Job summary
The Digital Data and Technology (DDaT) profession enable the Home Office to keep the UK safe and secure. They do this by designing, building, and running the services that help people apply for visas or passports, support policing and counter-terrorism operations, and protect the UK’s borders.
Team members have specialised knowledge and a calling to build on it. We want the best people to come to the Home Office and work in the diverse roles and communities they’re passionate about. This is how we produce exceptional outcomes.
The Home Office has created a government-leading bespoke career framework that enables career planning, while ensuring our people can be the best they can be. The framework includes Heads of Role, who are industry specialists. They build communities, set standards for what ‘good’ looks like, and ensure we have the right people in the right jobs at the right time.
We also have a profession management unit, which aims to provide the best professional experience to all our technical staff with a real passion for – and focus on – continuous professional development. We invest heavily in our people as part of growing our collective capability.
The Migration and Border Technology Portfolio (MBTP) are an award-winning delivery partner in the Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate. We drive digital ambitions, design appropriate solutions and deliver digital services quickly and effectively. Our work makes a real difference in helping the Home Office achieve its ambitions to keep citizens safe and the country secure.
This is an exciting time to join the team as we develop some of the most challenging and transformative technology projects the department has ever seen. You’ll get to work with fantastic people and have a major impact on some of the most critical systems and services in the UK in a high-profile area attracting huge interest from ministers, wider government, the media and the public.
Job description
A Product Manager will use their knowledge of user needs and business goals to frame and solve problems and set priorities for delivery teams. You will be responsible for the overall vision and quality of the product being delivered (sometimes in conjunction with a Senior or Lead Product Manager).
You will identify opportunities for improving business outcomes and enhancing benefits, looking to continuously improve the quality, capability and efficiency of your product. You will have the final say on quality and whether something is ready to be released into production. In addition, you will build a shared understanding between the development team, stakeholders and end users about what your product does and how it achieves the outcomes it needs to achieve.
Person specification
Your main day to day responsibilities will be:
• Forming the vision for the product and engage teams and stakeholders in the development of that vision over time.
• Producing roadmaps, release plans and lifecycle plans for the delivery and maintenance of the product from its inception right through to its retirement.
• Taking a product through its lifecycle (e.g. discovery, alpha, beta, live) including service assessments.
• Representing users throughout the delivery process and using their feedback to inform continuous improvement.
• Prioritising the work that needs to be done by the software development team by creating and maintaining a product backlog which balances immediate user needs with the long-term investment in development and overall business benefits.
• Providing final sign off on any completed functional development prior to deployment of code to the production environment.
• Using product or service usage data to devise new ideas for functionality or new ways of working with a continuous improvement mindset.
Essential Skills
You’ll have a demonstrable passion for Product with the following skills or some experience in:
• Working in the delivery of technology or digital based projects.
• Decision-making skills, with an ability to digest information from a multitude of sources and use that to develop a prioritised roadmap.
• Strategic thinking skills with the ability to focus on outcomes rather than solutions and the ability to translate a vision into deliverable goals.
• Communicating using a variety of methods (written reports, verbal feedback, presentations etc.), applying the appropriate method to each scenario/audience, which at this level, will usually be on a one to one basis.
• Promoting the needs of the team, and of the product; understanding how these will vary depending on the different phases of a product lifecycle.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £41,600, Home Office contributes £11,232 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 average employer contribution of 27
