Overview
The Product Manager will play a pivotal role in supporting the development and management of a national surveillance reporting database for a central government client. This remote position involves collaborating closely with various stakeholders, including Technical Architects and Delivery Managers, to consolidate requirements into a comprehensive product backlog while ensuring alignment with user needs and strategic objectives.
Responsibilities
- Consolidate requirements and demand into a single structured product backlog.
- Develop and maintain a prioritised roadmap aligned with user needs and service objectives.
- Refine requirements, acceptance criteria, dependencies and delivery ownership.
- Work with technical and delivery teams to address technical debt, risks and delivery dependencies.
- Support product governance, ownership models, decision-making and escalation routes.
- Incorporate user research and feedback into product priorities.
- Coordinate stakeholder engagement and maintain product communications, SharePoint content and release updates.
Requirements
- Proven Product Management experience, ideally within UK central government or public sector.
- Strong experience managing product backlogs, roadmaps, and prioritisation.
- Ability to balance user needs, technical considerations, operational risks and stakeholder demands.
- Experience working with multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong stakeholder engagement, governance and communication skills.
- Experience with Government Digital Service (GDS) standards and knowledge of the health sector is beneficial.