Lead Product Manager

DWP Digital; Blackpool; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

A government digital services department in the UK is seeking a Lead Product Manager to guide product teams in delivering innovative digital solutions. This role emphasizes leadership, strategic vision, and data management in a collaborative hybrid working environment. Ideal candidates will have a strong track record in product management and a commitment to user-centered services, contributing to impactful projects that serve millions. Competitive benefits and a focus on work-life balance are offered.

Benefits

28.97% employer pension contributions

Flexible working hours

Generous leave package starting at 26 days

Professional development and career progression opportunities

Discounts and savings on shopping

Interest-free loans for transportation

Sports and social activities

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead digital teams and deliver products.
• Experience working in a data environment.
• Strong relationship building and influencing skills.
• Expertise in developing product strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead product teams for major programmes or core services.
• Shape the vision and high-level roadmap for critical products.
• Inspire positive change and improve digital services.

Skills

Leadership

Data management

Relationship building

Product strategy development

User-Centred Design

Transformational change experience

Job description

Lead Product Manager

Pay up to £80,267, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

Are you a Product Manager with data experience who thrives on managing large and complex solutions?

Join DWP Digital as a Lead Product Manager, where you will lead and drive product teams for major programmes or core services in complex parts of our organisation. You will be providing leadership and direction, shaping the vision and high-level roadmap for critical products and services that impact millions of people. If you have strong product management skills, possess the ability to think strategically and are motivated by inspiring positive change, then this role could be for you.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We are looking for a Lead Product Manager to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital.

We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

• Proven ability to lead digital teams, set direction and deliver products that meet strategic goals
• Worked in a data environment, and bring an understanding of data as a theme in product management
• Relationship building and influencing across organisational boundaries
• Expertise in developing product strategies and creating value-driven roadmaps for teams and stakeholders
• A track record improving services to boost performance and quality
• A commitment to User-Centred Design and using customer insight and user awareness to shape digital services
• Experience leading significant transformational change in complex environments

You and your role

We are looking for two Product Managers to join us in one of the below teams:

Data and Analytics Architecture and Engineering, which provides an oversight and governance of Data Platforms and Data Architecture across Digital.

Or DWP Analytics, an enterprise level capability to enable analytics developers in all business areas to build, test and deploy analytics code, to support Fraud and Error reduction and real time decision making by integrating directly into citizen and agent facing services.

As a lead role, you'll be expected to be an expert leader and manager. While you may not be a subject matter expert in any one specific product management technique, you will be heavily contributing to the overall strategy for a specific service or programme.

Our products change lives. Whether that's working on accessibility and inclusivity of digital services right through to developing new and innovative solutions. If you have a passion for improving the ability to deliver products and services that bring real value to users, then apply now!

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.

Pay: We offer competitive pay of £75,026 - £80,267

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £21,735 per year.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time.

You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.

We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Sports and social activities
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

And we have an award-winning environment and culture:

• DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards
• Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024
• Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025
• Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards

Process:

We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages:

Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.

Interview: a single stage interview online.

Click apply for more information and to start your application.