Product Manager

About the work

Who the specialist will work with

A multi-disciplinary agile team including UX designer, user researcher, front-end developer, back-end developer, content designer, web ops, tech arch, delivery manager and service manager

What the specialist will work on

The Product Owner will work with a multidisciplinary product team building products and services to meet users’ needs. They will be a high energy, proactive, adaptive and creative individual with the skills and empathy to get user buy-in for the product definition.

Product owners enjoy problem solving and promoting collaboration, and have an understanding and / or experience of business operations and an understanding of working with agile methodologies. A knowledge of geospatial concepts and technologies will be beneficial for this role.

Work setup

Address where the work will take place Newport, South Wales

Working arrangements Work will be on-site in Newport (Mon-Fri) - there is the potential for work from home days by agreement with Service Manager

Security clearance Disclosure Scotland security vetting.

Skills and experience

Essential skills and experience

• Expert in agile ways of working as outlined in the Government Service Design Manual and the potential this brings
• Expert in prioritising often conflicting requirements and taking an organisational wide approach, with experience of applying business analysis techniques in a digital delivery context
• Strong experience and clear demonstration of strong verbal, written and visual communication skills for internal and external audiences
• Expert in the techniques used in user research to gather evidence of user need and behaviour
• Expert in two or more disciplines; digital and technology, user research, web analytics, user experience design, data publishing, geospatial technologies, business and policy.
• Practical experience in leading digital delivery teams.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.