Senior Product Manager

Location: National*

Closing Date: 17^th September

Interviews: w/c 5th October

Grade: 7

(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary**: £63,343 - £70,725 which may include an allowance up to £332 (London); £58,511 - £65,329 (National)

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working,

Contract Type: 1 Year Fixed Term appointment** (with the potential for the roles to become permanent - subject to review).

Number of vacancies: 1

Vacancy number: 21803

*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

Please note that unless you are an existing member of staff at Justice Digital, Data and Science, the only London location being recruited to is 10 South Colonnade, E14 4PU. We are no longer recruiting to 102 Petty France, SW1H 9AJ.

**For existing Civil Servants - This role is offered as a detached duty/loan subject to approval from your home department. Successful applicants who do not have agreement from their home department to return at the conclusion of this role may be subject to MoJ's redeployment and redundancy procedures.

The Role

Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. Please click on the link for details.

We’re recruiting for a Senior Product Manager here at Justice Digital, Data and Science to be part of our warm and collaborative Identity and Access Management team in Technology Services

This role aligns against Senior Product Manager from the Government Digital and Data Framework

In Technology Services we deliver the core infrastructure, services and technologies that enable Digital Infrastructure and Security Operations (DISO) and End User Compute Services (EUCS). We design, build and support user-centred digital and technology services for the justice system: services that make a real difference to our staff, members of the public and their families who use them. We have a number of roles across different product spaces, ranging from build and iteration of transformed services to managing legacy services as we look towards decommissioning.

Identity and Access Management is transforming the way that staff and end users access MOJ information and systems. Our mission is to ensure that users have the right access to the right information at the right time – ensuring that we balance the user experience with best practice security principles. Through our strategy and continual improvement culture, we’re reducing cyber risk and enhancing trust in our digital infrastructure to make a real difference to staff and system owners. We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager who is passionate about delivering quality services and can shape the bigger picture. In this role, you’ll influence IdAM’s Service Strategy, driving impactful change and helping us achieve our vision.

Senior Product Managers (SPMs) are responsible for overseeing the quality and value realisation of several products (or exceptionally, one complex product). Senior Product Managers take responsibility for the end-to-end, cross-platform user experience of multiple products. This will be across the product lifecycle from discovery, through development, delivery, continuous improvement and to product retirement.

SPMs also lead and manage people and support the development of our Product Communities. They ensure that all of the Product Managers under their leadership are supported, coached, developed and managed and so that they can reach their full potential.

You’ll receive a range of excellent benefits when you join our department, including:

• A generous employer pension contribution of 28.97% through the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
• 25 days of annual leave, (increasing to 30 days once you have reached 5 years of service), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday.
• Flexible working arrangements including hybrid working, working part time or compressed hours. Designed to support a positive work–life balance.

You can find more details of the Benefits we offer here. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital, Data and Science please take a look at our blog.

Key Responsibilities:

• The SPM has deep knowledge of Product Management techniques and is developing expert skills. The SPM is experienced in overseeing multiple products and has a proven track record of managing products through the different stages of the product life cycle (products taken to beta/live). SPMs ensure the quality and the value of the work of Product Managers and the rest of the delivery team.
• The SPM manages the strategic roadmap, working with Delivery Managers to ensure that resources are aligned to the highest priority initiatives. They will be responsible for ensuring that all changes to the strategic roadmap are captured, justified and communicated to stakeholders. This includes taking a leading role in governance forums such as IDAM Programme board and the Tech Services Service Alignment forums
• SPMs lead the assurance of scope, providing direction to meet user needs for multiple products & channels, aligned with strategy. They champion user needs with senior stakeholders, influencing and challenging Policy in relation to changes within the Product/service, to enable user requirements to be met.
• SPMs are strategic leaders, ensuring that the scope and direction of the development and continual improvement of several products align with strategies (e.g. Government, policy, digital) in delivery, acting as the escalation point when needed, and taking action to resolve issues that delay delivery.
• SPMs are active and visible leaders, supporting the PMs and working with the Lead PM in defining product strategy for all their products, building interpersonal relationships and actively influencing and challenging strategy & stakeholders to enable user needs to be met.
• SPMs are compassionate, inclusive and lead by example, actively promoting and engaging in self-development; coaching and mentoring their product people and investing in their development to ensure they reach their full potential.
• SPMs support and inspire the PM community, wider delivery team & MoJ colleagues, bringing them into the product vision, leveraging existing relationships to best effect; prompting difficult decisions. SPMs interact with x-Gov product activity to develop a wider view of products and services across Government, and spotting opportunities for collaboration.
• SPMs define user journeys where relevant and the direction of user research, empathising with users, translating relevant findings with teams and sharing insights with stakeholders.
• SPMs ensure that all products meet policy intent, acting as an advocate for the digital transformation of services and influencing policy change, within and outside of MoJ. SPMs understand the political landscape so they can support PMs in explaining constraints and enable them to be challenged.

If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!

