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Senior Product Manager Location: National Closing Date: 22nd November Interviews: w/c 4th December Grade : Grade 7 (MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer) Salary: London: £58,847 - £66,670 (which may include an allowance of up to £4,828) National: £54,358 - £61,585 (which may include an allowance of up to £2,517) Working pattern : Full-time/Part-time/Flexible Contract Type: Permanent Vacancy number: 81225 *We are currently offering hybrid working which includes 2 days per week in your local office. Office locations can be found HERE The Role We’re recruiting for Senior Product Managers here at Justice Digital , to be part of our warm and collaborative teams in our HMPPS Digital, the Legal Aid Agency and Platforms and Architecture areas. Millions of people every year interact with MoJ services, and here at Justice Digital we play an important role in making the experience of all of our users simpler, faster, and better. We have a clear vision - to deliver a world class justice system that works for all - and we’re looking for talented people to help us achieve it. Our MoJ strategy sets out our core priorities, this includes putting data at the core of our decisions and users at the heart of our services. We are ambitious, and we need great product people to help us achieve the ambitions we have set out in our 2025 vision, delivering great outcomes through digital products. We’re looking for talented, enthusiastic and passionate individuals who are excited by the challenge of designing digital public services and providing our staff with technology at least as good as they have at home. We need Senior Product Managers to be a part of our highly collaborative and creative teams here at Justice Digital. There are various opportunities across a range of teams that are already delivering and developing great products and services across a diverse portfolio of work. There are opportunities in the following areas: In HMPPS Digital we create and run the tools that support the Prison and Probation Service to provide decent, safe and productive places to live and work, and uses data to enable better decision making to protect the public and reduce reoffending, whilst supporting the people in our care. We own internal staff facing services and multiple public facing services such as Visit someone in prison . See more about what we are doing in the HMPPS digital, data and technology strategy .  In the Legal Aid Agency we help the most vulnerable people in society to get access to legal representation. LAA digital works to improve access to legal representation and enable reliable and swift payments to providers of legal aid. We aim to support the future of legal aid with sustainable, user-centred services such as Check if you can get legal aid . In Platforms and Architecture we enable efficiencies across Justice Digital by solving common problems. We run two hosting platforms, the Cloud Platform (for new, modern services) and the Modernisation Platform (for older, legacy services). In the data space, we run the MoJ’s Analytical Platform, a cloud-first platform for secure data storage and analysis and the CJS Dashboard . In publishing, we run MoJ Forms, a form-building platform and Hale, a WordPress website builder for sites exempt from GOV.UK. Your goal is to lead teams in solving complex and often challenging problems. It’s a really exciting and challenging time right now, you can make a considerable difference, help us to achieve great outcomes and to be a part of our vibrant product community. As well as doing great work, we’re creating a place that’s great to work in. We offer brilliant training opportunities, access to great professional networks and support from expert colleagues. On top of that, you’ll find flexible working, an inclusive culture and a place where your opinion is valued. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025 Key Responsibilities: As the Senior Product Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the direction of the Data Platform and will be responsible for setting the product vision, strategy and roadmap across the service area, including for our existing Analytical Platform. Your work will involve: advocating the value of your product working closely with users, stakeholders and senior leaders across multiple agencies to gain buy-in and drive adoption of the platform being an advocate for agile working, user needs user-centred design  working in the open by communicating priorities and progress through various channels including stakeholder meetings, blog posts and demos  setting the strategic direction for multidisciplinary team(s) working closely with engineering teams to ensure technology decisions meet user needs   participating in informal support networks with your product peers in the MoJ product communities mentoring and/or people management responsibilities in the product manager community  If this feels like an exciting challenge and you want to join our team please read on and apply! We make our workplace as inclusive as we can. Find out more about how we support equality and diversity .  Benefits 37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours. We are committed to nurturing our staff and provide lots of training and development opportunities with learning platforms such as: Linux Academy, O’Reilly, Pluralsight, Microsoft Learning, Civil Service Learning, GDS Academy, etc. 10% dedicated time to learning and development with a budget of £1000 a year per person Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 26-30% depending on salary. 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings’ birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service. Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too! Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.  Nurturing professional and interpersonal networks including those for Careers and Childcare, Gender Equality, PROUD and SPIRIT Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location) Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers. 5 days volunteering paid leave. Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT. Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym. Person Specification Essential Product ownership - The core tactical skills of product management, capturing user needs to inform decision-making and prioritisation, and translate them into outcomes. Working within constraints - Identify and understand constraints, and is able to communicate these and work within them. Able to challenge the validity of constraints and ensure standards are met.   Strategic ownership - Develop and maintain an understanding of economic, social, political, environmental and technological developments to ensure activity is relevant. Ensure plans and activities in your area of work reflect wider strategic priorities and communicate effectively with senior leaders to influence future strategies. Lifecycle perspective - Understanding of the different phases of the product lifecycle and the impact this has on product strategy.  Problem management - Explore and define problems before they design solutions. You will have the capability to define problems from scant information using research, articulating and defending the problem definition (when needed), and understanding how the problem fits into the bigger picture. User focus - User-centred design is at the heart of our work. You’ll be working to at least ‘practitioner’ level in this area: able to collaborate with user researchers and can sell or represent users internally; understand the difference between user needs and desires of the user; able to champion user research to focus on totality of all users; Agile working - You can coach and lead teams in Agile and Lean practices, determining the right approach for the team to take and evaluating this through the life of a project. You can think of new and innovative ways of working to achieve the right outcomes. For more details see Digital, Data and Technology Capability Framework . Willingness to be assessed against  the requirements for BPSS clearance We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate on the basis of 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. How to Apply Candidates must submit CV + Personal Statement (750 words max) which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above. In Justice Digital, we recruit using a combination of the Digital, Data and Technology Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We will assess your Experience, Technical Skills and the following Behaviours during the assessment process: Communicating and Influencing Making effective decisions Changing and improving Seeing the bigger picture Your application will be reviewed against the Person Specification above by a diverse panel.  Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 1-hour panel interview, which will include a task, held via video conference. Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for, but demonstrated the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and potentially offer you the position without the need for a further application. A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made. Terms and Conditions Please review our Terms and Conditions which set out the way we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements. If you have any questions please feel free to contact [email removed - click apply for more details]