Product Manager

Graphics Unlimited (Vic) Pty Ltd; North East; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading government department as a Product Manager, driving digital transformation that affects millions of people in the UK. You will lead projects across diverse areas, ensuring user needs are met while applying agile methodologies. With a competitive salary, flexible working conditions, and a strong support network for your professional growth, this role offers a fulfilling opportunity to make a difference.

Benefits

Civil service pension with employer contributions

Generous leave package starting at 26 days

Flexible working hours

Time off for volunteering

Discounts and savings on shopping

Interest-free loans for commuting

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in creating and communicating product roadmaps.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Proven ability to prioritize product backlogs based on user needs.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects focused on health, benefit accuracy, and user support.
• Engage with users to understand needs and make effective decisions.
• Apply agile techniques for incremental product delivery.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Agile Methodology

User Engagement

Product Roadmaps

Decision Making

Prioritization

Job description

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We are looking for 6 new Product Managers 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.

You and your role

We're Transforming The Way DWP Works In a Range Of Business Areas, So We Have a Number Of Projects And Programmes For You To Work On. Right Now We're Looking For Product Managers To Join These Teams

• Bereavement and care - Focusing on those who need help at a difficult and sensitive time in their lives.
• Health and Disability - Providing support to the 16 million people in the UK who have a health condition or disability.
• The Hybrid Cloud Services (HCS) - Developing, managing and supporting products used by engineering teams across the DWP Digital community to help underpin and deliver DWP's services.
• DWP Analytics - Responsible for the development of reusable technical capability that underpins the development and deployment of analytics driven controls which support benefit payment accuracy, and ambitions to reduce fraud, error and debt.
  
  

We'll work with you to make sure you're working in area that is right for us, you and your career.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? How will this be assessed?

The application process for these roles includes both a technical statement and a personal statement.

This is your opportunity to showcase clear examples and evidence of how you meet the following:

Technical Statement

• Have made effective decisions based on incomplete information using a range of suitable techniques.
  
  

Personal Statement

• Experience of creating and communicating a product roadmap, and gaining stakeholder buy in.
• Have worked with users to understand their needs and represented the user in all decision making.
• Have prioritised product backlogs based on user needs, value and effort.
• Experience of leading a range of specialists in multidisciplinary teams, applying an agile methodology and mindset to enable incremental delivery.
  
  

The sift panel will use the information in your employment history, personal statement, and technical statement to assess your experience, skills and knowledge against the essential criteria above.

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 sometime collaborating face to face in a hub.

Pay: We offer pay of £55,557 to £66,058, based on your skills and experience.

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £19,137 per year.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days and 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:

• An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023(Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)
• 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.
  
  

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.

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