Product Manager
Registers of Scotland
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 3rd November 2024
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Grade: Senior Executive Officer
Salary: £46,224 - £54,423
Benefits: Flexible working arrangements, employer pension contributions of circa 29%, generous annual/parental and special leave policies, plus extensive personal wellbeing benefits. Please see full reward package at end of job description for more information.
Duration: Permanent
Department: Product
Directorate: Digital, Data, and Technology
Role Reports to: Senior Product Manager
Closing date: 03/11/2024 at 23:59
Number of Vacancies: 1
Registers of Scotland (RoS) manages 21 land, property and other legal registers which are a critical asset for the Scottish economy. We aim to provide the best public service for Scotland and are on a mission to make some of the oldest public land registers in the world into some of the most modern. We are committed to providing the best service to our customers through the creation of award-winning digital services, supported by the latest in cloud and AI technology.
When working at RoS we support our colleagues by offering a range of modern work policies and workspaces, as well as encouraging an inclusive, diverse, and equitable work environment. We are proud to promote our We Invest in People Gold Award, Investors in Young People Silver Award and We Invest in Wellbeing Gold Award, alongside our zero gender pay gap and the fact we are a disability confident employer. To get a taste of what we do, our facilities and our hybrid working approach please see the following link for a short video;
About this Role:
A product manager defines, owns, and solve problems. They manage a product through discovery, alpha, beta, and live states. They support the Senior Product Managers and may line manage Associate Product Managers and support their professional development. They have a deep knowledge of product management techniques and are developing expert skills.
We are looking to recruit a product manager to work within the Other Registers domain. The Other Registers domain maintains 9 registers meeting a variety of user needs, including the Chancery and Judicial (CAJR) registers, the Register of Persons with a Controlling Interest in Land (RCI) and the community right to buy registers. The successful candidate will work within a multi-disciplinary team to modernise and iterate on our registers in addition to maintaining our current services.
Job description
Your main duties will include:
• Work with Associate and Senior Product managers with cross-functional teams to deliver outcomes.
• Focus on outcomes and maximising value delivered, whilst understanding what customers need; using an evidence-based approach to manage products and competing priorities.
•Possess strong stakeholder management skills, ideally developed through working in a multi-stakeholder environment.
•Have highly developed analytical skills and arrive to conclusions by making evidence-based decisions that are data focused.
•Take a global view of their domain, bearing in mind the wider context of the work and how this impacts the overall user experience of the services their products support.
•Possess the ability to triage live issues and balance the need for adjustments against in-flight commitments.
• Build relationships with customers and stakeholders and place them at the centre of the decision-making process.
• Are aware of prioritising spend based on ROI and strategic intent.
• Participate in the product community of practice at RoS
•Represent RoS at Scottish, UK and international events, if required, specific to their areas of work.
• May have future line management responsibility in relation to Associate Product Managers.
Person specification
Essential criteria - Your Skills and Attributes for Success
Technical/Experience
•Previous experience in a Product Management role
•Knowledge of Agile and Lean practices
Thinking Wider/Analysis & Making Effective Decisions
•Demonstrable success by prioritising work in a complex problem space using data to inform this prioritisation
•Experience translating customer needs into product requirements
•Understanding the wider context of the work and able to recognise and communicate risks and issues early
•Accountable for ensuring “business as usual” for the products in their domain
•Actively seek out feedback, especially when things have not gone as expected
•Manage scope of product iterations, knowing what good looks like with a sharp eye for viability
Leading & Communicating
•Communicate their product vision as a narrative with the customer at its heart
•Collaborate widely to agree priorities, values and outcomes of the problems in their space
•Challenge accepted thinking constructively and are comfortable having difficult conversations
•Think beyond their domain to consider the broader impact of their work and manage dependencies effectively
Collaborating & Partnering
•Identify and manage key relationships, especially with business sponsors, customer representatives, technology leadership and end-users
•Facilitate communication between technical and non-technical colleagues
•Bring people together to define problems; as skilled negotiators break siloed thinking and build shared outcomes
Delivering Value for Money/Delivering a Quality Service
•Manage risk and value in a balanced way that is informed by the strategic objectives
•Take ownership and accountability for the contents of the product backlog working closely with the Senior Product Manager
•Work with technical teams to manage Technical Debt, balancing the need for enhancements against the cost of maintaining existing products
Benefits
- What can we offer you? – Benefits at RoS:
• We are a welcoming and inclusive community that functions on supportive practices such as Agile Coaches, Business Analysts, UX specialists and more.
