Product Owner

Jobtailor; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a Lead Product Manager to steer a portfolio of Scotland-focused products and services. You will guide cross-functional teams through the full product lifecycle, champion Agile and Lean practices, and shape a long-term vision to deliver measurable business benefits.

You will build compelling business cases, engage stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement while managing risk and ensuring timely decisions. A BPSS or higher clearance is expected for this leadership role.

Qualifications

• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams to research and develop user-centred products and service blueprints aligned with organisational strategy.
• Experience adapting innovative and established approaches to achieve product or service outcomes.
• Experience defining, measuring and tracking product benefits.
• Ability to articulate and promote the product value proposition to a range of stakeholders.
• Understanding of Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) principles where relevant.

Responsibilities

• Lead product priorities for business-critical products and services supporting benefit delivery across Scotland.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams across the full product lifecycle.
• Coach and lead teams in Agile and Lean practices.
• Adapt ways of working throughout the product lifecycle using internal insight and external best practice.
• Drive continuous improvement and foster organisational Agile maturity.
• Act as an escalation point for major operational issues.
• Maintain awareness of emerging technologies and cross-sector practices.
• Set long-term vision and strategic objectives for the product portfolio.
• Build business cases and articulate product value to gain stakeholder buy-in.
• Ensure products are adopted and deliver measurable benefits.
• Identify, manage and mitigate lifecycle risks and develop sustainable support models.
• Anticipate and define problems and remove delivery barriers.
• Maintain the high-level roadmap.
• Support programme management activities.
• Influence stakeholders and enable timely decision-making.
• Coach and develop others and build capability across teams.
• Participate in hiring product managers and contractors.

Skills

Agile practices

Lean practices

Strategic portfolio management

Stakeholder engagement

Product lifecycle management

Leadership

Communication

Influencing

Education

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)

Security Check National Security Vetting

Job description

• Lead product priorities for business-critical products and services supporting benefit delivery across Scotland
• Lead multidisciplinary teams across the full product lifecycle
• Coach and lead teams in Agile and Lean practices
• Adapt ways of working throughout the product lifecycle using internal insight and external best practice
• Drive continuous improvement and foster organisational Agile maturity
• Act as an escalation point for major operational issues
• Maintain awareness of emerging technologies and cross-sector practices
• Set long-term vision and strategic objectives for the product portfolio
• Build business cases and articulate product value to gain stakeholder buy-in
• Ensure products are adopted and deliver measurable benefits
• Identify, manage and mitigate lifecycle risks and develop sustainable support models
• Anticipate and define problems and remove delivery barriers
• Maintain the high-level roadmap
• Support programme management activities
• Influence stakeholders and enable timely decision-making
• Coach and develop others and build capability across teams
• Participate in hiring product managers and contractors

Requirements

• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams to research and develop user-centred products and service blueprints aligned with organisational strategy
• Experience adapting innovative and established approaches to achieve product or service outcomes
• Experience defining, measuring and tracking product benefits
• Ability to articulate and promote the product value proposition to a range of stakeholders
• Understanding of Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) principles where relevant
• Leadership - Level 4
• Communicating and Influencing - Level 4
• Skills aligned to Lead Product Manager within the Government Digital and Data Profession
• CV and supporting statement of no more than 750 words
• Successful candidates must complete the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)
• May require additional Security Check national security vetting
• Right to work in the UK or eligibility for a Skilled Worker visa

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading multidisciplinary teams through the product lifecycle, applying Agile and Lean practices to drive continuous improvement and stakeholder engagement. Proficient in Strategic Portfolio Management principles and capable of articulating product value propositions to ensure adoption and measurable benefits.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Agile Practices
• Lean Practices
• Strategic Portfolio Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Product Lifecycle Management

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• User-Centered Product Development
• Product Benefit Measurement
• Risk Management
• Business Case Development
• Operational Issue Resolution

Soft Skills

• Leadership
• Communication
• Influencing

Certifications & Qualifications

• Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)
• Security Check National Security Vetting

Industry Keywords

• Product Management
• Multidisciplinary Teams
• Continuous Improvement
• Organisational Strategy
• Service Blueprints