Principal Product Leader — Central Government

Hippo Digital Limited; Manchester; Híbrido; GBP 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance (25 days)

Perkbox access

Critical illness cover

Life assurance

Descripción de la vacante

Hippo Digital Limited is recruiting for Principal Product Managers to join our Central Government sector. As a strategic product leader in the public sector, you will shape portfolio visions, influence policy, and oversee the delivery of digital services at scale.

As a Principal Consultant specialising in Product, you’ll be an expert in agile delivery at scale within government, coaching Senior Product Managers and advocating for user-centred design across government.

Formación

• Strong strategic GDS experience and ability to translate complex public policy into actionable strategic decisions and product investment areas for a government portfolio.
• Architect and lead change strategies that align project delivery with long-term departmental goals, addressing underlying processes, tools, and cultural norms.
• Build portfolio-level strategy and establish metrics frameworks to regularly review performance against citizen value and initiate strategic pivots based on data-driven insights.
• Define and influence organisational structure, processes, and culture to enable effective cross-departmental collaboration and psychological safety.
• Anticipate long-term threats and opportunities, influencing government policy and investment to embed resilience and security as foundational principles.
• Lead collaboration efforts with a wide range of internal teams, external partners, and senior stakeholders, presenting evidence-based business cases to senior civil servants.
• Demonstrate authoritative knowledge of the GDS Service Standard, championing best practices and overseeing portfolios through service assessments across Discovery, Alpha, Beta, and Live phases.

Responsabilidades

• Owning and leading the strategic direction of areas within the Hippo product community. Leveraging your experience to develop and grow the community.
• Defining and leading the overarching strategic vision, roadmap, and business models for entire product portfolios within Central Government.
• Representing the product function at the executive level, shaping government policy, and advocating for product-centric changes with senior departmental leadership.
• Establishing overarching strategy and objectives for a portfolio, cascading objectives from government mandates and departmental missions down to individual product goals.
• Defining and implementing delivery and risk management frameworks across a portfolio, proactively mitigating strategic challenges in highly regulated environments.
• Driving the improvement of organisational standards for user research, ensuring citizen needs are at the heart of all public sector product work.
• Defining the data, AI, and innovation strategies for the portfolio, ensuring the ethical application of emerging technologies and strict adherence to central government standards.
• Mentoring and coaching Senior leaders, fostering institutional learning and building capability across the public sector product profession.

Conocimientos

GDS experience

Policy translation

Portfolio strategy

Stakeholder management

Change strategy

User research

Data & AI strategy

Public sector leadership

Descripción del empleo

Hippo Digital Limited is recruiting for Principal Product Managers to join our Central Government sector. As a strategic product leader in the public sector, you will shape portfolio visions, influence policy, and oversee the delivery of digital services at scale.

As a Principal Consultant specialising in Product, you’ll be an expert in agile delivery at scale within government, coaching Senior Product Managers and advocating for user-centred design across government.