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About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Product Manager to join our team. You will be a practitioner in product management tools and techniques, working closely with the Methods product manager community, other disciplines within our wider digital team, and the client you are assigned to. You will contribute to creating an environment that fosters knowledge sharing, best practice, and continuous improvement, promoting a supportive and collaborative work culture. You will also represent Methods within your client work, promoting our product management approach and brand, driving the growth and success of our consultancy.
Responsibilities
- Owning a vision and strategy for your product.
- Developing a product strategy and appropriate artefacts to effectively communicate plans and get stakeholder buy-in.
- Understanding how policy and/or technology constraints affect the development of your products, working within these and challenging when necessary.
- Creating digital services for the benefits of the user and championing user needs.
- Translating user and business needs into a clear product strategy.
- Using your knowledge of user needs and business goals to frame problems and set priorities for your delivery team.
- Leading services through the various lifecycle stages following GOV.UK Service Manual standards & principles.
- Making evidence-based decisions using data to deliver value and meaningful outcomes.
- Actively participating in the Product Community of Practice.
- Keeping abreast of changes and trends in the product management sector.
Requirements
- Have a passion for product management and a commitment to delivering high-quality work.
- Take a problem focused approach to your work, with good knowledge of product management methods and approaches, and experience applying a range of product tools and techniques to achieve positive outcomes.
- Have worked with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver successful products that solve the problem identified and meet user needs.
- Effectively engage with users and stakeholders to create, validate and deliver the vision and strategy for your product.
- Focus on the best outcomes for users and getting buy-in from stakeholders for these.
- Advocate the importance of accessibility and let it influence your decision making.
- Deliver products/services that meet user needs and business requirements.
- Understand how to measure performance, outcomes and value for your product.
- Have experience of the application of product management in the public sector, particularly of the GOV.UK Service Manual principles and standards.
- This role will require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance.
- As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard.
Skills
- Product management tools and techniques
- Product management methods and approaches
- Product management in the public sector
- GOV.UK Service Manual principles and standards
Location
- Hybrid
- Travel client site as and when required
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Experienced
Benefits
- Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience
- Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society
- Strong, inspiring and thought-provoking leadership
- A supportive and collaborative environment
- Development – access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme, and training
- Wellness – 24/7 confidential employee assistance programme
- Flexible Working – including home working and part time
- Social – office parties, breakfast Tuesdays, monthly pizza Thursdays, Thirsty Thursdays, and commitment to charitable causes
- Time Off – 25 days of annual leave a year, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy 5 extra days each year
- Volunteering – 2 paid days per year to volunteer in our local communities or within a charity organisation
- Pension – Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution
- Life Assurance – of 4 times base salary
- Private Medical Insurance – which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)
- Worldwide Travel Insurance – which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
- Travel – season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme
About the Company
- Methods is a £100M+ IT Services Consultancy who has partnered with a range of central government departments and agencies to transform the way the public sector operates in the UK.
- Established over 30 years ago and UK-based, we apply our skills in transformation, delivery, and collaboration from across the Methods Group, to create end-to-end business and technical solutions that are people-centred, safe, and designed for the future.
- Our human touch sets us apart from other consultancies, system integrators and software houses - with people, technology, and data at the heart of who we are, we believe in creating value and sustainability through everything we do for our clients, staff, communities, and the planet.
- We support our clients in the success of their projects while working collaboratively to share skill sets and solve problems.
- At Methods we have fun while working hard; we are not afraid of making mistakes and learning from them.
- Predominantly focused on the public-sector, Methods is now building a significant private sector client portfolio.
- Methods was acquired by the Alten Group in early 2022.