UK Health Security Agency
Product Owner
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Job Summary
You will work in a matrix style on products supporting our Genomics Data Integration Workgroup. The aim of this work is to improve data integration between genomics systems and downstream consumers of that data for health protection. This work reports into the Digital & Data Directorate but works across our Medical, Science, and Data Departments. It’s an exciting time to join as we seek to create leading Health Protection data capabilities that enable data scientists and data analysts to develop insights that inform public health decisions with resilient platforms and curated data assets.
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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.
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Job Description
You will draw from an extensive background of experience in translation of requirements into technical deliverables within a software and data lifecycle environment. You will be fluent in data capabilities and the potential extension and creation of new data capabilities to achieve the objectives of these products.
You will possess excellent people management skills, be able to engage and build strong relationships with business partners. The key skills required include strong relationship management, be commercially astute, strong data analysis, clear and concise communications both verbally and written and ability to develop business partnering.
Communication and key working relationships
Internal
- Delivery Leads
- Scrum masters
- Data Engineers
- Architect/Solution leads
- Lab specialists
- Clinical analysts
- Health Protection Teams
External
- Business Partners
- UKHSA leadership team
- Analytics and Reporting
- Central delivery team
- Surveillance and Covid Testing teams
- ONS
Main Duties And Responsibilities
Product Delivery – You will be responsible for establishing and developing solutions with Stakeholders using product development techniques for road mapping (e.g. MOSCOW, Kano, or Pareto) and selected tools to describe the Product vision (e.g. business model canvas, lean canvas, or vision box). You will be commercial geared and propose new solutions to increase the Data Product’s business value ensuring alignment to their business partners objectives as part of the UKHSA strategy.
Stakeholder Management – You will develop strong relationships and close collaboration with Business partners to define the next iterations of the Data Product and plan their releases. Deliver excellent communications, presenting the team’s perspective to the business partner, and building their trust. Understand the business and technical requirements and capabilities with the ability to propose new solutions to meet their Data and Analytics Partner’s needs.
Delivery framework – You will demonstrate your experience across Product Lifecycle including Strategy, Development, End User Experience, into an agile delivery framework, working alongside scrum masters and data engineers to ensure all deliverable goals are met without any impact to quality.
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The core activities of the products for this role include the ingestion of data sources, building data pipelines, curated data views and data capabilities fused from data, models and software that enable the exploitation of data by analysts, data scientists and MI teams.
You will be involved in the delivery lifecycle from engaging with stakeholders on analysing use cases, developing optimal designs that where possible re-use and extend capabilities, and implement and operate the design. Our teams work collaboratively in an agile multi-disciplinary team mode and we are looking for a Product Owner to engage with stakeholders and acquire knowledge on a specialist field to product capabilities in line with business partner strategies.
Please note, the above is not exhaustive.
Person specification
Essential Criteria:
- Strong relationship management: excellent communication and influencing skills – verbal and written – with the ability to liaise at all levels
- Balance of both technical awareness and business acumen
- Ability to manage in an ambiguous environment, clarifying strategies and plans, giving a sense of direction and purpose for self and team
- Ability to drive change and overcome obstacles and resistance
- Constructive and collaborative but with the ability to step in and take decisions in a timely manner to move the team forward
- High attention to detail
- Experience with Agile delivery and working in Agile Scrum teams
Desirable Criteria:
- Experience of working with JIRA (or Azure DevOps or similar tools) within an Agile/Scrum environment
- Experience/understanding of software and data lifecycle management
- Knowledge of data management and cloud data capabilities (AWS Athena, AWS Glue, AWS Data Sync
Alongside your salary of £56,185, UK Health Security Agency contributes £16,276 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
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%
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Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
Stage 1: Application & Sift
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You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the listed 7 essential criteria, and this will be in the form of a:
Application form (‘Employer/ Activity history’ section on the application)
1500 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 essential criteria.
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 C.V –please be advised 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.
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Longlisting:
In the event of a large number of applications we will longlist into 3 piles of:
Meets all essential criteria
Meets some essential criteria
Meets no essential criteria
If used, the pile(s) ‘Meets all essential criteria’ will proceed to shortlisting.
Shortlisting:
In the event of a large number of applications we may conduct an initial sift, on the lead criteria of:
Strong relationship management: excellent communication and influencing skills – verbal and written – with the ability to liaise at all levels
Ability to drive change and overcome obstacles and resistance
Desirable criteria may be used in the event of a large number of applications or large amount of successful candidates
If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview.
Feedback will not be provided at this stage.
Stage 2: Interview
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You will be invited to a single remote interview.
Behaviours will be tested at interview.
The Behaviours Tested During The Interview Stage Will Be:
Communicating and Influencing (Lead behaviour)
Making Effective Decisions
Leadership
Working Together
Delivering at Pace
Interview dates are to be confirmed.
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Incident Response Activity
From time to time, the role holder may be required to support UKHSA’s incident response activity by contributing their appropriate expertise within an Incident Cell; during such periods, supported by the line manager, this work will take priority over normal day-to-day responsibilities, commensurate with their grade, skills and experience.
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.
If this role is fixed term and you are not currently a Civil Servant, you will take up the post on a Fixed Term appointment; you may be able to take this role up as a Secondment. If you are an existing Civil Servant, based outside of UKHSA, you will take up the post as a loan which you will need your department to agree. Loans are normally agreed for a period of two years. However, this may be extended where required, subject to agreement between UKHSA and your home department. You cannot take the post up as a fixed term. If you are an existing UKHSA member of staff, you will take up the post as either a level transfer or a temporary promotion as per the UKHSA’s Pay policy. If this role is permanent, it may also be available as a loan (for existing Civil Servants only) or secondment arrangement, subject to business need and agreement from the hiring manager and, where applicable, the employee's home organisation.
Location
This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQs. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of
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