Senior Product Manager

You will be responsible for the overall vision and quality of the product being delivered sometimes in conjunction with a Lead Product Manager or portfolio/programme director.

You will identify opportunities for improving business outcomes and enhancing benefits, looking to continuously improve the quality, capability and efficiency of your product.

You will have the final say on quality and whether something is ready to be released into production.

You may be asked either to be responsible for a single, complex, large product, or multiple related products.

In addition, you may line manage, coach and mentor Associate Product Managers and Product Managers, and be involved in recruitment related processes.

Main Responsibilities

• Forming the vision for the products you own and engage teams and stakeholders in the development of that vision over time.
• Leading the production of roadmaps, release plans and lifecycle plans for the delivery and maintenance of the products from inception right the way through to retirement as well as inputting into the departmental wide approach to road mapping/lifecycle planning.
• Taking a product through its lifecycle (e.g. discovery, alpha, beta, live) including service assessments.
• Representing users and focus on their needs throughout the delivery process.
• Leading the prioritisation process for the work that needs to be done by the development team by creating and maintaining a product backlog which balances immediate user needs with the long-term investment in development and overall business benefits.
• Providing final sign off on any completed functional development prior to the deployment to a production environment for your products.
• Taking the lead in using product or service usage data, and user feedback to devise new ideas for functionality or new ways of working with a continuous improvement mindset and take a lead in promoting such evidence/data driven design across the wider department.
• Ensuring the overall quality of the product is in line with standards including, but not limited to, the Government Digital Service Standard, TDA standards, Technology Code of Practice and Accessibility legislation. Taking a leading role in promoting these standards across the department and government as a whole.

UK residency and security requirements       

Please note that this role requires Security Check (SC) clearance, which would normally need 5 years’ UK residency in the past 5 years. 

However, in exceptional circumstances security clearance applications for candidates who have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years may be considered. Failure to meet this residency requirement will result in your security clearance application being rejected.