Can you lead the delivery of high-quality digital products that make a real difference to public services?
Do you have experience interpreting policy and legislation to design and implement effective, user-centred products?
Have you worked within a digital delivery team or applied Scrum principles to successfully deliver digital solutions?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
Join us as Product Manager and lead the transformation and continuous improvement of our Search application in a fast-paced, high-impact environment. You’ll drive user-centred digital services, influence key stakeholders, and deliver solutions that make a real difference to Enforcement operations all while championing collaboration, inclusion, and innovation.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably. We do this by helping people through a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys, helping them keep their vehicles safe to drive, and protecting them from unsafe drivers and vehicles.
We’re working hard to:
* make roads safer
* improve services for our customers
* make road transport greener and healthier
* harness the potential of technology and data
* grow and level up the economy
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
* Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
* 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday
* Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
Find out more about what it's like working at DVSA.
As Product Manager, you will lead the Search function, setting a clear product vision and taking end-to-end responsibility for delivering high-quality, efficient, and user-centred digital services that support Enforcement operations. You will develop and prioritise value-driven product roadmaps and backlogs, informed by a deep understanding of user needs, business priorities, and the policy, legislative, and regulatory environment.
Working closely with multidisciplinary agile scrum teams, you will provide day-to-day leadership, drive continuous improvement, and role model an inclusive and collaborative culture that delivers value for money and consistent service standards. You will engage with users and stakeholders to communicate product benefits, influence decision-making and policy development, and ensure feedback shapes ongoing transformation. The role also includes line management responsibility for one member of staff, supporting their development and performance.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
* Working closely with the Head of Business Services to maintain and communicate the vision for the Search product, ensuring it is clearly understood by the immediate team, the wider service team, and key stakeholders. The wider team includes representatives from Operations, Digital Services and Technology, Human Resources, Learning and Development, Estates, and Finance.
* Providing leadership to your team of Product Specialists, enabling them to deliver products aligned with the service vision and equipping them to share detailed product knowledge with stakeholders, including DVSA Operations, Digital Services and Technology, DfT, and industry representatives.
* Developing an expert understanding of user needs and championing these throughout product delivery.
* Creating and prioritising a product backlog, writing clear and actionable user stories, and making informed decisions based on data.
* Engaging with users and stakeholders through multiple channels to drive adoption and effective use of the product.
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
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