Technical Product Manager

Onyx-Conseil; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000

Job description

Are you looking to play a pivotal role in delivering exceptional infrastructure to support Companies House services? Come and join our Product Management team!

Companies House Product Managers are passionate about digital innovation and meeting user needs, and we're seeking someone who shares these values to join our team and enhance our digital services.

We're looking for Technical Product Managers who have experience in agile product delivery, leadership, communication, organisational skills, and with a technical background in engineering or computer science or equivalent experience working in software development, engineering, testing or another technical field.

Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work. We recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working with no core hours, 30 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension scheme with a contribution rate averaging 28%.

Job description

Key deliverables of the Technical Product Manager role:

1. You'll be responsible for delivering the product vision, scope and roadmap for our infrastructure and common components services, focusing on engineering, technical requirements, and design elements.
2. You will lead on the need for technical service maintenance and infrastructure upgrades, ensuring stakeholders understand and support the prioritisation of these activities.
3. You'll support key stakeholders in planning and developing our infrastructure and common components services keeping them informed throughout delivery.
4. Your focus will be on meeting user and business needs, working with the Senior Technical Product Manager to achieve team delivery goals.
5. You'll work with Delivery Managers to ensure requirements are clearly understood and release plans align with expectations.
6. You'll also collaborate across the Product Management team to achieve our delivery and service goals that enable our users to meet their outcomes.
7. You'll research and follow technical trends in the industry, advising on potential future technologies, and serve as a bridge between engineering and non-technical stakeholders in an agile environment.
8. You'll identify, evaluate, and report technical risks and dependencies during delivery, and work with developers, testers, engineers, architects, quality assurance, release, support, and operations teams to design products efficiently and effectively.
9. Additionally, you will collaborate with other departments to ensure alignment and integration of our digital services across the organisation. This teamwork is crucial for delivering solutions that meet user and business needs.

About the team

The Product Management team is part of the Product Design team and sits within the Digital and Technology Directorate. The Directorate has over 200 internal staff who are supplemented by external contractors and third-party resources as necessary. We have an exciting portfolio of services that have internal and external users and there are further services in our pipeline for future development. We are looking for an experienced Technical Product Manager to help us effectively manage and implement our growing portfolio of work, through collaboration in agile service teams working on user centred designs.

Person specification

We are looking for the following experience and skills which will be assessed at sift and interview.

Experience

We are looking for applicants who have:

1. Strong technical knowledge, someone with a background in engineering or computer science or equivalent experience in a technical field.
2. Experience of working in software development, engineering, testing or another technical field.
3. Experienced in delivering and maintaining technically complex products or services.
4. Strong experience communicating complex technical concepts to stakeholders to secure buy-in.
5. Familiar with different development practices and experienced in discussing and recommending options.
6. Experienced in prioritisation, scope management and stakeholder management.
7. Successfully delivered digital services to users and experience of fast-paced, complex, technical deliveries.
8. Delivering products or services using agile methodologies.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £41,571, Companies House contributes £12,043 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

We believe that our success is driven by the well-being and satisfaction of our team members at all levels of the organisation. At Companies House we're committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary, ensuring your career journey with us is not only fulfilling, but also rewarding. We pride ourselves on offering a quality work-life balance with our employee wellbeing being central to our working practices.

In your application form we'd like you to:

1. Tell us about your employment history, including any key responsibilities and achievements.
2. Write a personal statement of 1000 words where you demonstrate how you meet the skills required for this role, providing examples to evidence your level of skill. In your personal statement we are looking for evidence of:

1. Strong technical knowledge, someone with a background in engineering or computer science or equivalent experience in a technical field.
2. Experience of working in software development, engineering, testing or another technical field.
3. Experienced in delivering and maintaining technically complex products or services.
4. Strong experience communicating complex technical concepts to stakeholders to secure buy-in.

What will the process look like?

Sift

1. Once the advert has closed we will sift applications - this involves reading through them all, please bear with us as this can take some time.
2. We may raise the score required if we receive a high number of applications.
3. At sift candidates will be assessed against experience listed in the advert and alongside your work history the panel will score your personal statement against the following criteria:

1. Strong technical knowledge, someone with a background in engineering or computer science or equivalent experience in a technical field.
2. Experience of working in software development, engineering, testing or another technical field.
3. Experienced in delivering and maintaining technically complex products or services.
4. Strong experience communicating complex technical concepts to stakeholders to secure buy-in.

Interview

1. Successful candidates from the sift stage will be invited to attend a virtual interview, which will conducted using Microsoft Teams.
2. We use a blended interview technique, allowing us to find out more about you.
3. We use the Success Profile framework and at interview we will use Success Profiles assessing the Behaviours, Technical Skills and Experience listed in the advert, and Strengths.
4. There will be a discussion topic as part of the interview process. This will assessing Technical Skills: Technical product management - managing and leading a product through project lifecycles & Planning - maintaining delivery momentum. Details of this will be sent in your interview confirmation email.
5. A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles.

Key dates (dates are indicative only and could be subject to change)

1. Closing date - 20 April 2025 (at 23:55)
2. Sifting - w/c 21 April and w/c 28 April 2025
3. Interviews - w/c 5 May 2025

Sponsorship

Companies House cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. Companies House holds a Visa sponsorship licence, but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify. Should you apply for this role and require sponsorship, your application may be rejected, and any provisional offers of employment withdrawn.