Lead Product Manager
Your choice of Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Sheffield
Pay up to £77,740, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.
DWP. Digital with Purpose.
We are looking for a Lead Product Manager to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital.
We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, at key moments in their lives.
DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.
The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.
What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?
Experience of influencing stakeholders in difficult circumstances and diffusing challenging situations.
You know how to put users first as part of a commitment to user-centred design and know how to achieve this amongst competing priorities including achieving value for the business.
Ability to identify if a piece of work is complex or has risk attached to it, and what level of complexity or risk there is.
Experience of making decisions under pressure or with little information.
Have experience of mentoring and coaching product people and teams to deliver high-quality products and services.
Experience of leading products, setting the direction of travel, championing the product and setting the team up to succeed.
You and your role
As a Lead Product Manager, you will be at the forefront of designing, building and managing innovative products that connect millions of UK citizens with essential DWP services.
Using your expertise and experience you'll lead, guide and coach a high-performing team of product managers to success, owning the product roadmap and driving best practice, product excellence and performance metrics.
The role sits within our Common Digital Experience Team. You will drive forward the strategy for providing agent-facing digital capabilities. You will lead a team to iterate a live service with a user-base of over 100,000. You will also lead on the strategy for new cross-cutting products.
You'll be part of our Product Management community. We share our experiences and problems and talk to each other about what we are working on. It may not be easy at times, but you'll be well supported, and you'll get the learning and development opportunities that work for you, from book budgets to coaching, mentoring and formal learning and certifications.
Details. Wages. Perks.
Location:
You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working:
We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay:
We offer competitive pay of up to £77,740. Pension:
You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £22,466 per year. Holidays:
A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture:
Employer of the Year 2023
(Women in IT Awards),
Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023
(Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: Apply:
complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview:
a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY
for more information and to start your application.
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You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working:
We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay:
We offer competitive pay of up to £77,740. Pension:
You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £22,466 per year. Holidays:
A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture:
Employer of the Year 2023
(Women in IT Awards),
Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023
(Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: Apply:
complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview:
a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY
for more information and to start your application.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Industry:
Government Administration
Specialties:
UK’s largest government department, Agile working, Software Engineering, Infrastructure
Employees:
10,001+
Founded:
2011
Address:
DWP Caxton House, Westminster, London, London, GB, SW1H 2NA
We’re at the heart of the UK’s largest government department, delivering some of the country’s most important tech projects. Our work makes a genuine difference to the lives of customers and colleagues. The simple, fast, accessible, and user-friendly services that we build help millions of people. The scale and scope of the work that we do makes us one of the most advanced digital organisations in government. We’re excited by opportunities to innovate and relish the challenges that come with implementing some of the largest projects of their type in the UK. At the centre of it all are our people. We’re a multidisciplinary team with experts from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds, all of which are vital to the development and delivery of our services. We need even more innovative and enthusiastic minds who want to use their digital skills to make a real difference to people’s lives. Follow us if you’re looking for a fulfilling career where your voice is heard, and contributions recognised.
