Senior Product Manager

Key Responsibilities Own the product strategy and long term vision.
Manage and prioritise the product backlogs.
Key liaison between the business, IT teams and external suppliers.
Change request management and cost/benefit analysis to ensure value for money.
Contribution to requirements gathering, including review and sign-off.
UAT planning, managing and tracking.
Ad hoc internal user assistance and troubleshooting.
Optimise the value of development work undertaken and ensure all colleagues have sufficient understanding of product backlog items.
Establish and maintain strong stakeholder relationships both internally and externally, communicating the vision and roadmap regularly.
Support the design, maintenance and embedding of Ways of Working.
Share knowledge and good practice.
Support the Principal Product/Solution Owner.
Key Outputs and Deliverables High quality products which are fit for purpose.
Provision of assurance that products deliver functional, legislative and security needs.
Tracked and recorded user needs and functionality requirements.
Prioritised product backlogs.
Clear testing plans and fully documented testing scenarios.
Progress reports for senior management.
Takes ownership for own and team members' professional development by: Providing ongoing coaching and identification of development opportunities in regular performance conversations.
Supporting team member's performance evaluation through honest, fair, high quality 360-degree feedback to PDLs.
Person specification Essential Criteria Experience of working in an Agile development environment ensuring the iterative and timely delivery of products and services with demonstrable knowledge of software development life cycles.
(Lead criteria) Demonstrable understanding and experience of the tools, terms and concepts to deliver a product and the ability to interpret business requirements to ensure delivery is fit for purpose.
(Lead criteria) Experience of working collaboratively and managing the expectations of stakeholders with conflicting needs and demands and engaging with senior stakeholders.
Proven organisational skills, the ability to proactively prioritise, plan and schedule complex tasks and demonstrate effective problem-solving skills.
Experience in planning, executing and managing User Acceptance Testing activities.
Experience and aptitude for leadership, especially in leading multi-discipline teams.
Experience in actively tackling impediments, risks and blockers, and communicating and escalating where necessary.
Desirable Criteria Formal Agile or Product Manager qualifications.
Knowledge of energy industry and renewable energy or energy efficiency support schemes.
Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Making Effective Decisions Communicating and Influencing Delivering at Pace Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: Please refer to the Candidate Pack and Role Profile attached for full details.
Benefits Alongside your salary of £45,614, OFGEM contributes £13,214 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
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Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes; 30 days annual leave after 2 years; Excellent training and development opportunities; The opportunity to join the generous Civil Service pension which also includes a valuable range of benefits; Hybrid working (currently 1 day a week in the office but is in review), flexible working hours and family friendly policies.
Plus lots of other benefits including clean and bright offices based centrally, engaged networks and teams and an opportunity to contribute to our ambitious and important targets of establishing a Net Zero energy system by 2050.
This exciting blend of professional challenge and personal reward identifies career opportunities at Ofgem as something to get excited about.
Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
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Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the essential and desirable skills and capabilities.
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Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant applications will be withdrawn from the process.
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Nationality requirements This job is broadly open to the following groups: UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
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The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities.
As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
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