Associate Product Manager - HMRC - SEO

Location

Bristol, Cardiff, East Kilbride, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Salford, Stratford, Telford , Worthing. Please note that due to workforce controls, Leeds and Stratford are only available to existing HMRC staff in these locations. HMRC staff based in Reading can also apply to move to Stratford in line with Migration path. HMRC staff based in 100PS can also apply to move to Stratford

About the job

Job summary

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DPS Team

Data Platform Services (DPS) is one of the delivery groups within the CDIO. We design, build and operate HMRC data platform and data analytics products and services, to enable HMRC being a data-driven organisation.

DPS is leading a major transformation programme encompassing technology, capabilities and data services whilst continuing to deliver high quality and robust services to our internal and external customers.

HMRC CDIO is moving from delivering business services driven by programmes and projects to being centred around products and platforms. This is a new target operating model that kicked off another exciting journey of transforming the way we work.

DPS is ahead of the game and has already kicked off the journey to build our products and platforms catalogue and roadmaps. Accordingly, product management is a key cornerstone for the new operating model. There is an exciting opportunity to join a growing and fast-paced delivery team within HMRC’s Data Platform Service Delivery Group as an Associate Product Manager.

The Associate Product Manager will be accountable for one or more of DPS products, either a tool/technology or an in-house built product. Responsibilities includes product vision and roadmap, and partnering with the business customers to understand their requirements that DPS Products can fulfil.

Job description

A Product Manager is responsible for facilitating a product team to build and release digital products or features. Product Managers understand the business goals, the user needs for the service, and the different options for how to build and scope the digital product according to those needs. Associate Product Managers at HMRC can make use of multiple learning and development opportunities to develop their product management skills if joining at entry level. Product managers at HMRC follow the government Digital, Data and Technology capability framework and career paths.

Person specification

Lead the discovery of, and deliver product features for, one or more data engineering products.
Define the scope of the service wrapping up such products, and key features.
Engage stakeholders to get buy-in for the product vision and roadmap.
Work with a multidisciplinary agile delivery team (civil servants and suppliers’ resources) with skills such as user research, service design, business analysis, or software engineering to shape the product and build it.
Own and maintain a backlog of ‘user stories’ (which describe features and functions a user should be able to perform with the product) and prioritise the order in which they will be built and released to users. These should be in line with the goals of the product set by the organisation.
Participate in, and contribute to the Product Management community of practice, whether through taking part in community initiatives, running sessions or talks, or other activities which support other product managers.
Effectively communicate product release contents and expected product capabilities/behaviour to stakeholders.

Essential Criteria  

Experience using technical products in roles such as Product Manager, Business Analyst, Technical Architect or equivalent
Collaborative team player with strong communication, negotiation, and customer relationship skills
Skilled in stakeholder engagement and expectation management
Strong understanding of data and analytics tools (AWS, Azure, CI/CD, open-source analytics)
Experience with agile delivery methodologies