Product Owner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Approvals DirectorateThis role sits within the HRA Approvals Service directorate which consists of various teams that all work together to provide the appropriate approval for health research in England and, for some applications, across the UK.

This directorate is responsible for:

• Delivering HRA Approval
• Supporting the Confidentiality Advisory Group and advising on the use of confidential patient information without consent
• Working to refine the systems and processes researchers need to follow to ensure a swift, robust and simple experience
• Providing guidance to applicants
• Providing training
• Working collaboratively with external partners to improve the research environment

To find out more and to understand the full duties of the role, please refer to the job description attached.

In submitting your application with us, please note the following:

We currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies.

We do not hold a sponsorship licence and are unable to offer employment under any sponsorship arrangement.

Where applicants fail to demonstrate how they meet any one of the essential criteria of the person specification, the application will not be shortlisted. You will be considered based only on the information in your application form. CVs will not be considered.

The HRA reserves the right to close this vacancy early should it receive a sufficient number of applications.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• An appropriate recognised management qualification equivalent to a degree qualification and/or significant relevant equivalent experience.
• Evidence of agile and/or product management training or certification

• Evidence of continuous professional development / Post- graduate qualification in relevant discipline.
• Product Owner Certification from a recognised provider / CDDO service assessor training / Agile Certification from a recognised provider / Professional/ Accredited qualification in Change Management Certification.

Knowledge, skills and expertise

• An extensive specialist knowledge of research regulation and approval systems in the UK, including a working knowledge of key legislation
• Current, expert knowledge of UK ecosystem for health and social care research including NHS R&D, and NIHR structures and delivery processes
• The product lifecycle and how products in different stages of it benefit from different design and development approaches.
• Professional standards and practices relevant to digital public health services (e.g. NHS Service Manual, Government Service Standard & Manual, Technology Code of Practice).

• Leading and coaching staff in ways of working, professional development and standards / Common technology standards - including software, security, privacy and accessibility standards / Contemporary organisational management practices / The wider private/public/third sector digital landscape - including public sector procurement and contracting frameworks or supplier management.

Experience

• Significant demonstrable experience and understanding of user-centered design, technology and data perspectives.
• Significant experience of working within digital products and projects / Experience of developing and maintaining a product roadmap which is fit for purpose and meets organisational requirement

• User-centred service design practices and methodologies for public-facing, business-facing or internal services and applications / Able to identify areas for improvement in ways of working and product management practices across a service areas and suggest and implement appropriate solutions

Analytical and judgemental skills

• High level ability to understand and identify problems, analysing and helping to identify the appropriate solution. You can classify and prioritise problems, document their causes and implement remedies.

Employer details

Employer name

Health Research Authority

Address

3 Piccadilly Place,

London Road,

Manchester

M1 3BN

Employer's website

https://www.hra.nhs.uk/