Job Vacancy Product Manager

This is an exciting role working on improving government digital services. As a Product Manager at Companies House you will be responsible for creating, supporting and continuously improving our products and services. You will coordinate multi-disciplinary teams in the delivery of software and services, respond to changes in design and be able to deliver under pressure to short timescales.

Working closely with Service Managers and Delivery Managers, you will seek out opportunities to optimise delivery, while ensuring quality standards are attained and maintained.

Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work. We recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working with no core hours, 30 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension scheme with a contribution rate averaging 28%.

Job description

Companies House incorporates, maintains and dissolves limited companies, and makes that information available to the public.

This is an exciting opportunity in the Digital Services Directorate, helping to design and deliver quality digital solutions for the millions of users of our services. You will have the opportunity to be at the forefront of digital transformation in Government and help shape our services to meet the ever-changing demands of the UK's business landscape.

The Product team plays a key role in the design, delivery and management of these services. Product Managers work with colleagues across the organisation to define, own and solve problems for users of our services. Product Managers work in an open, iterative and collaborative way in a multidisciplinary team, and need to communicate effectively and collaborate closely with designers, researchers, analysts, developers and architects, not to mention stakeholders and colleagues across Companies House. Candidates will be effective communicators with knowledge and application of product management techniques. They understand user centred design practices and know how to embed them into an agile workflow to deliver timely findings.

Responsibilities:

• Define and own the vision and scope for products, engaging teams and stakeholders in the development of that vision over time.
• Champion your users, reviewing research, feedback, data and insights to inform continuous improvement and decide on the priorities for user research and business analysis.
• Work across the organisation to engage stakeholders throughout the journey through visible progress and transparent decision making.
• Lead the definition, priority and refinement of stories in the backlog to ensure they are of sufficient quality for research, design and development
• Work within a multidisciplinary team

Person specification

We are looking for the following experience, which will be assessed at sift and at interview. Please refer to the bold bullet points in the experience section when writing your personal statement.

Experience - please refer to top 4 bold bullet points in personal statement

• Candidates have experience of product management and product ownership in a complex and fast-paced environment.
• User focus: identify who is the user and what are their needs based on evidence.
• The ability to engage teams and stakeholders to develop a vision.
• Problem ownership: understanding and identifying problems, analysing and helping to define the appropriate solution.
• Agile working: understand agile methodology and how to apply the agile mindset to deliver in a flexible, iterative and value-focused way.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Understanding of phases of a digital service and it's lifecycle

Benefits

We offer an excellent benefits package that includes:

• a generous 30 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day
• enrolment into the  with a contribution rate of averaging 28%
• a range of recognition schemes including instant awards to thank and recognise each other's efforts and contributions
• strong ethos of equality, diversity and inclusion
• great work life balance with flexible and mobile working available for many roles
• a pro-active approach to employee wellbeing that allows our employees to flourish and be their best at work and has enabled us to become an  platinum accredited employer
• online financial support and advice
• seasonal flu jabs
• generous maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave allowances
• a focus on career development and progression
• a number of inclusive network groups to support our colleagues and a great sports and social society
• cycle to work scheme
• staff discount scheme
• holiday play scheme for children
• 3 days paid volunteering leave

Next Steps

Click 'Apply Now' to be taken to our main advert Civil Service Jobs where you can see more details regarding the role, the incredible benefits we have to offer and what it's like to work in Companies House.

If you have any questions about the role or process, please reach out to .

This role closes on 2 December 2024.