Product Manager

Description

Product Manager
Fully remote
Inside IR35

Must have GDS Experience

Overall Purpose
As the Senior Product Manager, you will be responsible for the quality of the products that will delivered. You will be responsible for the overall vision and quality of the products being delivered, in conjunction with the programme director. You will identify opportunities for improving business outcomes and enhancing benefits, looking to continuously improve the quality, capability and efficiency of your products.
You will use your knowledge of user needs and business goals to frame and solve problems and set priorities for delivery teams, identify opportunities for improving business outcomes and look to continuously improve the quality, capability and efficiency of products and services.
Key Responsibilities

Form the vision for the products that you own and engage teams and stakeholders in the development of that vision over time.

Leading the production of roadmaps, release plans and life cycle plans for the delivery and maintenance of the product(s) from inception right the way through to retirement as well as inputting into the departmental wide approach to road mapping/life cycle planning.

Act as the main point of contact for stakeholder groups, ensuring that they are updated and engaged about the development of the product(s).

Take a product through its life cycle (eg discovery, Alpha, beta, live) including internal governance and GDS service assessments.

Represent users and focus on their needs throughout the delivery process

Lead 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

Ensure products are designed to standards, including the Government Digital Service Standard, TDA standards, Technology Code of Practice and Accessibility legislation, providing final sign off on any completed functional development prior to the deployment to a production environment for your product(s).

Take 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

Take the lead in keeping people informed about the development of the product(s) and promoting its uptake and usage within the department/by the general public

Experience - essential

• Experience of leading the development of new, complex, related products in government to GDS standards
• Experience of taking products through GDS service standard assessments
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to understand, empathise with, negotiate and influence individuals and groups
• Successful track record promoting the needs of the team, and of the product; understanding how these may vary between the different phases of a product life cycle
• Experience in agile working and coaching others to work in an agile way.