Senior Product Manager at IBCA, Newcastle-upon-Tyne/Remote, 6 Months, £Contract Rate

The role

The Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) is responsible for delivering compensation to people impacted by infected blood scandals. This is a highly sensitive, high profile programme operating under public and parliamentary scrutiny.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Product Manager to take ownership of a key digital service and drive delivery in an agile, user centred environment. This role is critical to ensure services meet user needs, deliver measurable outcomes and continue to evolve at pace.

You will sit within IBCA's Digital Service Design Directorate, reporting to a Lead Product Manager and operating in line with GDS and Government Service Standards.

As a Senior Product Manager, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Own the end to end product lifecycle for a core IBCA digital service.
• Create, maintain and evolve product roadmaps aligned to service vision and outcomes.
• Act as the voice of the user, ensuring services meet the needs of citizens, businesses and internal users.
• Make evidence xe2 based prioritisation decisions in a complex, fast xe2 moving environment.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver value iteratively.
• Engage confidently with senior stakeholders and influence across organisational boundaries.
• Lead and develop a small product team and ensure services align with GDS and Service Standards.

Essential:

• Product Management experience within government or in the public sector.
• Proven experience delivering products using agile methodologies in complex environments.
• Strong understanding of GDS and Government Service Standards.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary agile teams.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to challenge and influence.
• Experience owning and prioritising product roadmaps linked to outcomes.

Desirable:

• Experience working on sensitive or trauma informed services.
• Background in justice, health or compensation related programmes.
• Strong prioritisation skills in fast paced, evolving environments.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, The Cabinet Office guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

The Cabinet Office guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.