Product Delivery Manager

NHS Scotland; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join NHS Scotland as a Product Delivery Manager, playing a crucial role in delivering products that enhance public health. You will manage multidisciplinary teams and apply Agile techniques to improve life expectancy and reduce health inequalities in Scotland. This hybrid role allows flexibility in working arrangements, with a focus on delivering impactful projects.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Work-life balance policies

Occupational health services

Discounted leisure benefits

Qualifications

• Significant product and project management experience.
• Experience using Agile product delivery techniques.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of large-scale, complex products.
• Build and empower product teams.
• Communicate progress to stakeholders.

Skills

Agile product delivery

Communication

Negotiation

Planning

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree in product or project management

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The Post

Would you like to play a crucial role in the delivery of products that contribute to Public Health Scotland’s mission to improve life expectancy and reduce health inequalities in Scotland?

With significant project and product management experience, you will support multi-disciplinary teams to successfully plan and deliver a range of products and projects that will vary in size, scope, and complexity. There will be an emphasis on digital products but not only.

As a Product Delivery Manager You Will

• Work with Product Managers to support the delivery and continual improvement of large-scale, complex products such as our corporate website, and intranet
• Create and manage clear, manageable delivery plans to achieve product goals, and apply project management methods appropriate to the needs of the project to enable delivery through multi-disciplinary teams
• Build and empower product teams, ensuring they are motivated, collaborating, working well, and delivering with momentum
• Communicate progress to stakeholders, and proactively identify and help resolve risks, issues, and other barriers to successful delivery
• Contribute to the development of our product management and delivery practices as part of our user-centred design and delivery approach

The Candidate

You will have:

• A degree (or equivalent experience) in a relevant subject area such as product or project management, or a related field with specialist knowledge of project management techniques and methodology acquired through additional learning or demonstrable experience within the industry
• Significant product and project management experience with ability to apply techniques proportionately to a complex and multiple set of projects and support others in effective product management and delivery
• Experience and confidence using Agile product delivery techniques, with ability to contribute to building our capacity in Agile delivery and our user-centred design approach
• Excellent organisation and planning skills and experience of dealing with conflicting demands, meeting challenging deadlines, and working under pressure
• Excellent interpersonal skills to establish credibility and build effective working relationships with project teams, colleagues, and stakeholders
• Highly developed communication, negotiation, influencing, mediation, facilitation, and presentation skills

Location and Working Pattern

Hybrid working is offered but candidates may choose to work solely in the office. Offices are based at 2 Central Quay Glasgow or The Gyle Edinburgh.

Working pattern will be Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week.

During times of public health emergency, or other urgent business need, you may be required on a temporary basis to work your normal contracted hours over 7 days including weekends, to meet the needs of the service.

It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with PHS.

Benefits

Our benefits package includes pension scheme, comprehensive range of work-life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres, and discounted leisure, financial, and shopping benefits.

Further Information

For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Mary Flora Conner, Product Development Lead: [e-mail], 07771 506543

Closing date for completed applications is 23rd May 2025.

Further information on PHS is available from: www.publichealthscotland.scot

Please check your email regularly for correspondence, including junk folders.

Public Health Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. We aim for a workforce that is truly representative and where each employee feels respected and able to give their best. Applications from all sections of society are welcome.