes. An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Women's Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more. This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post. Salary Information Pay for this role is from £72,664 to £77,740. Our offer to successful candidates will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview. Existing Civil Servants who secure a new role on lateral transfer should maintain their current salary. Existing Civil Servants who gain promotion may move to the bottom of the grade pay scale or 10% increase in salary whichever would be the greater. See selection process for further details. If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact akhtar.ali1@dwp.gov.uk. Stage 1: Application Your application will consist of four parts: 1. A Personal Details application form. 2. A curriculum vitae including education, professional qualifications and full employment history, giving details of key achievements. When uploading your CV, do not include personal information or links to any webpages or profiles that identifies you. This means we can recruit based on your knowledge and skills, and not background, gender or ethnicity. Take out references to your name/title, age, sex, email address, postal address, telephone number or nationality/immigration status. 3. Personal statement - up to 750 words. This statement should be used to provide examples of how you meet the essential criteria below: Experience of influencing stakeholders in difficult circumstances and diffusing challenging situations You know how to put users first as part of a commitment to user-centred design and know how to achieve this amongst competing priorities including achieving value for the business Ability to identify if a piece of work is complex or has risk attached to it, and what level of complexity or risk there is Experience of making a decision under pressure or with little information Have experience of mentoring and coaching product people and teams to deliver highly quality products and services 4. Technical statement (up to 250 words). The following statement is aligned to the required technical skill of Product Management. Experience of leading data and/or technical products, setting the direction of travel, championing the product and setting the team up to succeed. The sift panel will use the information in your CV, personal statement, and technical statement to assess your experience, skills and knowledge. An initial sift will be conducted using the technical statement. Candidates who pass the initial sift will be progressed to a full sift. For Hints and Tips on completing your application visit Applying for jobs at DWP Digital. Important Information Please attach your redacted CV as a separate additional document in either PDF or word format. Personal details that could be used to identify you including your name, contact details and address must be removed for your application to be considered. If your CV, personal statement or technical statement contain any personal details your application will be withdrawn. We recognise that AI may be helpful when applying for this role, but it is important to use it in the right way. Read the DWP AI Candidate Guide to understand how you can make the best use of GenAI while ensuring your application remains authentic and effective. Stage 2: Interview If you're successful at sift stage you will be invited to a video interview via Microsoft Teams. There, you will be assessed against the experiences listed above. You will be asked to do a 10-minute presentation on a specific topic. Further details will be provided to candidates invited to interview. Interviews will take place from Mid-Late July 2025. Questions in Advance To help you prepare and settle into the interview you will be sent the interview questions in advance of the interview, at least 5 days prior to your interview. These questions should be treated as confidential and should not be shared. The interview panel may ask you other questions which will not be shared in advance, including follow-up questions, and those about your experience and abilities. Candidates may be asked further probing questions if their response is deemed to require further information to determine suitability for the role. Candidates are strongly encouraged to secure their interview slot promptly to ensure fairness in preparation time with the questions provided in advance. Further information Find out more about Working for DWP A reserve list may be held for a perio d of 6 mon ths from which further appointments can be made. All successful candidates and those placed on reserve will be posted in merit list order by location. Other information: If high application volumes are received, the benchmark for candidates to proceed to the next stage may be raised. In line with our commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS), we aim to advance all candidates applying under the DCS who meet the minimum standard. However, we may only progress those candidates who best meet the required standards. For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website. The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. Applications will be screened and if evidence of plagiarism or copying examples/answers from other sources is found, your application will be withdrawn. Internal DWP candidates may also face disciplinary action. Reasonable Adjustment At DWP we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including those that are underrepresented in our workforce. We consider visible and non-visible disabilities, neurodiversity or learning differences, chronic medical conditions, or mental ill health. Examples include dyslexia, epilepsy, autism, chronic fatigue, or schizophrenia. If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should: Contact Government Recruitment Service via as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs. Complete the "Reasonable Adjustments" section in the "Additional requirements" page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a Language Service Professional. For further information on reasonable adjustments, terms and conditions and how we recruit visit the How we recruit page. Feedback