Senior Product Manager at Ministry of Justice, UK Tech Hub/Remote, 9 Months, £Contract Rate

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) priorities include improving public safety and reducing reoffending by reforming prisons, probation and youth justice, and building a justice system which makes access to justice swifter and more certain for all citizens whatever their background. Project professionals in the MoJ help to improve the government's ability to protect the public and reduce reoffending, and to provide a more effective, transparent and responsive criminal justice system for victims and the public.

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

• Shape the product vision, strategy and roadmap for Safety Transformation across multiple strands of discovery, experimentation and delivery
• Define and prioritise MVP options for improving safety in prisons, recognising that the solution may include digital, service, operational and policy interventions
• Lead prioritisation of the managed service team backlog to ensure effort is focused on the highest-value safety problems
• Align product direction with policy owners, service owners, Safety stakeholders, operational leaders and prison users
• Ensure work meets MoJ/GDS standards and is evidence-led, human-centred, safe and operationally viable
• Support discovery, alpha and beta activity across multiple strands of experimentation
• support safe testing, prioritisation and evaluation of new capabilities or service changes
• Prepare the work for transition to permanent product ownership, including documented roadmaps, backlog, decisions, evidence, risks and stakeholder relationships.

Essential:

• Strong experience setting product vision, strategy and roadmaps for complex or high-risk services.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and prioritise work using user insight, data and organisational outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including influencing senior leaders and building agreement across organisational boundaries.
• Experience leading products through discovery, alpha, beta and live service using Agile and Lean approaches.
• Ability to manage risks, dependencies and investment to deliver measurable value for money.

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, MOJ 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 Ministry of Justice 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.