Technical Product Manager

Job summary

The postholder will support the development and delivery of products on the Trust's modern data platform, to enable Northumbria Healthcare to improve patient care, clinical decision-making, and operational efficiency
This will include management of the Data Platform Product Strategy, the implementation of that strategy, and follow on continuous improvement of all of the Data Platform Products.
Management of relationships with the corporate and clinical stakeholders
Linking engineering and governance delivery up to product feature delivery and managing the administration of that delivery process.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will manage the definition and implementation of the Data Platform product strategy, at the direction and in collaboration with Data Platform Leadership and in-line with the vision and strategy of the Data Platform function.
They will manage relationships with corporate & clinical stakeholders and manage the capture and translate business and clinical needs into product requirements and through into product and feature definition.
They will work with data governance, engineering and analytics teams to help break feature definition into tasks that can be added to the team Backlog.
They will also play a key role in collaboration with Data Platform leadership in assisting in the identification and introduction of innovative data and AI capabilities.
They will be responsible for the administration of the Agile delivery management process in-line with the Platform product definition through into product feature level.
This is a hands-on delivery role with opportunities for professional growth into more senior product management positions.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role supports the development and delivery of products on the Trusts modern data platform (Microsoft Fabric).
The postholder contributes to delivery of dashboards, reports, and AI-enabled tools that will be used by clinical, operational, and corporate teams across the Trust.
The role does not hold budgetary or direct line management responsibility, but may supervise tasks allocated to analysts, trainees, or students on an ad-hoc basis.
Responsible for ensuring data and product requirements are well-documented and communicated, with a direct impact on the Trusts ability to deliver timely, accurate, and trusted insights

Person Specification

Qualifications / Professional Registration

Essential

Educated to degree level in a relevant subject (e.g., Computer Science, Data Science, Business Information Systems) or equivalent experience working in a digital, data, or analytical role.

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

Proven knowledge and experience of Product Lifecycle Manaent, creating & maintaining framework(s) either for tracking and managing Data, Analytics, and/or AI products or have worked with software products.
Awareness of Agile delivery methods (e.g., Scrum, Kanban).
Understanding of the importance of data governance, data quality, and information security.

Desirable

Knowledge and experience working with Data as a Product.
Statistical literacy: understanding of the fundamentals of Data Science
Knowledge of Data Pipelines and understanding of optimising how data flows.
Awareness of AI/ML concepts, development cycles and their application in business or healthcare settings
Knowledge of NHS data systems or healthcare datasets.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub

Avenue Road

Seaton Delaval, Whitley Bay

NE25 0QJ

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/

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