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About The Role
You will lead the Product Management discipline for UKRI, promoting its value to UKRI stakeholders and ensuring that we build the right digital services in the right way to create value for the organisation and our users. Balancing user needs, organisational strategy and technical delivery, you will support a discipline of both CIO Group and business Product Managers to create and manage clear roadmaps for both new and live UKRI digital services.
As the Lead Product Manager, you will report to the UKRI Head of Product and Design within the Digital and Funding Platforms group. You will support and oversee a portfolio of services across UKRI Digital and Funding platforms, working closely with the Head of Funding Platforms and their teams to identify, implement and improve strategies and tactics for their products. You will promote best practice and work closely with both Funding policy and business change teams to understand organisational constraints, business value and how to balance conflicting priorities.
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This role is based in Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire and expectation will be, to be in the office 2-3 days per week.
Job Description
- Lead and drive the strategic roadmap for UKRI Funding Platforms.
- Provide product leadership in Funding Platform projects and services across the UKRI digital community, working closely with the Head of Product and Design.
- Work closely with user-centred design teams to investigate problems and design solutions.
- Organise and lead Design Sprints and other workshop-based activities to quickly understand value, feasibility, and to help teams work toward shared outcomes
- Develop and run the UKRI product management Community of Practice.
- Oversee a range of service delivery activities relevant to the Funding Platforms portfolio.
- Coach and mentor Product Managers at all levels including business service owners and contractors.
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Person specification
The below criteria will be scored during Shortlisting (S), Interview (I) or both (S&I).
Essential
- Expert practitioner in Product Management with relevant qualifications. (S)
- Experience of designing and leading workshops and collaborative sessions to align stakeholders, support effective collaboration, and achieve shared outcomes. (I)
- Experience of delivering digital services to the GDS standard. (S&I)
- Evidence of the ability to manage, influence, challenge, mentor and coach team members. (S&I)
- Proven substantial experience of working with user-centred design teams to solve business problems. (S&I)
- Evidence of delivering outcomes with defined benefits representing value for money. (I)
- Excellent communication and presentation skills. (I)
- High levels of accountability demonstrated through ownership of complex decisions, delivery commitments, and outcomes. (I)
- Excellent influencing and stakeholder management skills. (I)
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