Senior Product Manager

Sanderson Government & Defence; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Made Tech is seeking an experienced Senior Product Manager to lead the product direction on a major Youth Justice Board digital transformation programme. You will guide multidisciplinary teams through GDS Alpha and Beta phases, modernising legacy data platforms within a highly regulated central government environment.

You will define long-term strategy, manage competing priorities and ensure delivery teams focus on measurable user and organisational outcomes, while communicating clearly with

Qualifications

• Significant product management experience in central government or similarly regulated environments.
• Proven track record leading products through GDS Alpha and Beta delivery phases.
• Experience modernising, transforming or replacing large-scale legacy platforms and services.
• Strong strategic leadership with multi-year roadmaps.
• Expertise in prioritisation, discovery and outcome-focused delivery.
• Excellent stakeholder management across senior leadership, delivery teams and users.
• Ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
• Proven coaching and mentoring of junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the long-term product vision, strategy and roadmap.
• Lead product delivery through GDS Alpha and Beta phases.
• Guide multidisciplinary teams delivering complex digital services and platforms.
• Apply evidence-based prioritisation to maximise value and minimise delivery risk.
• Manage competing stakeholder priorities and prevent scope creep.
• Use user research, data and performance metrics to validate decisions.
• Build alignment across technical, operational, policy and senior stakeholders.
• Establish clear product direction and remove ambiguity for confident delivery.
• Communicate strategic concepts clearly to diverse audiences.
• Support governance activities and engagement with senior leadership.
• Coach, mentor and develop junior product professionals and wider teams.

Skills

Product management

GDS Alpha/Beta

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Govt/regulatory context

Job description

About the Role

Made Tech is seeking an experienced Senior Product Manager to lead product direction on a major Youth Justice Board digital transformation programme.

This role will focus on guiding multidisciplinary teams through GDS Alpha and Beta phases, helping to modernise and replace legacy data platforms operating within a highly regulated central government environment.

The successful candidate will be responsible for defining long-term product strategy, managing competing priorities and ensuring delivery teams remain focused on achieving measurable user and organisational outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Define, own and communicate the long-term product vision, strategy and roadmap.
• Lead product delivery through GDS Alpha and Beta phases.
• Guide multidisciplinary teams delivering complex digital services and platforms.
• Apply evidence-based prioritisation techniques to maximise value and minimise delivery risk.
• Manage competing stakeholder priorities and proactively prevent scope creep.
• Use user research, data and performance metrics to validate product decisions and inform trade-offs.
• Build alignment across technical, operational, policy and senior stakeholder groups.
• Establish clear product direction and remove ambiguity to enable confident delivery.
• Communicate strategic concepts and complex delivery challenges in clear, accessible language.
• Support governance activities and engagement with senior leadership.
• Coach, mentor and develop junior product professionals and wider team members.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Significant Product Management experience within central government or similarly regulated environments.
• Proven experience leading products through GDS Alpha and Beta delivery phases.
• Experience modernising, transforming or replacing large-scale legacy platforms and services.
• Strong strategic product leadership with experience defining multi-year roadmaps.
• Demonstrable expertise in prioritisation, product discovery and outcome-focused delivery.
• Strong understanding of Agile and multidisciplinary delivery approaches.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills across senior leadership, delivery teams and users.
• Ability to make evidence-based decisions in complex and ambiguous environments.
• Experience translating technical and delivery concepts into language suitable for non-technical audiences.
• Proven track record of coaching and mentoring others.

Desirable

• Experience working within justice, rehabilitation, youth services or broader public sector domains.
• Experience overseeing data-centric products and platforms.
• Knowledge of GDS Service Standard assessments and government service delivery practices.
• Experience leading teams through large-scale organisational and technology change.

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to play a key role in a high-profile public sector transformation programme, helping the Youth Justice Board modernise critical services while ensuring legislative and policy requirements are effectively translated into user-centred digital outcomes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

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