UK Health Security Agency
Associate Product Manager
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Job Summary
We are looking for two Associate Product Managers to work within the Digital Development and Operations Team, which is part of UKHSA Chief Data Officer (CDO) Group.
The CDO Group mission is to enable UKHSA to make the nation’s health secure through safe and innovative digital capabilities and by the transformation of public health data, analysis, insight and surveillance. In Digital Development and Operations, we do this by delivering services which meet and maintain the Digital Service Standards. We proactively partner, across UKHSA and beyond, to influence, design and deliver digital and technology products and services that underpin Agency objectives, and provide tangible, valued business and citizen health outcomes.
Job Description
The Associate Product Manager is a key voice of product across Digital Development and Operations. They are embedded within the team, and it is their responsibility to create and prioritise requirements and ensure that the best product is developed to meet user needs. As an Associate Product Manager, you will help define, explain, and iterate a product vision that is compelling to your users, team and stakeholders. You will plan the work for multi-disciplinary teams helping to build out and deliver a product roadmap. Throughout the development of the product, you will be accountable for the quality of the product, ensuring that it meets both business and user needs.
The Associate Product Manager is responsible for features, components or part of a product, contributing to the delivery of value. You will be a decision maker within the team, often working with a range of colleagues to make collaborative decisions but with clear responsibilities for planning, decisions on user stories content and completion, acceptance criteria and prioritisation of the backlog.
As An Associate Product Manager, You Will:
- Work with Senior Product Managers across a portfolio to advocate for user needs throughout the organisation, prioritising delivery of greatest value.
- Manage a smaller product with support, or a subset of features of a larger product.
- Be part of one or more multi-disciplinary agile delivery teams to deliver excellent new products and iterations to existing products to meet user needs.
- Work with key stakeholders and a wide range of business colleagues to identify needs and manage dependencies across the organisation.
- Contribute to and iterate a product vision that is compelling to your users, team and stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain a high-level roadmap that helps users, colleagues and partners understand the direction and priorities of the service.
- Manage and refine the product backlog to ensure work is prioritised correctly and supports delivery of the product roadmap and wider team priorities
- Work collaboratively with the team and users to create user stories with clear acceptance criteria and validate them before development.
- Represent the service to meet governance commitments including Digital Service Standard assessments.
- Be actively involved in the Product Community of Practice and partner and user communities to promote the department’s principles and foster a collaborative approach to solution delivery and engagement.
In addition to the key responsibilities above this role will:
- Require adherence to all UKHSA Policies and Procedures.
- Contribute to the delivery of corporate goals and objectives.
- Support corporate service activity as set out in the Corporate Services Standard Operating Procedures.
- Perform any other duties that may reasonably be required by their line manager.
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The above is only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of these roles.
They will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required. The job descriptions and person specifications may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the organisation.
Person specification
Essential Criteria
- Agile working: is aware of agile methodology and how to apply the agile mind-set to all aspects of their work.
- Lifecycle Perspective: understands the different phases of product delivery and is able to contribute to, plan or run these.
- Operational Management: understand the operational processes of running and maintaining a product or service.
- Problem Ownership: understands and identifies problems, analysing and helping to identify the appropriate solution.
- Product Ownership: captures and translates user needs into deliverables.
- Strategic Ownership: focuses on outcomes, not solutions. Gets the organisation and team to buy-in.
- User focus: understands users and can identify who they are and what their needs are based on evidence.
Desirable Criteria
- Previous experience of Government digital and Digital Service Standards.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £41,983, UK Health Security Agency contributes £12,162 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
Please visit our careers site for more information: UKHSA Hub, Civil Service Careers
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Selection process details
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This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical Skills.
Stage 1: Application & Sift
At Sift Stage You Will Be Assessed Against The 7 Essential Criteria Listed In This Job Advert. You Will Be Required To Complete An:
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- Application form (‘Employer/ Activity history’ section on the application)
- 750 word Supporting Statement
This should outline how you consider your skills, experience and knowledge provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the 7 Essential Criteria listed in this advert.
You will receive a joint score for your application form and statement. The application form is the kind of information you would put into your CV – please note you will not be able to upload your CV. Please complete the application form in as much detail as possible. Please do not email us your CV.
Healthjobs UK has a word limit of 1500, but your supporting statement must be no more than 750 words.
Longlisting
In the event of a large number of applications, we may longlist into 3 piles of:
- Meets all Essential Criteria
- Meets some Essential Criteria
- Meets no Essential Criteria
Only those that 'Meets all Essential Criteria' will progress to Shortlisting.
Shortlisting
In the event of a large number of applications, we may conduct an initial sift on the following Essential Criteria:
- Lifecycle Perspective: understands the different phases of product delivery and is able to contribute to, plan or run these.
Desirable criteria may be used in the event of a large number of applications/successful candidates.
If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview and assessment.
Feedback will not be provided at this stage.
Stage 2: Interview
You will be invited to a single face-to-face interview at UKHSA Canary Wharf, 10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 4PU.
Interview date(s) to be confirmed.
Behaviours, Experience and Technical Skills will be tested at interview.
The Behaviours Being Tested At Interview Stage Will Be:
- Changing and Improving - Lead Behaviour
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communication and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
You will be asked to prepare and deliver a 10-minute presentation to assess your experience across the agile product delivery lifecycle.
Technical Skills will be assessed from the presentation.
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Qualifications And Registrations
For roles where specific qualifications or registrations are required, successful applicants will be asked to provide appropriate evidence. Employment cannot commence until satisfactory documentation has been received and verified.
Eligibility Criteria
Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).
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This is a fixed-term contract until August 2028 with possibility of extension.
Please be aware that the salary is based on the office location.
If you are successful at interview, and are moving from another government department, NHS, or Local Authority, the relevant starting salary principles for level transfers or promotions will apply. Otherwise, roles are offered at the pay scale minimum for the grade, but in exceptional circumstances there may be flexibility if you are able to demonstrate you are already in receipt of an existing, higher salary. Pay increases are through the relevant annual
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