Lead Product Manager

UK Home Office; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exceptional pension

Generous leave

Flexible working

Learning & development

Recognition & inclusion

Job summary

The UK Home Office is seeking a Lead Product Manager to shape the Metis data analytics portfolio within the Digital Corporate Enablement Office. You will lead a multi-disciplinary team, secure the roadmap, and align delivery with departmental goals.

This role requires strong stakeholder engagement, a track record of guiding products from discovery to live, and the ability to balance strategic vision with delivery discipline, in a hybrid working environment with 60% on-site time.

Qualifications

• Focusing on outcomes rather than solutions and the ability to translate a vision into deliverable, measurable goals.
• Decision-making, with an ability to digest information from a multitude of sources and use that to develop a prioritized roadmap.
• Building long-term, strategic relationships with senior stakeholders and using those relationships to influence the development and enhancement of services, products, and systems.
• Taking a product through its lifecycle from discovery through to live.
• Communicating using a variety of methods (written reports, verbal feedback, presentations etc.), applying the appropriate method to each scenario/audience.
• Technical understanding of your product/service, a good understanding of technology and digital service delivery is crucial for communicating with stakeholders and delivery teams to support informed decision making and impacting those decisions.

Responsibilities

• Shape the portfolio vision with the director, engaging teams and stakeholders in its evolution. Monitor other Home Office and cross-government portfolios to identify opportunities for reuse or repurposing of products.
• Prioritise development work through a value-driven portfolio backlog. Line manage, coach, and mentor a multi-disciplinary team, supporting their growth through training and role alignment.
• Set strategic communication approaches to keep stakeholders informed and promote product uptake. Lead on using product data and user feedback to drive continuous improvement and champion evidence-based design across the department.
• Ensure product quality aligns with standards including the Government Digital Service Standard, Technology Code of Practice, TDA standards, and accessibility legislation, promoting these across government.
• Assure product roadmaps, release plans, and lifecycle strategies from inception to retirement, ensuring alignment with related products and departmental goals.

Skills

Outcomes-focused

Decision making

Stakeholder relationships

Product lifecycle

Communication skills

Technical understanding

Job description

The Digital Corporate Enablement Office, DCEO, is focussed on internal facing systems supporting business functions. This role is within the Metis Data Analytics, MDA team. Metis is the Home Office implementation of Oracle Fusion ERP and is used by over 55,000 colleagues across the department and a growing number of Arm's Length Bodies.

The MDA team provide analytic and reporting support through Fusion Data Intelligence and other Oracle reporting products across the department including the full breadth of HR and Finance data to employees, line managers, functional teams and projects. This is a very busy space where the ability to prioritise and communicate strategy and rationale with Stakeholders is key.

The Lead Product Manager is a key member of the DCEO and its Senior Management Team. In conjunction with the other Lead Product Managers, you will provide leadership and direction to all products in Metis. You will also maintain the high-level roadmap for reporting and data analytics across multiple related product teams and will be expected to line manage, coach, and support your multi-disciplined team, comprising of multiple professions.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in the office. Applicants can raise any queries to the email address at the bottom of the advert.

Watch this short video to hear from members of Home Office Digital talking about the projects they work on and their experience of working here: Working for Home Office Digital.

What You’ll Do:

• Shape the portfolio vision with the director, engaging teams and stakeholders in its evolution. Monitor other Home Office and cross-government portfolios to identify opportunities for reuse or repurposing of products.
• Prioritise development work through a value-driven portfolio backlog. Line manage, coach, and mentor a multi-disciplinary team, supporting their growth through training and role alignment.
• Set strategic communication approaches to keep stakeholders informed and promote product uptake. Lead on using product data and user feedback to drive continuous improvement and champion evidence-based design across the department.
• Ensure product quality aligns with standards including the Government Digital Service Standard, Technology Code of Practice, TDA standards, and accessibility legislation, promoting these across government.
• Assure product roadmaps, release plans, and lifecycle strategies from inception to retirement, ensuring alignment with related products and departmental goals.

Essential skills:

• Focusing on outcomes rather than solutions and the ability to translate a vision into deliverable, measurable goals.
• Decision-making, with an ability to digest information from a multitude of sources and use that to develop a prioritized roadmap, often despite multiple conflicting demands.
• Building long-term, strategic relationships with senior stakeholders and using those relationships to influence the development and enhancement of services, products, and systems.
• Taking a product through its lifecycle from discovery through to live.
• Communicating using a variety of methods (written reports, verbal feedback, presentations etc.), applying the appropriate method to each scenario/audience.
• Technical understanding of your product/service, a good understanding of technology and digital service delivery is crucial for communicating with stakeholders and delivery teams to support informed decision making and impacting those decisions.

At the Home Office, your work has real-world impact, shaping the safety and security of millions. We offer:

• Meaningful Work: Contribute to critical national security and public service initiatives.
• Career Growth: Benefit from tailored development frameworks and professional communities.
• Flexible Working: Balance your professional and personal life with hybrid work options.
• Diversity and Inclusion: Join a workplace where your unique background and talents are celebrated.

Benefits include:

• Exceptional pension: Employer contribution of 28.97%.
• Generous leave: 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 with service), 8 public holidays, and 1 day for the King’s Birthday.
• Flexible working: Options include full-time, part-time, compressed hours, job sharing, and a hybrid model (minimum 60% on-site).
• Learning and development: Access to training, technical accreditations, and funded qualifications (subject to approval).
• Recognition and inclusion: A culture that champions diversity, enhanced parental leave schemes, annual bonuses, and recognition awards.

Learn more about our benefits: Benefits - Home Office Careers

Additional Information:

• This role requires SC clearance. To meet national security vetting requirements, you must typically have been resident in the UK for at least five years. Unfortunately, we cannot sponsor visas.