Product Manager

Job summary

Can you drive customer-centric solutions that deliver organisational value? Could you shape the direction of our future in an environment that really matters?

You’ll be part of a new team of diverse product managers embarking on a new and exciting career pathway in a fast paced and evolving profession.

As a product manager you will support different teams across the organisation to ensure the right products are created at the right time. You’ll lead your product team to prioritise and solve customer and organisation problems within strategic priorities set by senior product leaders. You will be the voice of the customer translating priorities into team-level work, managing scope and tracking post-launch performance insights to adjust direction. You will understand why users use their product and identify enhancements that increase value for customers and viability for the organisation.

You’ll gain a unique perspective of our business, working closely with a broad range of teams to proactively enable the delivery of our organisation’s vision.

Job description

Putting your skills to use

Using your diverse range of skills within the delivery team, you will:

• Own the product vision and strategy for your area.
• Align multiple teams around shared outcomes, making deliberate trade-offs to focus on what matters most.
• Represent product direction with confidence in leadership discussions, bringing forward risks, insights and opportunities.
• Translate organisational goals into clear product strategies.
• Lead and coordinate discovery across teams, ensuring strategic customer problems and opportunities are prioritised.
• Create clarity by sequencing investment and resolving trade-offs.
• Create an environment for experimentation and coach/mentor product managers to frame opportunities and validate solutions.
• Communicate strategic insights and value delivery to product stakeholders and seniors.
• Oversee execution across multiple products, guiding teams through trade-offs and risks. Ensure delivery is tied to outcomes, not just outputs, and align team-level work to business goals, communicating value delivered.
• Oversee execution across multiple products, guiding teams through trade-offs and risks.
• Use post-launch activities and insights to continually test and refine product strategy.

Person specification

More about you

To apply for this role, you will already have:

• Experience of helping to set direction and priorities that align with business objectives, contributing to clear business outcomes and value.
• Experience of working with customers to understand their needs and problems and communicating insights to stakeholders.
• Experience of collaborating with cross-functional teams to understand customer problems and develop solutions.
• Experience of managing initiatives through their lifecycle, defining success metrics and using data to inform decision making.

It would be beneficial if you also have one of the following (although these are not essential):

• Product management experience.
• The ability to explain priorities clearly so others understand why we are doing what we are doing.
• Experience of using evidence, both data and anecdote, to shape decisions and test assumptions.

Your personal skills

You will be someone who:

• Displays behaviours that promote a collaborative working environment which supports equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Understands products are unique and tailors your approach appropriately.
• Enjoys running research and experiments to test assumptions and validate solutions.
• Likes seeing things through to the end. You have the drive and commitment to finish work to a high standard.
• Enjoys working with people with a diverse range of skills, prioritising customer problems and opportunities.
• Enjoys the challenge of thinking of innovative solutions to hard problems. You are not constrained by convention.
• Consistently seeks and acts on stakeholder feedback to improve delivery.

Benefits

What we offer

Now that we’ve explained a bit about what you will be doing, here’s what we can offer you:

• A positive, collaborative and inclusive work environment.
• 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after 5 years’ service.
• 8 Bank Holiday days off in addition to your annual leave.
• 2 ½ additional days leave (set dates through the year).
• Our Pension scheme is Alpha. It’s competitive.
• Opportunities for development.
• Paid overtime or time off in lieu. Your salary is for your contracted hours. If you work more, we believe you should be rewarded for that.
• Flexible or compressed hours to support you to balance your life with your work.
• Paid parental and adoption leave and neonatal policy.
• This can be anything from a ½ day internal course to a distant learning degree. If it’s relevant to your career, we aim to support you.
• Opportunities for mentoring and coaching.
• Free secure parking and allocated parking for car shares.
• Affinity groups – whether you are a person with a disability, part of the LGBTQIA+ community and/or from an ethnic minority background, we provide an inclusive environment, support and a variety of networks for everyone.
• Free onsite gym, open 24 hours a day.
• Bike to work scheme.
• Multi-faith Prayer room. This is a quiet contemplation room for staff to use for prayer or reflection.
• 3 days paid leave a year to support a registered charity of your choice.
• Sports & Social Society. Whether its classic cars or baking, golf or crafting, we have a society for you. We offer regular subsidised theatre tickets and on-site activities.
• On site café and restaurant.
• On site nursery (subject to availability).
• Relocation Loan*.

About HMGCC

We are HMGCC, the engineering specialists at the heart of the UK’s national security.

We work with the national security community, UK government, academia, private sector partners and international allies to bring engineering ingenuity to the national security mission, creating tools and technologies that drive us ahead and help to protect the nation.

We invest in our people, not only with training but also support throughout your career with us; to allow you to reach your full potential at work, as well as enjoy the work/life balance many aspire to.

To find out more about us and if we’re right for you, please visit our website.

Equal Opportunities

Inclusion and diversity really matter to us. It's not just about numbers or visible differences.

HMGCC are committed to providing equal opportunities and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities or who are neurodiverse.

We’re not looking for any one type of person. We’re looking for talent from all different backgrounds to join our organisation, where we genuinely respect and value each other's differences, as well as our similarities. It makes us even better at what we do.

To find out more about our culture and inclusion and diversity, please visit our website.

We are proud to offer applicants who declare a disability or long-term health condition the opportunity to apply through the Offer of Interview Scheme. We aim to ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that best meet the minimum essential criteria for this position are offered an interview where practicable.

To reduce financial barriers for candidates, particularly those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, we can offer the reimbursement of reasonable travel expenses to attend in-person interviews or assessments during the recruitment and vetting process. By covering costs for travel, and in limited cases accommodation, we aim to ensure all applicants feel encouraged to apply, regardless of financial circumstances.

Reimbursement is discretionary and will only be made in line with the Candidate Expenses Policy, as amended from time to time. This policy will be shared with candidates via the invitation to interview or assessment. Candidates are responsible for arranging their own travel using the most economical options and must provide original hardcopy receipts for reimbursements.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

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Selection process details

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Our recruitment team will process your application once the role has closed and everyone will get a response.

Please note dependent on the recruitment requirements, we withhold the right to bring forward the closing date for this role from the original closing date.

*If you are relocating to the area, we offer an interest free relocation loan of up to £2,500, which is to be repaid in instalments over a period of 24 months, to support any costs incurred due to your change of employment.

It is the organisation's policy not to provide feedback at any stage of the recruitment process. This may be contrary to this message.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Recruitment
• Email : Opportunities@hiringteam.org.uk
• Telephone : 0800 138 8221 (Our lines are open Monday to Friday from 9am until 4pm)

Recruitment team

• Email : Opportunities@hiringteam.org.uk