Person Specification

Essential

• Identity and Access Management - Detailed technical knowledge of enterprise Identity and Access management, including Identity Lifecycle Management, Identity Governance & Administration and Identity Verification/Attestation. Detailed technical knowledge of Microsoft technologies including Active Directory, Azure Active Directory (Entra ID), Single Sign-on, Multi-factor Authentication, password complexity including biometrics, privileged access and secure connectivity to government applications
• Product Management set the strategy and vision for your products, collaborating with others. Create a prioritised roadmap for your products and use it to discuss product strategy at all levels. Plan prioritised work across multiple teams, minimising dependencies and risks. Support multiple teams in delivering quality outcomes in the right way. Coach and mentor others in product management.
• Strategic Ownership ensure that the vision and strategy deliver the intended benefits and policy intent and use evidence to challenge this when needed. Work with stakeholders to get agreement on the strategic approach, build trust and adapt based on feedback. Proactively review and iterate the strategy based on user and organisation insights.
• Lifecycle management work and consult with the right people at the right time to move through the life cycle and deliver value. Use evidence to decide when a team should continue, change direction or stop. Identify tools and techniques required at different phases of the life cycle. Guide colleagues and stakeholders through different phases of the life cycle.
• Product Leadership seek opportunities for reuse and learning across your organisation. Represent product management in your area in conversations with senior stakeholders. Protect teams, for example, from unnecessary distractions and requests to change direction. Coach and manage others in product management. Lead some product management community activities and participate in cross-government communities.
• Applying user insights use user insights to represent users in internal discussions. Advocate for research to be completed with all types of users of the product or service. Use user needs to agree the work that needs to be done and determine priorities with the team. Work with others to understand and recommend tools to get the appropriate user insight.
• Agile and lean practices compare and select the most appropriate delivery methods and processes. Recognise, reflect and adapt when something does not work, encouraging experimentation. Use a blended approach depending on the context. Help teams to measure, evaluate and visualise outcomes. Encourage reflective practice to improve ways of working.
• Creating value for money advocate for user needs, ensuring user value is balanced against cost and value for the organisation. Determine the benefit of a product and persuade others it's the right product to use. Write or contribute to business cases. Communicate business-value propositions. Help others make value-based decisions, influencing the direction of development.
• Stakeholder relationship management work with the team to develop and maintain an understanding of stakeholders. Work with the team to develop and implement stakeholder communications strategies. Identify and resolve issues, influence stakeholders and manage relationships effectively. Build long-term strategic relationships and communicate clearly and regularly with stakeholders.

Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for SC clearance

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor.

Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace.

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Salary Information**

Base salary for this role is from £63,343 to £70,725 (London); £58,511 to £65,329 (National).

• New entrants to the Civil Service joining the MoJ are expected to start at the minimum of the pay band.
• Existing Civil Servants moving on a level transfer will retain their current base salary or move to the minimum of the pay band for the role, whichever is higher.
• Existing Civil Servants who are promoted will either move to the bottom of the new grade’s pay band or receive a 10% uplift, whichever provides the greater increase.
• Candidates may also be eligible for a non‑pensionable Government Digital & Data Allowance of up to £332 per year (London). This is a temporary allowance, reviewed annually and may be retained, amended, or withdrawn.

The final offer will reflect the skills and experience you demonstrate during the assessment process.

How to Apply

In Justice Digital, Data and Science, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We shall assess a combination of your Experience, Technical skills and Behaviours during the assessment process.

Stage 1 - Application and sift:

To apply for this position, you must submit the following as part of your application CV and Personal Statement:

• A CV detailing your career history (including any relevant qualifications). Your CV will be assessed against the essential criteria outlined within the Person Specification of this advert.
• A Personal Statement (no more than 800 words) which should outline your experience and skills, giving clear examples of work undertaken. It should specifically address the following 5 criteria listed below, using a separate paragraph for each.

1. Identity and Access Management
2. Product Management
3. Strategic Ownership
4. Agile and lean practices
5. Stakeholder relationship management

A diverse sift panel will review the information in your CV and Personal Statement to assess the sift criteria specified above. We operate an anonymous shortlisting process. Please ensure your CV and Personal Statement do not include your name or any other identifying details.

Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on Identity and Access Management and Product Management will be conducted before the sift.

Please access the following link for guidance on how to apply - Application Guidance

Stage 2 - Interviews:

Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a panel interview held via Microsoft Teams. At interview stage, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements - Experience, Technical and the following Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Making effective decisions
• Working together
• Changing and Improving
• Developing Self and Others

As part of your interview, you will be asked to deliver a presentation that assesses your technical capability. Further details will be provided if successful at sift.

Appointments are made strictly in merit order. In the event that two or more candidates receive identical interview scores, your Technical experience in Identity and Access Management will be applied as the primary lead criterion to determine the final merit order.

Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application.

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.

Use of Artificial Intelligence

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 for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms and Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact digitalanddatarecruitment@justice.gov.uk