• We offer a stimulating working environment and strongly believe that a diverse team is crucial to achieving our mission!
• Our team is ambitious, acts with integrity and demonstrates commitment to progress and impact. We nurture talent and reward success.
• We work in an agile way, which is applied across the whole organisation.
• RoS offers a generous annual leave entitlement. 26 days of holiday plus 12 days bank holidays (for a total of 38 days). We reward your commitment to us by increasing annual leave by +1 day per year, for up to +4 additional days on your entitlement, bringing your allowance to 42 days.
• We operate a 36-hour working week and offer flexible working arrangements (up to 30 hours flexi per month).
• We offer office locations in Edinburgh & Glasgow and currently offer a hybrid working model, having established we can successfully work remotely.
As part of the reward package, you will get access to:
• Civil Service pension at circa 29% contribution on the employer side.
• Service benefits, cycle to work scheme, discounted dental insurance, £100 eye care vouchers subsidised gym memberships, childcare vouchers, buying and selling annual leave, retail discounts and more!
• Family friendly leave policies (Maternity at *1-year full pay, Paternity Leave/Shared parental Leave/Special Leave & more) *after 1 year of continuous service.
• We offer continuous training and development opportunities, including being able to attend industry events.
• A generous salary range with pay progression arrangements is in place.
• You will have access to external counselling and external advice.
• We are a Disability Confident employer.
• We hold all three Investors in People awards: We Invest in People at Gold, We Invest in Wellbeing at Gold and Investors in Young People at Silver.
• We monitor equal opportunities and offer support where needed.
To find out more about our culture, benefits and further information, please click here.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
How to Apply
To apply, click on 'Apply now' and complete our online application form, you will need to submit:
• A CV setting out your career history and how you meet the Technical/Experience elements of the essential criteria (we recommend no more than 4 pages in length).
• A Statement of Suitability (500 words minimum but no longer than 1500 words) with examples of how you meet the competencies as stated above.
Please note:
• CVs that are not accompanied by a full supporting statement will not be scored.
• Statements exceeding 1500 words will not be considered. We would strongly recommend that your answers are written in the STAR format (Situation, Task, Action & Result).
• We recommend that you work on your supporting statement using MS Word, and then uploading it; please note the system will “time-out” and sign you off if you are inactive or spend over a certain amount of time in the application without saving your progress.
• If we receive a high volume of applications, we may complete an initial sift on the first essential criteria.
For further information on the competencies, visit our Competency Framework.
If you have any questions about the role, you can contact
Assessment
Candidates will be assessed against the essential criteria for the role and competencies as stated above. We will invite suitable candidates to an assessment centre on the 19th and 21st November, though this is subject to confirmation.
Assessments are likely to include a competency based interview and an assessment exercise, details of which will be shared with candidates who successfully make it through the sift stage. Assessments and appointments are made in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles, in strict merit order.
Feedback
Feedback will only be provided if you progress to interview stage.
Reserve List
In the event that further posts are required, a reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for up to 12 months.
Eligibility
In general, only nationals from the following countries (and associations of countries) are eligible for employment in the Civil Service: the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and the Commonwealth. EU nationals (with settled or pre-settled status), certain EEA nationals, Swiss and Turkish nationals are also eligible for employment. Detailed provisions on determining eligibility on the grounds of nationality and, where relevant, immigration status can be reviewed here.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a Disclosure Scotland check.
Equal Opportunities
As part of the application process, please complete our Diversity Monitoring Form. RoS is a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we want to help you demonstrate your full potential whatever type of assessment is used. If you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please let us know via.
Further information
For further information relating to RoS, including additional details on pay & benefits, please view our additional information page online.
If you have any questions, please contact .
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Resourcing Team
- Email : resourcing@ros.gov.uk
- Telephone : Resourcing Team
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- Email : Recruitment@ros.gov.uk
