Product Manager

DWP Digital; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Time off volunteering

I Can Be Me in DWP

Bike/season ticket loans

Sports and social activities

Career development and coaching

Job summary

DWP Digital is hiring a user-focused and data-driven Product Manager to lead a key product within the DWP Insights Programme. You will own product strategy and roadmaps for Management Information, reporting and visualization tools that support decision-making across the Department.

This hybrid role is based in one of our digital hubs, including Manchester, with collaboration across stakeholders and users to deliver value, monitor outcomes and drive continual improvement within a data-driven

Qualifications

• Experience of engaging and influencing senior stakeholders with a focus on data.
• Experience creating and communicating a product vision and roadmap with stakeholder buy-in.
• Experience prioritising backlogs based on user needs, value and effort.

Responsibilities

• Own the product strategy and roadmaps, making evidence-based prioritisation decisions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and users to ensure products deliver measurable value.
• Monitor performance against outcomes and coordinate delivery across multiple products.
• Lead the team and champion continuous learning and improvement.

Skills

Engaging senior stakeholders

Product vision & roadmaps

Backlog prioritisation

Job description

Pay up to £68,205 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We’re looking for a user-focused and data-driven Product Manager to lead a key product within the DWP Insights Programme.

This role is all about ensuring users can access timely, accurate and actionable insights – through management information products - that drive better outcomes and support DWP's ambition to become increasingly data-driven.

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?

• Experience of engaging and influencing senior stakeholders and actively contributing to strategic discussions at senior level with a focus on data
• Experience of creating and communicating a product vision and roadmap, getting stakeholder buy in
• Experience of making effective choices based on incomplete information using a range of suitable techniquesExperience of prioritising backlogs based on user needs, value and effort

You and your role

Working within DWP Insights, part of the Data & Analytics Group, you will shape the vision, strategy and delivery of Management Information (MI), reporting and visualisation products that support decision-making across the Department.

The DWP MI Service is used by more than 22,000 colleagues, from frontline operational managers to senior leaders, the Executive Team and Ministers, making it one of the Department's most widely used an high-profile services.

You will own the product strategy and roadmaps, make evidence-based prioritisation decisions, and work closely with stakeholders and users to ensure products deliver measurable value.

You’ll monitor performance against agreed outcomes, coordinating delivery across multiple products, and ensuring services meet high standards of quality, accessibility and user experience.

You will build strong relationships with stakeholders and external partners, communicate product performance and priorities effectively, and use data, evidence and user insight to drive decision-making.

And as a people leader, you’ll build an inclusive environment, develop your team and champion continuous learning and improvement.

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 (40%) and some time collaborating face to face in a hub (60%)

Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £68,205.

Pension: You’ll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%.

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:

• Interview: a single stage interview online.