Product Manager - SC cleared

Skills:

* investigating patterns and trends identify and resolve problems
* working in the delivery of technology-based projects
* budgeting and financial control skills as well as commercial awareness
* communicating using a variety of methods (written reports, verbal feedback, presentations etc.), applying the appropriate method to each scenario/audience, which at this level, will usually be large groups
* leading in promoting the needs of the team, and of the product; understanding how these may vary between the different phases of a product life cycle.

Your main day to day responsibilities will be:
* forming the vision for the product(s) you own and engage teams and stakeholders in the development of that vision over time
* leading the production of roadmaps, release plans and life cycle plans for the delivery and maintenance of the product(s) from inception right the way through to retirement as well as inputting into the departmental wide approach to road mapping/life cycle planning. taking a product through its life cycle (eg discovery, Alpha, beta, live) including service assessments
* representing users and focus on their needs throughout the delivery process
* leading the prioritisation process for the work that needs to be done by the development team by creating and maintaining a product backlog which balances immediate user needs with the long-term investment in development and overall business benefits
* providing final sign off on any completed functional development prior to the deployment to a production environment for your product(s)
* taking the lead in using product or service usage data, and user feedback to devise new ideas for functionality or new ways of working with a continuous improvement mindset and take a lead in promoting such evidence/data driven design across the wider department

Product Manager - SC cleared