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Job summary
Enforcement Management System (EMS) Product Manager role with Government Recruitment Service leads a business-critical digital product at DVSA. You will ensure measurable value for users and the organisation, balancing business priorities, user needs, and regulatory requirements to drive improvement and innovation.
The position focuses on shaping product strategy, leading digital transformation, and working in a collaborative, customer-focused environment.
Qualifications
- Experience in agile or scrum delivery and provide product expertise to stakeholders.
- Ability to balance business priorities, user needs and regulatory requirements.
- Led product strategy, roadmaps and backlog prioritisation.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and communicate the EMS product vision with the service team and stakeholders.
- Provide leadership to Product Specialists and share product knowledge with DVSA stakeholders.
- Create and prioritise a product backlog and write actionable user stories.
- Develop deep understanding of user needs and champion them in delivery.
- Engage with users and stakeholders to drive adoption.
- Set and maintain product standards and quality measures across EMS.
Skills
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Job description
Can you lead the delivery of high-quality digital products that make a real difference to public services?
Have you interpreted policy and legislation to design and implement effective digital solutions?
Are you experienced in agile or scrum delivery and confident providing product expertise to stakeholders?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
The EMS team is responsible for the ongoing development, delivery, and improvement of a key digital product that supports enforcement services. Working within a multidisciplinary, agile environment, the team combines user needs, policy requirements, legislation, and technology to deliver high-quality, efficient services. The team collaborates closely with internal and external stakeholders, using feedback and insight to drive continuous improvement and ensure products align with organisational objectives. With a strong focus on innovation, customer service, and value for money, the department plays a vital role in shaping and transforming digital services through effective product management and the use of Microsoft Dynamics.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
Find out more about what it's like working at DVSA:
DVSA roles: Working for the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency | Civil Service Careers
As Product Manager, you will provide strategic leadership and direction for a business-critical digital product, ensuring it delivers measurable value for users and the organisation. You will work closely with a range of stakeholders, balancing business priorities, user needs, and regulatory requirements to drive improvement and innovation. This is an exciting opportunity to influence product strategy, shape future enhancements, and lead digital transformation in a collaborative and customer-focused environment.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
- Working closely with the Service Owner to maintain and communicate the vision for the EMS product, ensuring it is clearly understood by the immediate team, the wider service team, and key stakeholders.
- Providing leadership to your Product Specialists, enabling them to deliver products aligned with the service vision and equipping them to share detailed product knowledge with stakeholders, including DVSA Operations, Digital Services and Technology, DfT, and industry representatives.
- Creating and prioritising a product backlog, writing clear and actionable user stories, and making informed decisions based on data.
- Developing an expert understanding of user needs and championing these throughout product delivery.
- Engaging with users and stakeholders through multiple channels to drive adoption and effective use of the product.
- Set and maintain appropriate product standards, service levels and quality measures, ensuring EMS meets the Digital Service Standard and delivers an effective, consistent and accessible user experience.
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills set out in the Civil Service Line Management Standards.
For further information on the role, please read the role profile.Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Can you lead the delivery of high-quality digital products that make a real difference to public services?
Have you interpreted policy and legislation to design and implement effective digital solutions?
Are you experienced in agile or scrum delivery and confident providing product expertise to stakeholders?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
The EMS team is responsible for the ongoing development, delivery, and improvement of a key digital product that supports enforcement services. Working within a multidisciplinary, agile environment, the team combines user needs, policy requirements, legislation, and technology to deliver high-quality, efficient services. The team collaborates closely with internal and external stakeholders, using feedback and insight to drive continuous improvement and ensure products align with organisational objectives. With a strong focus on innovation, customer service, and value for money, the department plays a vital role in shaping and transforming digital services through effective product management and the use of Microsoft Dynamics.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
Find out more about what it's like working at DVSA:
DVSA roles: Working for the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency | Civil Service Careers
As Product Manager, you will provide strategic leadership and direction for a business-critical digital product, ensuring it delivers measurable value for users and the organisation. You will work closely with a range of stakeholders, balancing business priorities, user needs, and regulatory requirements to drive improvement and innovation. This is an exciting opportunity to influence product strategy, shape future enhancements, and lead digital transformation in a collaborative and customer-focused environment.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
- Working closely with the Service Owner to maintain and communicate the vision for the EMS product, ensuring it is clearly understood by the immediate team, the wider service team, and key stakeholders.
- Providing leadership to your Product Specialists, enabling them to deliver products aligned with the service vision and equipping them to share detailed product knowledge with stakeholders, including DVSA Operations, Digital Services and Technology, DfT, and industry representatives.
- Creating and prioritising a product backlog, writing clear and actionable user stories, and making informed decisions based on data.
- Developing an expert understanding of user needs and championing these throughout product delivery.
- Engaging with users and stakeholders through multiple channels to drive adoption and effective use of the product.
- Set and maintain appropriate product standards, service levels and quality measures, ensuring EMS meets the Digital Service Standard and delivers an effective, consistent and accessible user experience.
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills set out in the Civil Service Line Management Standards.
For further information on the role, please read the role profile.Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.
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