Description
Agile Product Manager required by Whitehall Resources for an initial 6 month contract based in Edinburgh
*PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ROLE HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO FALL WITHIN IR35*
Job Role:
To work and manage teams, creating outstanding digital services that meet well-defined user needs, in line with the Digital by Default Service Standard
Tasks:
- Leads products and teams and ensure close working with the Digital Service Manager to develop and communicate the overall vision of the products being developed;
- Ensure agile methodologies are used to identify near-term and long-term priorities
- Ensure the development of user-driven prototypes to test potential new features with users in order to explore potential improvements to the existing service;
- Actively participate in networking and training with Service Managers and Product Managers (inside and outside government) and share agile best practice and learning;
- Build resilience and responsiveness in the organisation by being open and honest about risks and challenges and the actions required to address unexpected developments
- Form a key client liaison role with the client for the DDC's
- Keep continually abreast of changes to user habits, preferences and behaviours across various digital platforms, and their implications for successful delivery of digital services
- Represents the needs and desires of the stakeholder community to one or more Agile Delivery Teams, being the first source of information about the problem domain for the Team. Represents the work of the Agile Delivery Team to the stakeholder community. The Product Managers decisions are visible in the content and ordering of the Product Backlog
- Educates the team in the business domain Is accountable for requirements gathering activities and is an active participant in modelling Helps gain access to expert stakeholders
Skills:
- Strong requirements and business analysis skills, Agile methodologies & techniques
- Jira & Confluence
- Strong leadership - Ability to manage large groups of people
- Strong People Management
- Proven ability at growing the digital teams in terms of skills, revenue and ways of working
All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description.