Product Manager
Location: National*
Closing Date: 2nd June
Interviews: w/c 15th June
Grade: Grade 7
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary** (for more details, see below):
London: £63,343 - £70,725
National: £58,511 - £65,329
Working pattern: Full-time/Part-time/Flexible working
Contract Type: Permanent
Number of vacancies: 1
Vacancy number: 17605
*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
Please note that unless you are an existing member of staff at Justice Digital, Data and Science, the only London location being recruited to is 10 South Colonnade, E14 4PU. We are no longer recruiting to 102 Petty France, SW1H 9AJ.
Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. Please click on the link for details.
We’re recruiting for a Product Manager here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) team.
This role aligns against Product Manager from the Government Digital and Data Framework
As a Product Manager in the Data Platform Services team, you will be joining a multidisciplinary team of approximately 40 digital & data professionals that develop and support a suite of data-centric products.
These services support the MOJ’s data strategy and its ambition to become a truly data-led organisation by providing the critical infrastructure for 600+ data & analytical staff, enabling them to securely access, analyse, and explore data from across the department.
This is a specialised role for which previous experience of working in a data-centric role or with other data professionals is highly desired.
Millions of people every year interact with MoJ services and here at Justice Digital we play an important role in making the experience of all of our users simpler, faster, and better.
We have a clear vision - to deliver a world class justice system that works for all - and we’re looking for talented people to help us achieve it. Our MoJ strategy sets out our core priorities, this includes putting data at the core of our decisions and users at the heart of our services.
We are ambitious, and we need great product people to help us achieve the ambitions we have set out in our 2025 vision, delivering great outcomes through digital products. We’re looking for talented, enthusiastic and passionate individuals who are excited by the challenge of designing digital public services and providing our staff with technology at least as good as they have at home.
You’ll receive a range of excellent benefits when you join our department, including:
A generous employer pension contribution of 28.97% through the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
25 days of annual leave, (increasing to 30 days once you have reached 5 years of service), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday.
Flexible working arrangements including hybrid working, working part time or compressed hours. Designed to support a positive work-life balance.
Employees are allocated 10% of their working time for personal and professional development.
A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best-in-class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms.
Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
You can find more details of the Benefits we offer here. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital, Data and Science please take a look at our blog.
Your main day to day responsibilities will be:
Becoming experienced in all aspects of Product Management. Is the subject matter expert/owner of a single product/problem space and has a good understanding of product life cycle, being able to work independently in any phase of product delivery.
Working with data professionals (data analysts/engineers/scientists) across the department to develop and improve our products in support of the organisation's data strategy.
Working with the business to understand their business and user problems. Championing users’ needs, determining the changes needed & defining scope; presenting evidence-based decisions and escalating issues only when necessary
Ensuring that products are of a high quality, providing direction and prioritising the work for the product team. This includes the development and continual improvement (of one or more products), supporting the transition to live operational running and releasing solutions that provide early value whenever possible.
Defining a product level strategy to support Senior/Lead Product Managers on overall strategic direction. Being fully aware of the strategic direction that impacts your product, working alongside colleagues to ensure your deliveries align to strategy.
Engaging in self-development of self and others. May line-manage an APM, has a mentor or is a mentor to an APM/less experienced PM.
Engaging and communicating effectively with all colleagues and stakeholders e.g. business areas, external stakeholders, across cross functional team(s) and MoJ teams. Interacts with x-Gov product activity. Is actively engaged in the MoJ Product Community.
Executing agreed policies, pro-actively engaging with Policy colleagues/stakeholders to ensure that product meets the policy intent. Influencing operational level policy change. Know the political landscape so you can answer questions/know what is needed.
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!
Lifecycle management: You understand the different phases of the product lifecycle and the impact these have on product strategy. You’ll be at least working level in this skill, with expertise in supporting the movement of a product or service from one stage of the product lifecycle to another.
Product management: You understand the core principles of product management and how they apply in a delivery environment. You’ll be at practitioner level in this skill, with experience working collaboratively to investigate and validate value, creating and maintaining a prioritised roadmap, managing uncertainty and scope to meet key deadlines, applying a range of product management methods, and sharing your work openly.
Applying user-centred insights: You understand the importance of user‑centred design in shaping products and services. You’ll be at practitioner level in this skill, with experience using user insights to represent users in decision-making, advocating for inclusive research, agreeing priorities based on user needs, and working with others to select appropriate tools to generate actionable insight.
Stakeholder relationship management: You understand how effective stakeholder relationships support successful delivery. You’ll be at practitioner level in this skill, with experience working with teams to understand stakeholder needs, develop and deliver communication strategies, resolve issues, influence appropriately, and build long-term, trusted relationships through clear and regular communication.
Agile and lean practices: You understand agile and lean delivery principles and how to apply them in different contexts. You’ll be at practitioner level in this skill, with experience selecting and adapting delivery approaches, encouraging experimentation and reflective practice, supporting teams to measure and evaluate outcomes, and continuously improving ways of working.
Working with data professionals: You understand the value of collaborating with data analysts, engineers and scientists to shape and improve products. You’ll be at practitioner level in this skill, with experience working cross-functionally to define data requirements, translating analytical insights into product decisions, and contributing to the development of products that align with and support organisational data strategy.
Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for SC clearance.
We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor.
Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.
Base salary for this role is from £58,511 to £65,329 (National) or £63,343 to £70,725 (London).
New entrants to the Civil Service joining the MoJ are expected to start at the minimum of the pay band.
Existing Civil Servants moving on a level transfer will retain their current base salary or move to the minimum of the pay band for the role, whichever is higher.
Existing Civil Servants who are promoted will either move to the bottom of the new grade’s pay band or receive a 10% uplift, whichever provides the greater increase.
The final offer will reflect the skills and experience you demonstrate during the assessment process.
In Justice Digital, Data and Science, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We shall assess a combination of your Experience and Behaviours during the assessment process.
Stage 1 - Application and sift:
To apply for this position, you must submit the following as part of your application:
A CV detailing your career history (including any relevant qualifications). Your CV will be assessed against the essential criteria outlined within the Person Specification of this advert.
A Personal Statement (no more than 750 words) which should outline your experience and skills, giving clear examples of work undertaken. It should specifically address the following 3 criteria listed below, using a separate paragraph for each.
Product management.
Applying user-centred insights.
Agile and lean practices.
A diverse sift panel will review the information in your CV and Personal Statement to assess the sift criteria specified above. We operate an anonymous shortlisting process. Please ensure your CV and Personal Statement do not include your name or any other identifying details.
Please access the following link for guidance on how to apply - Application Guidance
Stage 2 - Interviews:
Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a panel interview held via Microsoft Teams. At interview stage, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements - Experience, Technical and the following Behaviours:
Making effective decisions
Seeing the big picture
Communicating and influencing
Managing a quality service
Working Together
As part of your interview, you will be asked to deliver a presentation that assesses your technical capability. Further details will be provided if successful at sift.
Appointments are made strictly in merit order. In the event that two or more candidates receive identical interview scores, the “Seeing the big picture" will be applied as the primary lead criterion to determine the final merit order.
Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application.
A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.
Use of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Please review our Terms and Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact digitalanddatarecruitment@justice.gov.uk