Principal Agile Product Manager - G7

Pay

• Salary band for this role is £50,427 to £59,000 (£54,274 – £63,500 for candidates based within the M25)
• New recruits to the Civil Service are expected to join at the band minimum
• A £ digital allowance maybe available
• Any allowance awarded will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview.

These are exciting times at Her Majesty’s Court and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). As an agency of the MoJ, we provide the supporting administration for the judiciary across England and Wales. Within that portfolio, Digital and Technology Services (DTS) has a clear ambition to create an organisational culture where diverse and inclusive multi-disciplinary teams bring together in-house digital, data and technology specialists to build capability, work smarter and more efficiently. Please visit https://www.hmctsjobs.co.uk/dts/ for further details!

We’re building better justice for everyone by harnessing technology, curiosity and our burning mission to make a momentous impact. You have the chance to influence that change and own your mark.

With the scale and size of transformation, you’ll get exposure to bigger opportunities and new ways of learning that will push your potential. It’s a massive challenge doing career defining work, but we also embrace your individuality and life outside of work. So through flexible working we’ll trust you to shape the future in a way that suits you.

Sound like a challenge you’re up for?

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We currently have over 50 experienced Digital Product Managers across MoJ and its agencies who make up the broader product community. You will able to learn from others, share your knowledge and take part in informal support networks with your peers.

We design, build and support user-centred digital and technology services for the justice system: services that make a real difference to our staff, members of the public and their families who use them. Millions of people every year interact with our services, and Digital & Technology play an important role in improving access to justice and making that experience much easier and less distressing.

We are using digital, data and technology to build capability, work smarter and more efficiently. We want to create a digitally enabled end-to-end justice system which can adapt and respond to changing needs. We were the first digital team in a government department, and the first to deliver an exemplar service, with experts in web development, design, delivery and product management and user research, alongside around 50 organisations, including the courts service and Government Digital Service (GDS).

What will you be doing?

• Deliver products that meet the Digital by Default Service Standard and are best in class for government, giving the same level of digital experience users expect from daily interaction with the most respected web services.
• Drive and lead innovation with suppliers for current and future capability
• Manage a number of product managers, each responsible for a particular product.
• Guide and advise others on technical areas you have expertise in and coach and mentor more junior colleagues. Lead on and participate in recruitment as required.
• Help provide direction, support, objectives for team members – both individual and organisation objectives with the structure and environment that supports positive learning, sharing ideas and developing a culture of continuous improvement.

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for an individual with strong product management skills, business strategy and expertise in digital transformation who likes working in a delivery focused, agile environment with multidisciplinary teams.

Someone who understands the overall HMCTS landscape, how services and components fit together.  You will ensure that all the relevant services to support the product are in place.

You also contribute to the wider Product Manager community and share your skills and experiences with others across the MOJ, and across government.

• Previous experience of working in a large digital organization as a product manager or lead product manager
• Have been accountable for successful management of a digital product
• Prior team management experience having operated as a team leader managing, and supporting the work of more junior grades, contributing to their development
• Ability to work with technical and business stakeholders to drive out visions, roadmaps and needs; ability to assess and assign priority
• Capability to set direction and methodology (while adhering to agreed standards)
• Excellent facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Able to provide expert advice to all stakeholders, both junior and senior.

What can we offer you?

• A generous pension scheme on average of up to 22%
• 25 days leave, plus 8 bank holidays, plus 1 privilege day usually taken around the Queens’ birthday
• Flexible working; whether it’s working from home or remotely, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours, we have people doing it and are happy to discuss options with you
• Great maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
• Bike loans and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location)
• Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers, and eye-care vouchers.
• Up to 5 days paid leave per year for voluntary work you may wish to undertake
• We also currently have employee-run networks for colleagues of minority ethnic origin, employees with disabilities, those with caring responsibilities, women employees, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees with which you will eligible to join

We are passionate about career development and in order to help support this, we offer a number of training and development platforms that employees will have access to. Working with your manager, you will be given the support and time required to complete agreed courses, as part of your personal development plan.

• Pluralsight – Over 7000 video training courses created by over 1400 subject-matter experts, covering a wide range of software development related skills.
• Microsoft Enterprise Skills Initiative – a range of Azure focused courses that can lead to Microsoft Certification.
• Civil Service Learning – a wide variety of online training to help support your role as a Civil Servant.