Senior Product Manager - Central Government

Spinwell Global; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 115,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Spinwell Global Limited seeks a Senior Product Manager to drive an enterprise SaaS platform within the public sector from London, Bristol or Manchester. This role emphasizes piloting, backlog ownership, and cross-functional coordination with suppliers and a Delivery Manager to align with architecture objectives.

You will define usability metrics, manage acceptance criteria, and ensure release goals while balancing cost and public value. BPSS clearance is relevant and IR35 Inside applies.

Qualifications

• Experience as a product owner or product manager for SaaS or internal platforms.
• Working knowledge of enterprise architecture practice and how EA tools are used.
• Strong stakeholder management, including senior leaders and external suppliers.
• Experience of agile delivery, including backlogs, user stories and sprint planning.
• Ability to define, track and communicate benefits and success measures.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the pilot vision, users, priority use cases and hypotheses, balancing architecture outcomes, delivery constraints, public value and cost.
• Own and communicate the prioritised product backlog, clear user stories, acceptance criteria, release goals and measurable success indicators; use appropriate agile ceremonies and planning practices.
• Coordinate the multidisciplinary team and supplier against agreed milestones, dependencies, risks and decisions, working alongside any appointed Delivery Manager rather than duplicating day-to-day delivery accountabilities.
• Work with the EA Repository Architect to ensure the platform tests the common taxonomy, traceable evidence, dependency analysis and architecture intelligence rather than only demonstrating product features.
• Manage relationships with participating departments and councils, client leadership, Commercial, Information Assurance, technical suppliers and internal product stakeholders.
• Agree the supplier delivery scope and verify outputs against acceptance criteria, escalating contractual decisions through authorised Commercial and governance routes.
• Establish an evidence-led benefits framework: user adoption and data quality are inputs; demonstrably better architecture decisions and reuse opportunities are intended outcomes.
• Plan pilot evaluation, lessons learned and options for transition, including cost, operational sustainability, exit or further procurement; do not assume the pilot becomes a permanent service.

Skills

Product owner / product manager (SaaS)

Enterprise architecture knowledge

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Benefits and success measures

Tools

Ardoq

Avolution ABACUS

SAP LeanIX

Sparx

Job description

Role: Senior Product Manager

Contract Length: Until the end of the financial year

Location: Hybrid/London, Bristol or Manchester - no minimum onsite expectation

IR35: Inside

Pay Rate to Intermediary: 625- 650 per day

Security Clearance: BPSS

About the Role

Spinwell is recruiting for a Senior Product Manager for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the pilot vision, users, priority use cases and hypotheses, balancing architecture outcomes, delivery constraints, public value and cost.
• Own and communicate the prioritised product backlog, clear user stories, acceptance criteria, release goals and measurable success indicators; use appropriate agile ceremonies and planning practices.
• Coordinate the multidisciplinary team and supplier against agreed milestones, dependencies, risks and decisions, working alongside any appointed Delivery Manager rather than duplicating day-to-day delivery accountabilities.
• Work with the EA Repository Architect to ensure the platform tests the common taxonomy, traceable evidence, dependency analysis and architecture intelligence rather than only demonstrating product features.
• Manage relationships with participating departments and councils, client leadership, Commercial, Information Assurance, technical suppliers and internal product stakeholders.
• Agree the supplier delivery scope and verify outputs against acceptance criteria, escalating contractual decisions through authorised Commercial and governance routes.
• Establish an evidence-led benefits framework: user adoption and data quality are inputs; demonstrably better architecture decisions and reuse opportunities are intended outcomes.
• Plan pilot evaluation, lessons learned and options for transition, including cost, operational sustainability, exit or further procurement; do not assume the pilot becomes a permanent service.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Experience as a product owner or product manager for a SaaS or internal platform.
• Working knowledge of enterprise architecture practice and how EA tools are used.
• Strong stakeholder management, including senior leaders and external suppliers.
• Experience of agile delivery, including backlogs, user stories and sprint planning.
• Ability to define, track and communicate benefits and success measures.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Hands-on experience with an EA tool such as Ardoq, Avolution ABACUS, SAP LeanIX or Sparx.
• Experience running or developing a shared service across multiple organisations.
• Product management certification (for example BCS, Scrum.org or SAFe).

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