Product Manager
Companies House
Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 2nd December 2024
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Job summary
This is an exciting role working on improving government digital services. As a Product Manager at Companies House you will be responsible for creating, supporting and continuously improving our products and services. You will coordinate multi-disciplinary teams in the delivery of software and services, respond to changes in design and be able to deliver under pressure to short timescales.
Working closely with Service Managers and Delivery Managers, you will seek out opportunities to optimise delivery, while ensuring quality standards are attained and maintained.
Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work. We recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working with no core hours, 30 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension scheme with a contribution rate averaging 28%.
Find out more about what a great place Companies House is to work
Job description
Companies House incorporates, maintains and dissolves limited companies, and makes that information available to the public.
This is an exciting opportunity in the Digital Services Directorate, helping to design and deliver quality digital solutions for the millions of users of our services. You will have the opportunity to be at the forefront of digital transformation in Government and help shape our services to meet the ever-changing demands of the UK’s business landscape.
The Product team plays a key role in the design, delivery and management of these services. Product Managers work with colleagues across the organisation to define, own and solve problems for users of our services. Product Managers work in an open, iterative and collaborative way in a multidisciplinary team, and need to communicate effectively and collaborate closely with designers, researchers, analysts, developers and architects, not to mention stakeholders and colleagues across Companies House. Candidates will be effective communicators with knowledge and application of product management techniques. They understand user centred design practices and know how to embed them into an agile workflow to deliver timely findings.
Find out more about the Product Manager profession.
Responsibilities:
- Define and own the vision and scope for products, engaging teams and stakeholders in the development of that vision over time.
- Champion your users, reviewing research, feedback, data and insights to inform continuous improvement and decide on the priorities for user research and business analysis.
- Work across the organisation to engage stakeholders throughout the journey through visible progress and transparent decision making.
- Lead the definition, priority and refinement of stories in the backlog to ensure they are of sufficient quality for research, design and development
- Work within a multidisciplinary team
Person specification
We are looking for the following experience, which will be assessed at sift and at interview. Please refer to the bold bullet points in the experience section when writing your personal statement.
Experience - please refer to top 4 bold bullet points in personal statement
- Candidates have experience of product management and product ownership in a complex and fast-paced environment.
- User focus: identify who is the user and what are their needs based on evidence.
- The ability to engage teams and stakeholders to develop a vision.
- Problem ownership: understanding and identifying problems, analysing and helping to define the appropriate solution.
- Agile working: understand agile methodology and how to apply the agile mindset to deliver in a flexible, iterative and value-focused way.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Managing a Quality Service
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Understanding of phases of a digital service and it's lifecycle
Benefits
We believe that our success is driven by the well-being and satisfaction of our team members at all levels of the organisation. At Companies House we’re committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary, ensuring your career journey with us is not only fulfilling, but also rewarding. We pride ourselves on offering a quality work-life balance with our employee wellbeing being central to our working practices.
Head to Our benefits - Working for us - Recruitment (companieshouse.gov.uk) to find out more about the fantastic benefits package we have at Companies House.
We celebrate diversity...
As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity, being committed to ensuring we’re representative of the citizens we serve and creating an inclusive environment. Everyone in Companies House brings something different, and so will you. To fulfil our commitment to recruiting and attracting diverse talent we welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We also welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
We are proud to be a disability confident leader. Our recruitment process is fully inclusive and we can make adjustments as needed through our process. These could include having an interview buddy, extra time at interviews/assessments and receiving interview questions in advance, to name a few. We will be happy to discuss any person-centred adjustments, please contact us by emailing recruitmentCH@companieshouse.gov.uk
Where will you be working?
You will be aligned to our Cardiff Office, where we are currently using a hybrid approach to the way we work. Our approach to hybrid working provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. The degree of choice you have will depend on business need, your role and your day-to-day work activities and will be discussed at offer stage.
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Selection process details
In your application form we’d like you to:
- Tell us about your employment history, including key responsibilities and achievements.
- We’d like you to write a personal statement of 1250 words where you tell us about why you’d be great for this role, referring to the bold bullet points in the person specification:
- Candidates have experience of product management and product ownership in a complex and fast-paced environment.
- User focus: identify who is the user and what are their needs based on evidence.
- The ability to engage teams and stakeholders to develop a vision.
- Problem ownership: understanding and identifying problems, analysing and helping to define the appropriate solution.
What will the process look like?
- We will sift applications and then invite successful candidates from the sift stage to attend a virtual interview.
- At sift candidates will be assessed against experience listed in the advert and are asked to supply work history/personal statement and reference any transferable skills using the job description for reference. The personal statement should address how you demonstrate the bullet points in bold listed in the experience section of the person specification.
- At interview candidates will be assessed against the behaviours listed in the advert and we will use Success Profiles Behaviours, Technical Skills and Strengths.
- As part of the interview you will be asked to prepare a 10-minute presentation. This will be assessing Technical Skill: Understanding of phases of a digital service and it's lifecycle. Further details will be given in the interview confirmation email.
Companies House uses a blended interview technique, allowing us to find out more about you. We use the Success Profile framework and at interview we will use Success Profiles assessing the Behaviours and Technical Skills listed in the advert and Strengths.
We’re committed to being diverse and inclusive, so please make your application anonymous by removing all identifying personal information (such as names and dates) from your employment history and personal statement.
We understand that you might use AI and other resources for your application; however, please ensure all information you provide is factually accurate, truthful, and original and doesn’t include ideas or work that isn’t your own. This is so that your application is authentically and credibly your own.
Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of recruitment based on fair and open competition with decisions made on the basis of merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles.
As part of our recruitment process, it is essential for all candidates to independently verify their eligibility to work in the UK before applying. This includes a thorough check of your right to work to ensure compliance with UK employment laws, being mindful of the recent changes to going rates detailed on GOV.UK. Please ensure you have the necessary documentation and permissions in place. Our team is dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply. However, it is the candidate's responsibility to ensure they meet the UK's legal requirements to work.
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Job contact :
- Name : Katie Jones
- Email : kjones6@companieshouse.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : recruitmentch@companieshouse.gov.uk
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Civil Service Commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road SW1A 2HQ
