Senior Product Manager

at  Ministry of Justice

Salary
The national salary range is £54,358 - £61,585, London salary range is £58,847 - £66,670. Your salary will be dependent on your base location
Total pay in the range of ‘£50,001 to £60,000, £60,001 and over’ are subject to capability, skills and experience. Salary may consist of base pay and a Recruitment and Retention Allowance (RRA)
Number of jobs available
2
Detail of reserve list
12 Months
Region
National
City/Town
National
Building/Site

NATIONAL

Please note: Some of our MoJ Office locations, such as our Liverpool Justice Collaboration Centre, require higher levels of National Security Vetting. The MoJ is working to open more Justice Collaboration Centres and Justice Satellite Offices over time. Click here to learn more about where our currently open Justice Collaboration Centres and Justice Satellite Offices are, to identify where you may be based and understand National Security Vetting requirements of each location.
Grade
Grade 7
Organisation Grade for MoJ
Grade 7
Post Type
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full Time, Part Time, Flexible Working
Role Type
Digital
Will the successful applicant have line manager responsibilities?
Yes
Job description

VACANCY NUMBER: 88285

• We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
  The Role
  This role aligns against the Senior Product Manager role from the Government Digital and Data Framework.
  We’re recruiting for a Senior Product Managers (SPM) here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative teams in Legal Aid Agency Digital (LAA Digital) and Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority Digital (CICA Digital).
  LAA Digital creates, runs and transforms services that support swift access to legal aid for those who need it, and efficient payment to providers of those services.
  CICA Digital deals with compensation claims from people who have been physically or mentally injured because they were the victim of a violent crime in England, Scotland or Wales.
  Millions of people every year interact with MoJ services and here at Justice Digital we play an important role in making the experience of all of our users simpler, faster, and better.
  We have a clear vision - to deliver a world class justice system that works for all - and we’re looking for talented people to help us achieve it. Our MoJ strategy sets out our core priorities, this includes putting data at the core of our decisions and users at the heart of our services.
  We are ambitious, and we need great product people to help us achieve the ambitions we have set out in our 2025 vision, delivering great outcomes through digital products. We’re looking for talented, enthusiastic and passionate individuals who are excited by the challenge of designing digital public services and providing our staff with technology at least as good as they have at home.
  SPMs are responsible for overseeing the quality/value delivery of several products (or exceptionally, one complex product) i.e. they take responsibility for the end-to-end, cross-platform user experience of multiple products. This will be for the duration of the product lifecycle from discovery, through development, delivery, continuous improvement and to product retirement.
  SPMs also lead and manage people. They ensure that all of the PMs under their leadership are supported, coached, developed and managed and so that they can reach their full potential.
  To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Please review our Terms & Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact recruitment@digital.justice.gov.uk
Allowance Details
London: £58,847 - £66,670 (which may include an allowance of up to £4,828)
National: £54,358 - £61,585 (which may include an allowance of up to £2,517)
Closing Date:
07/07/2024, 23:55 hours.
Contact information
If you require any assistance please call 0345 241 5359 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com Please quote the job reference - 88285.
To apply for roles in MOJ you will need to confirm your employment history for at least 3 years prior to the date of application so that pre-employment checks (BPSS) can be undertaken. If you have spent significant time abroad (a total of 6 months in the past 3 years) you would be required to give a reasonable account of the reasons why.
For some roles you will be required to successfully complete National Security Vetting at Counter Terrorism (CTC), Security Clearance (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) level as a condition of appointment. To meet CTC/SC/DV requirements you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 3/5/10 years prior to the date of application (The level of checks that are required are stated in the advert).

If you do not meet the above requirements, you may still be considered if, for example:

• You’ve been serving overseas with HM Forces or in some other official capacity as a representative of HM Government
• You were studying abroad
• You were living overseas with parents

In such cases you will need to be able to provide referee cover for the period(s) of residence overseas. The duration of overseas residence and the country of abode will also be taken into account.
Success Profiles
Success Profiles will enable a fairer and more inclusive method of recruitment by enabling us to assess the range of experiences, abilities, strengths, behaviours and technical/professional skills required for different roles. This flexible approach to recruitment focuses more on finding the right candidate for the specific role. To find out more about Success Profiles to support your application please click here for further guidance.
if you feel that your application has not been treated in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance
Supporting document 1
Senior PM Job Description - Jul 24 (1).docx – 13KB
Converted File Senior PM Job Description - Jul 24 (1).docx.pdf – 57KB
We have provided detail of the assessment stages and areas being assessed to help you prepare for completing your application form, and to advise of what will be assessed following this, if you successfully pass the application stage.

• The SPM has deep knowledge of Product Management techniques and is developing expert skills. Is experienced in overseeing multiple products and has a proven track record of managing products through the different stages of the product life cycle (products taken to beta/live). Ensuring quality/value of the work of Product Managers and the rest of the delivery team.
• Leading the assurance of scope, providing direction to meet user needs for multiple products & channels, aligned with strategy. Champions the user needs with senior stakeholders, influencing and challenging Policy in relation to changes within the Product/service, to enable user requirements to be met.
• Being an active and visible leader, ensuring the scope and direction of the development and continual improvement of several products aligns with strategies (eg Govt, business etc) in delivery, acting as the escalation point (when needed), taking action to resolve any issues that delay delivery.
• Being an active and visible leader, supporting the PMs and working with the Lead PM in defining product strategy for all of their products, actively influencing and challenging strategy & stakeholders to enable user needs to be met.
• Leading by example, actively promoting and engaging in self-development; coaching and mentoring their product people and investing in their development to ensure they reach their full potential.
• Collaborating & partnering within the PM community, wider delivery team & MoJ colleagues, bringing them into the product vision, leveraging existing relationships to best effect; presenting difficult decisions/scenarios for decisions. Interacts with x-Gov product activity.
• Defining user journeys (where relevant) and the direction of user research, translating relevant findings with the team and sharing insight with the Product community.
• Ensuring that all products meet policy intent, acting as an advocate for the digital transformation of services and influencing policy change, within and outside of MoJ. Know the political landscape so you can answer questions/know what is needed.