Senior Product Manager - Department for Business and Trade - G7
Apply before Midday on Monday 23rd September 2024
London £57,026 to £65,300, National £53,560 to £61,937 including allowances. Salary is dependent on location and technical skills as assessed at interview.
Job grade
Grade 7
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
DBT - CS - Digital, Data and Technology
Type of role
Administration / Corporate Support
Digital
Senior leadership
Other
Locations: Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, Salford
About the job
Job summary
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has a clear mission - to grow the economy. Our role is to help businesses invest, grow and export to create jobs and opportunities right across the country. We do this in three ways:
- Build a strong, competitive business environment.
- Open international markets and ensure resilient supply chains.
- Work in partnership with businesses providing advice, finance and deal-making support.
The Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops and operates tools and services to support us in this mission.
As a Senior Product Manager at DBT, you’ll champion the delivery and continuous improvement of products and define, own, and solve problems that enable value. You’ll work with researchers to understand user needs; stakeholders and service owners to understand business value; and your whole team to prototype and implement solutions that are viable and sustainable.
You’ll own and develop a coordinated product strategy with other teams in DDaT and across the wider organisation, understanding the goals of our stakeholders, and work with your team to help validate assumptions, sharing insight and learnings to create better outcomes and demonstrate the benefits of user-centred design.
DBT’s Data Services Portfolio builds digital products and services that enable our global network of staff, partners and members of the public to spot opportunities, monitor progress and make decisions with data.
You’ll have the support of Lead Product Managers to help shape your product strategy and develop your craft. You will be responsible for managing products through the product lifecycle. You’ll work in a multidisciplinary team, as well as coaching more junior product managers.
Main responsibilities
As a Senior Product Manager, you will manage the development of one or more digital services or products. In this role, you will:
- Lead one or more multidisciplinary agile teams, providing product direction to deliver digital services and products through the product lifecycle.
- Understand the policy context and business drivers behind ideas, and develop ways to identify and test key assumptions to establish problem-solution fit.
- Create effective, prioritised product roadmaps and product descriptions to meet user needs in a cost-effective way.
- Deliver services that meet the Government Digital Service (GDS) Standard and are best in class for government.
- Underpin the delivery and iteration of digital services through effective analysis and presentation of user data.
- Develop and manage stakeholder relationships to create buy-in for the product.
- Work with your delivery manager to ensure your team is high performing.
You may also line manage product managers and support their professional development.
Person specification
Skills and experience
In your application you will need to demonstrate that you have the skills and experience of:
- Product ownership: Knowledge of product management principles and the ability to apply them flexibly.
- Strategic ownership: Ability to create and maintain a product roadmap for success.
- User Focus: Direction on user research tools and methods to meet user needs.
- Agile working: Experience in fast-paced environments using iterative methods.
- Problem ownership: Ability to anticipate and resolve problems effectively.
- Working within constraints: Experience in managing senior stakeholders and prioritising constraints.
It is desirable that you have:
- Lifecycle perspective: Experience managing products at different lifecycle phases.
- Operational management: Knowledge of designing operational processes for product maintenance.
As part of the application process, you will be asked to upload a CV outlining your experience, skills and fit for the role. You will also complete a short, pre-recorded video screening interview.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries with the right to work in the UK
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