Lead Product Manager

Specific elements of the role are listed below: Enablement of MaPS Product Professionals

• Learning and Development: Develop and implement a ‘Product Management Playbook’ to support MaPS Product Professionals in adopting a product management methodologies to improve our services
• Solving Insight Challenges: Assist MaPS Product professionals in addressing stakeholder challenges with consistent data-led prioritisation value scoring
• Digital Leadership Development: Collaborate with senior leads for other Communities of Practice within and outside of the Technology Directorate to drive best practice

Development of Technology Products

• Iterative Development: Lead the product teams to ensure there are value-led roadmaps illustrate incremental improvements, and medium to longer term direction
• Product Lifecycle Management: Working with other Lead Product Managers, Lead BA and Lead Delivery Managers to ensure the Product Lifecycle is managed in an optimal way to meet overall objectives and aligned with Standards. (including MaPS Standards and GDS Standards)

Stakeholders and Operating Models

• Continuous dialogue with key stakeholders: Ensuring engagement with CDIO, CTO, Head of Data, Head of Guidance Delivery and Head of Operational Improvement, is aligned, and underpins fluid quarterly planning and wider business planning
• Operating Model: Working with Lead BA and Business Architects to ensure Team set-up and formats are optimised to meet objectives and achieve efficiencies

Key Responsibilities: Agile and Lean practices You can:

• coach and lead teams in Agile and Lean good practices
• create and tailor the right approach for a team, challenging, evaluating and iterating the approach through the life cycle
• experiment with new and innovative ways of working to improve delivery across the organisation
• act as a recognised expert and advocate for Agile and Lean approaches

Applying user-centred insights You can:

• advocate for a range of effective research approaches across the organisation
• coach others in making decisions that meet user needs across a range of channels
• advocate for continuous use of user insights in teams
• use user insights to make strategic decisions to provide the best user experience

Creating value for money You can:

• advocate for user needs, ensuring user value is balanced against cost and value for the organisation
• determine the benefit of a product and persuade others it's the right product to use
• write or contribute to business cases
• communicate business-value propositions
• help others make value-based decisions, influencing the direction of development

Life cycle management You can:

• lead and coach teams through different phases of the life cycle
• ensure effective support for the product or service and its users
• predict, prevent, mitigate and manage potential risks at different phases of the life cycle
• contribute to the assessment of other teams, providing guidance and support

Managing product outcomes You can:

• lead product teams to create effective methods for measuring product outcomes
• advocate for data-driven decision making
• help others prioritise to make better choices
• use data to drive continuous improvement, increasing quality and user experience
• identify opportunities to share and connect product data

Product leadershipYou can:•    seek opportunities for reuse and learning across your organisation•    represent product management in your area in conversations with senior stakeholders•    protect teams, for example, from unnecessary distractions and requests to change direction•    coach and manage others in product management•    lead some product management community activities and participate in cross-government communities Product managementYou can:•    set the strategy and vision for your products, collaborating with others•    create a prioritised roadmap for your products and use it to discuss product strategy at all levels•    plan prioritised work across multiple teams, minimising dependencies and risks•    support multiple teams in delivering quality outcomes in the right way•    coach and mentor others in product management Stakeholder relationship managementYou can:•    direct the stakeholder relationship strategy for your teams•    ensure stakeholder's objectives are set and support teams to meet them•    influence and negotiate with senior stakeholders to resolve issues and enable progress Strategic ownershipYou can:•    support and coach others in creating and implementing a successful long-term strategy and tactical approach that others agree with•    influence and persuade stakeholders to support delivery of the strategy•    support with strategic decision making•    ensure strategic alignment across the organisation You will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience;•    Several years’ experience in Product Manager roles including recent Senior/Lead level role experience.•    Comfortable managing a product community practice. •    Technology experience – enterprise platforms and systems that enable Maps...