Senior Product Manager
- Senior Product Manager
- 6 months (initially)
- Remote-working (UK-based)
- Market Rates
- Outside IR35
The Opportunity:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Product Manager to join a major UK central government programme via a leading digital transformation consultancy. This is a strategic leadership role within a high-profile portfolio, where you will oversee critical digital services, mentor product teams and provide direction to senior internal stakeholders. You must bring proven experience in leading digital portfolios at scale within central government (GOV-UK / GDS), with the ability to balance product delivery, stakeholder engagement and capability building across teams.
Skills and Experience:
- Extensive experience as a Senior Product Manager or Product Lead in central government or large-scale public sector programmes.
- Demonstrable track record of strategic portfolio leadership across complex digital services, with in-depth knowledge of Government Digital Service Standards and experience embedding best practice.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and senior leadership capability, with proven ability to influence and drive consensus at executive level.
- Evidence of building and maturing product teams, including mentoring, coaching and capability development, as well as experience supporting the design and implementation of digital operating models.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Take over knowledge transfer from the current Product Manager by mid-October.
- Provide product leadership and be the strategic escalation point for delivery teams, ensuring achievement of portfolio milestones across multiple projects.
- Collaborate on the development of digital strategies and support implementation of new operating models.
- Mentor and coach Senior Product Managers, supporting their progression to lead roles and strengthening the wider product team’s capability.
- You will be championing Government Digital Service Standards and embedding best practice across the product lifecycle.
- Overseeing delivery milestones across services including Health Publications, CCHS Living Evidence, Radiation Protection Service, Knowledge Library Services, NPIS, Salesforce and other national systems.
- Support the recruitment and on-boarding of a permanent Lead Product Manager, ensuring knowledge transfer and continuity.
NB: Candidates must be eligible for BPSS security clearance which will processed following a successful interviews (5 day process).
Applications:
To learn more about this newly created opportunity consulting as an Senior Product Manager for delivering Digital Services on an initial 6 month engagement, operating on a remote-working basis for a prominent UK government agency; please contact Iain Brassell here at ISR Recruitment (iain@isr.uk.com) for an immediate call back in the strictest confidence.
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