GovTech Product Manager

Civica UK Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Contributions

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance

Critical Illness Cover

Health Cash Plan

Dental Insurance

Volunteer days

Job summary

Civica UK Ltd is seeking a Technical Product Manager to equip teams with detailed technical requirements through a rigorous product backlog and to drive delivery aligned with our global GovTech ambition. You will translate complex problems into clear user stories with acceptance criteria and collaborate across engineering, design, marketing, and customer success to ensure scalable, high-quality products.

You will guide backlogs, participate in ceremonies, and lead data-informed decisions while

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience as a Technical Product Manager in a modern software or product organisation.
• Ability to create and manage backlogs with clear acceptance criteria.
• Strong to deep technical background and experience in software development.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering to ensure solutions meet product requirements and are scalable and maintainable.
• Refine product requirements into well-defined user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Participate in sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives to align priorities.
• Triaging and resolving product issues with engineers and stakeholders.
• Identify risks and implement mitigation strategies for successful delivery.
• Make trade-off decisions in collaboration with the Product Manager when priorities clash.
• Work with engineering, design, marketing, and customer success to drive development.
• Analyze data to inform decisions and measure product performance.
• Support knowledge sharing and documentation of decisions and designs.

Skills

Backlog management

User stories

Agile methodologies

Technical background

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional leadership

Distributed teams

Cloud technologies

Architecture discussions

Job description

Civica UK Ltd is seeking a Technical Product Manager to equip teams with detailed technical requirements through a rigorous product backlog and to drive delivery aligned with our global GovTech ambition. You will translate complex problems into clear user stories with acceptance criteria and collaborate across engineering, design, marketing, and customer success to ensure scalable, high-quality products.

You will guide backlogs, participate in ceremonies, and lead data-informed decisions while