Senior Product Manager

Overview
hackajob Bristol, England, United Kingdom5 days ago Be among the first 25 applicantshackajob
is collaborating with
Made Tech
to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role.Are you a Product Manager, passionate about user-centred design? If solving complex problems that uplift societal value feels rewarding to you, then keep on reading!Our aim at Made Tech is to use human-centred technology to improve our society. We believe putting people at the heart of designing, building and delivering public services leads to better outcomes for everyone.Our Senior Product Managers enable public sector organisations to better design services that improve society. You will be expected to role model and lead teams with best practice in your discipline.Reporting to one of our Lead Product Managers, this role is responsible for leading on product within a client delivery team. You will work as part of cross-functional teams which might include other Made Tech team members, stakeholders and partner agencies. You will inspire trust in the team, guide and coach teams through the product process and use your influence to continuously iterate and improve ways of working and processes.
Responsibilities
You will be expected to work in a self initiated manner, but with support of senior team members, and in a collaborative and inclusive mannerCollaborate with and influence the wider Made Tech team and our clients to deliver high quality work aligned with our customers vision and needsInfluence decision making which impacts the success of the team. This might include scoping work, prioritisation, deadlines, budgets and evaluating riskWork across one assignment for a client at one timeCoach, support and people manage more junior members of the Product team. To steer and coach them towards successful delivery for our clients, enabling them and holding them accountable for producing high quality outputs and deliverablesMaintain a broad technical knowledge of product management, and continue to develop knowledge of user-centred design and technical practice. Assist and be able to shape strategy, proposals, statements of work and roadmapsContribute to Made Tech’s community of practice for Product and collaborate with other disciplinesAssist in developing and growing the discipline in line with business and capability needs, ensuring we embed the Made Tech way of product-led and design thinking into all that we do
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Skills People Must HaveExcellent understanding and articulation of the value of product and user-centred designExperience and evidence of delivering user centred products and services from ideation through to maintenance phasesAbility to support and coach others to grow their skills, product capabilities and to take on more responsibility for client-facing projectsAble to educate and mentor team members, colleagues and peers in the wider business on developing product and agile delivery as a core disciplineExperienced in working directly with customers and users, and able to drive teams to deliver excellent outcomes for usersWorking within a design consultancy/senior product leadership role in the public sector, health or allied areasStrong empathy and relationship building skillsDesirable (not Essential) SkillsWorking with sales teams to build client relationships, develop opportunities and win new workWorking in the open - building the trust within teams to share little and oftenExperience in re-designing legacy services and productsMaintaining a deep working knowledge of product,design and research techniquesExperience in line management
Other Information
At this point, we hope you''re feeling excited about Made Tech and the job opportunity. Even if you don''t feel that you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. Get in touch with our talent team if you’d like an informal chat about the role and your suitability before applying. We are hiring for this role directly, so will not respond to any CVs sent via external recruitment agencies.SC EligibilityAn increasing number of our customers are specifying a minimum of SC (security check) clearance in order to work on their projects. As a result, we''re looking for all successful candidates for this role to have eligibility.Eligibility for SC requires 5 years'' UK residency and 5 year'' employment history (or back to full-time education). Please note that if at any point during the interview process it is apparent that you may not be eligible for SC, we won''t be able to progress your application and we will contact you to let you know why.Support in applyingIf you need this job description in another format, or other support in applying, please email talent@madetech.com.We believe we can use tech to make public services better. We also believe this can happen best when our own team represents the society that actually uses the services we work on. We’re collectively continuing to grow a culture that is happy, healthy, safe and inspiring for people of all backgrounds and experiences, so we encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply for roles with us.When you apply, we’ll put you in touch with a member of our talent team who can help with any needs or adjustments we may need to make to help with your application. We also welcome any feedback on how we can improve the experience for future candidates.Life at Made TechWe’re committed to building a happy, inclusive and diverse workforce.Like many organisations, we use Slack to chat to each other. The Slack groups that have formed give an idea of the diversity within Made Tech. If you’d like to speak to someone from one of these groups about their experience as an employee, please let one of the Made Tech Talent Team know.The Groups Areantiracist-activistsdisabilitylgbtqiaplus-allies-and-activistsneurodiversityparents-carerswomxn-in-techJob BenefitsWe’re committed to building a happy, inclusive and diverse workforce. You can get a sense of what it’s like working here from
our blog, where we talk about mental health, communities of practice and neurodiversity
(as well as our client work and best practice).Like many organisations, we use Slack to foster a sense of community and connection. As well as special interest groups such as music, food and pets, we also have 10+ Slack channels dedicated to specific communities, allies, and identities as well as dedicated learning spaces called communities of practice (COPs). If you’d like to speak to someone from one of these groups about their experience as an employee, please do let a member of the Made Tech talent team know.We are always listening to our growing teams and evolving the benefits available to our people. As we scale, as do our benefits and we are scaling quickly. We\''ve recently introduced a flexible benefit platform which includes a Smart Tech scheme, Cycle to work scheme, and an individual benefits allowance which you can invest in a Health care cash plan or Pension plan. We’re also big on connection and have an optional social and wellbeing calendar of events for all employees to join should they choose to.Here are some of our most popular benefits listed below:30 days Holiday - we offer 30 days of paid annual leaveFlexible Working Hours - we are flexible with what hours you workFlexible Parental Leave - we offer flexible parental leave optionsRemote Working - we offer part time remote working for all our staffPaid counselling - we offer paid counselling as well as financial and legal adviceAbout Made TechMade Tech is on a mission to use technology to improve society - for everyone. We help organisations transform, deliver and manage world-class digital products and services.Today, you can see our services (and people!) in action, such as the design and build of the Homes for Ukraine service, delivered in 2 weeks. We’re helping local authorities make it easier and quicker for people to log housing repairs online. By digitalising access to NHS services we’re making it more accessible, such as children needing mental health support.All this great experience is enabling us to support new areas, like energy. We’re helping to drive better environmental outcomes by improving network performance through real-time asset monitoring, which means less wasted energy.We were recently named as a finalist in the Raising the Bar for Workplace Transparency Award in the Shift People Awards. This is a recognition of our many great initiatives, such as our open-access employee handbook that we launched 5 years ago.Seniority level
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