Associate Product Manager

Job summary

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At HMRC, we are already one of the most digital advanced tax authorities in the world and have one of the largest IT infrastructures and data sources in the UK. With 50 million customers to serve, over 60 thousand colleagues to support, and £600 billion to collect to fund UK Plc, our IT operation is huge! For those who are up to the challenge, we offer unique and unparalleled opportunities to work with some of the newest technologies and make a real, lasting difference.

HMRC is made up of Customer Groups which are working independently towards one common goal. Our role sits within HMRC’s Chief Digital & Information Office (CDIO) Group that deliver in-house solutions for a broad range of technical and operational issues. Our digital delivery centres are hi-tech, state-of-the-art facilities that allow our teams to maximise their capabilities.

Job description

As a Product Manager, you will work in a product team to support the design, build, and delivery of digital products and features that meet business objectives and user needs. You will define product scope, evaluate options, and ensure alignment with HMRC’s goals and the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework (opens in a new window)

This role sits within Payments, Banking and Corporate Services, which manage critical finance and HR systems supporting payment collection, disbursement, payroll, and commercial products.

This position is across the Corporate Finance & Commercial and HR teams - responsible for the technology used to source, procure and pay for goods & services required for day-to-day operations within HMRC.

Person specification

As a Product Manager, you will support the Senior Product Manager with the following:

• Define the scope of the product, the key features, and adapt this as new information is learnt (e.g. as business objectives evolve or user research offers new insights).
• Engage stakeholders to get buy in for the product vision and roadmap
• Work with a multidisciplinary product delivery team (civil servants or suppliers) with skills such as user research, business analysis, and subject matter experts to shape and improve the product.
• Own and maintain a backlog of ‘user stories’ (which describe features and functions a user should be able to do on the product) and prioritise the order in which they will be built and released to users. These should be in line with the goals of the product set by the organisation.
• Participate in, and contribute to the Product management community of practice, whether through taking part in community initiatives, running sessions or talks, or other activities which support other product managers.

Essential Criteria

• Experience of building and maintaining positive relationships with stakeholders, including negotiating with stakeholders on difficult issues.
• Experience of understanding problems within a service, product or process, and finding a positive solution to resolve the issue.
• Experience of being able to prioritise work based on what is valuable to do first, and getting buy in from stakeholders for any associated project plans/ rollout plans/ roadmaps.
• Experience of leading or supporting a project to deliver its stated outcomes.
• Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and subject matter experts to solve complex problems.
• Demonstrate the ability to understand how to measure and track success of a project, service, or process change.

Desirable Criteria

• Prior experience of working on Finance or HR services
• Working knowledge of ITIL v4
  

Further Location Information

Please ensure that you only apply for a location that you are willing and able to work from, as we will only make one offer of employment. Any additional notes included in a ‘Further Location Preferences (optional)’ field within the application form, will not be considered. Please be aware that you cannot change your location preference after submitting your application.

Office Closures

If your location preference is for one of the following sites, it’s important to note that these are not long-term sites for HMRC and we will require you to move to a new building in the future, subject to our location strategy and the applicable employee policies at that time.

For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations (opens in a new window)

These sites are:

• Telford Plaza, Telford - moving to Parkside Court, Telford
• Trinity Bridge House, Salford - moving to an alternative office in Manchester/ Salford
• Lynx House, Portsmouth – moving to an alternative office in Portsmouth

You will be given more information about what this means at the job offer stage.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £45,544, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £13,194 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).

HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.

We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.

• Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues’ Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
• Family friendly policies.
• Personal support.
• Coaching and development.

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