Senior Product Manager (SFIA 5)
Zaizi, United Kingdom
Job Description
This role is remote for the foreseeable future with onsite client working where required and occasional travel to head office in London for workshops/meetings
Zaizi is looking for are looking for a Senior Product Manager, to join a growing and ambitious technology services provider. Previous Government experience and going through GDS service assessments is essential.
Role Objectives:
These are the expected objectives for this role. We are happy to discuss this further during the interview process and jointly agree it with the successful candidate.
- Lead one or more multidisciplinary agile teams to deliver and continuously improve services that meet user needs and solve problems for clients
- Deliver results at all stages in the product lifecycle, including Discovery, Alpha, Beta and Live
- Form an effective partnership with client product owners and stakeholders
- Improve the product management capability at Zaizi by mentoring and coaching others
Requirements
- Product ownership - as an expert in product management, be able to use a range of techniques to work with a multidisciplinary team and translate user needs into deliverables. This includes writing stories and acceptance criteria, and the ability to to work with a range of specialists in multidisciplinary teams.
- Product management - able to develop and maintain product roadmaps, define minimum viable product, and make good decisions about priorities with sometimes limited information.
- Agile working - strong experience working as part of Agile or Kanban teams
- Lifecycle experience - able to successfully lead teams through the full product lifecycle, including Discovery, Alpha, Beta and Live and identify tools and techniques to be used at each stage.
- User focus - understand users (who they are, what their needs are, how they behave and how they change over time) and deliver products and services that meet these needs. You can prioritise users’ most pressing needs, and are able to coach others to do the same.
- Stakeholder management - able to facilitate buy-in from senior management, the wider organisation and multidisciplinary team. Also able to effectively partner with clients to understand their problems and ensure these are being addressed.
- Analysis and research - be comfortable using a range of evidence, including performance data and user research, to support decisions. Able to concisely articulate evidence, and the rationale for decisions.
- Communication - excellent written and verbal communications skills. Ability to concisely explain complicated things in plain english, create and deliver effective presentations, and write clear and effective user stories.
- GDS service assessment experience is essential.
- Discovery phase work is essential.
- Healthcare experience will be an advantage.
SC Clearance:
Zaizi works with UK Central Government departments on a range of projects. To be able to work on our customer projects, employees must be Security Cleared to a standard acceptable to our Government customers. Due to this restriction we can currently only recruit candidates who have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship and who have lived in the UK for the last 5+ years continuously.
Benefits
25 days paid holiday, plus bank holidays
BUPA medical insurance
Workplace Pension
Group Life Assurance
Cyclescheme
Other benefits:
Flexible working
Work on exciting projects - make a difference
Empowered to make decisions
Encouraged to fail fast and learn quickly