Overview
We are seeking an experienced Digital Product Manager to lead a data team as part of a large-scale government digital-services programme. This hybrid role focuses on managing the product roadmap and prioritizing tasks across data engineers and test specialists, ensuring that technical delivery aligns with both service outcomes and user value. The successful candidate will collaborate across multiple teams to balance immediate operational needs with the long-term development of digital platforms.
Responsibilities
- Own and maintain the product roadmap and priorities for the data ingestion team.
- Connect data and backend deliverables to wider service outcomes and goals.
- Explain the value, scope, users and dependencies associated with new features and technical work.
- Identify the sequence of backend, data, and frontend capabilities needed for delivery.
- Support Delivery Managers with backlog and roadmap prioritisation across multiple teams.
- Maintain a manageable level of work in progress and stabilize changing priorities.
- Challenge unnecessary or low-value work constructively.
- Articulate the value of backend engineering work to stakeholders.
Requirements
- Strong experience as a Digital Product Manager within complex digital or data programmes.
- Previous delivery experience within UK government or a comparable public-sector environment.
- Experience managing products delivered by data engineering or backend technology teams.
- Proven roadmap, backlog and prioritisation experience.
- Strong understanding of Agile and multidisciplinary digital delivery.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Proactive, curious, and pragmatic approach to product management.
- Familiarity with the Government Service Standard is desirable.