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Job summary

This position is based nationally or 102 PETTY FRANCE (MOJ) LONDON, SW1H 9AJ

Job description

The Role

As an AI Product Manager at the Justice AI Unit, you will be responsible for delivering winning products that create real value for users. You will work with cross-functional teams to define, develop, and launch AI-driven products that align with our strategy and customer needs. Your expertise will guide the product from 0 -> 1, ensuring it solves important problems for the justice system.

To learn more about the Justice AI Unit and our work, visit our website or follow us on LinkedIn for updates and insights.

Key Responsibilities

· Continuously assess the value and viability of your product.
· Prioritise product features based on user needs.
· Collaborate closely with engineers, researchers, policy
· Create and maintain a product roadmap, outlining key priorities.
· Drive product discovery and delivery in parallel, applying excellent product thinking.
· Develop deep knowledge of customers, product data, AI capabilities, and market trends.
· Act as the acknowledged expert on your product within the organization.
· Stay up-to-date with the latest trends in AI to incorporate them effectively and ethically into the evolving products.

Skills and Experience

· Track record of shipping AI powered products that users adopt and love.
· Obsession with solving real user problems through AI. You can translate ambiguous user feedback into concrete product improvements.
· Ability to analyse both qualitative and quantitative data to support decision making and measure success.
· Experience working effectively in cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration.
· Ability to turn product strategy into actionable results.
· You understand AI capabilities and limitations including how to work with hallucinations trade offs and system prompts.
· Expert at running the full product discovery cycle while simultaneously driving delivery. You can find out what's next without slowing down what's now.
· A track record of experimenting, building, iterating and growing successful products

Nice to haves

· Experience building with Codex, Claude Code or any other IDE, coding agents you like.
· Side hustles. If you’re entrepreneurial and hungry to build something people want then show us.
· Ruthless communication. Can you describe your favorite product in 7 words or less?

While direct experience with AI products is valuable, we're equally interested in candidates who have a proven track record of experimenting, building, iterating, and growing successful products in related software fields. If you're passionate about applying your product skills to the AI space and eager to shape the future of our technology, we encourage you to apply.

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.

Locations

• National

Travel to other locations across the UK will be required to meet users and feel their pain. If you aren't exposed to their problems then you can’t build a winning product.

The successful candidate will be expected to work from London as the home base of the Justice AI Unit. Candidates not currently based in London will be required to either relocate or undertake regular travel to London, with attendance expected every week, in line with business needs.

Application

Submit:

• Your CV.
• A 250-word personal statement answering the following question:

Tell us how you go about building something people want.

We're interested in how you identify user needs, prioritise opportunities and build products that deliver real value.

Interview

The recruitment process has two stages. Both stages will be held online via Microsoft Teams.

Stage one – Behaviour & Strengths interview

A panel interview lasting up to 45 minutes, assessing you against two Civil Service strengths and the following Civil Service behaviours:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service

Stage two – Technical assessment

Candidates who are successful at stage one will be invited to a 60-minute technical assessment.

The exercise will be shared 24 hours before the interview and is designed to give us a flavour of your product instinct. We'll be looking at how you approach product thinking, prioritisation and decision-making rather than testing for a single "right" answer.

Technical Skills

Stage two – Technical assessment
Candidates who are successful at stage one will be invited to a 60-minute technical assessment.
The exercise will be shared 24 hours before the interview and is designed to give us a flavour of your product instinct. We'll be looking at how you approach product thinking, prioritisation and decision-making rather than testing for a single "right" answer.

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Please see Job Description

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £71,381, Ministry of Justice contributes £20,679 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

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.

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).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 : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
• Telephone : 0345 241 5359

Recruitment team

• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitm…

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