Associate Product Manager NEW

Manchester, Lancashire
HMRC
About the job

Job summary

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This is an exciting opportunity to join HMRC’s Chief Digital Product Office within the Digital Communications Services team, which manages HMRC’s inbound communication channels and services.

Job description

As an Associate Product Manager, you will support the delivery and continuous improvement of HMRC’s inbound scanning and digital communication services. You will work with multidisciplinary teams, stakeholders and suppliers to understand user and organisational needs, prioritise improvements and help deliver accessible, effective digital services.

You will have the opportunity to work on complex, high-profile services during a period of significant transformation, helping to shape enhancements and improvements to live services.

You will work with colleagues across product, delivery, user research, design and performance analysis, using evidence and insight to inform product decisions and priorities.

HMRC provides learning and development opportunities to help Associate Product Managers build their product management capability and progress their careers in line with the Government Digital and Data profession.

This is an exciting opportunity to join HMRC’s Chief Digital Product Office within the Digital Communications Services team, which manages HMRC’s inbound communication channels and services.

Person specification

Responsibilities

As an Associate Product Manager, you will:

• Support the delivery and continuous improvement of product features for HMRC’s inbound scanning and digital communication services.
• Define and refine the scope of product features and enhancements, balancing user, business and operational needs.
• Own and prioritise a backlog of user stories, ensuring priorities align with product goals and deliver value for users and the organisation.
• Build stakeholder understanding and support for product priorities, decisions and the product roadmap.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, other government departments and suppliers to shape and improve services.
• Use user research, service performance information, operational evidence and feedback to identify opportunities for improvement and inform product decisions.
• Work with researchers and designers to ensure products and services consider user needs and meet relevant accessibility standards.
• Contribute to HMRC’s Product Management community, sharing learning and supporting the development of product management capability across the organisation.

Essential Criteria

You will need to demonstrate:

• Experience of delivering or supporting digital products or services in an Agile environment.
• Experience of translating user, business and operational needs into clear product requirements, improvements or solutions.
• Experience of prioritising competing requirements or activities to deliver value for users and the organisation.
• Evidence of building effective relationships with stakeholders and gaining support for product decisions or service improvements.
• Experience of identifying problems within a product, service or process and implementing effective improvements or solutions.
• Experience of working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, suppliers or delivery partners to deliver or improve services.
• Experience of using service performance, user insight or operational evidence to inform priorities and improvements.

Specialist role context

You will be working on services that include high-volume inbound scanning and intelligent document-processing technology, including document classification, data extraction and exception handling.

Previous experience of these technologies is not required, but an interest in learning about the technology, operational environment and associated service dependencies will be important.

Office Closures

If your location preference is for the following site, it’s important to note that this is not long-term site 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)

This site is:

• Benton Park View, Newcastle – moving to Pilgrims Quarter, Newcastle

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

Leeds Location

Moves Adjustment Payment will be available for this role, provided the successful applicant is a current HMRC colleague in Bradford and meets the eligibility requirements outlined in the HMRC’s Moves Adjustment Payment guidance.

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.

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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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 Strengths and Experience.

How to Apply

As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following:

• A name-blind CV including your job history and previous experiences. Your CV should cover your last 3 roles. Give a brief summary of what you delivered and any key achievements in each role (max 100 words per role).
• A 750-word Personal Statement. Your Personal Statement should be used to describe how your skills and experience would be suitable for the advertised role, making reference to the Essential Criteria and Person Specification outlined in the advert.

Sift

In the event of a large number of applications being received, an initial sift may be held on your CV.

At full sift your CV and Personal Statement will be assessed, with the successful candidates being invited to interview.

We may also raise the score required at any stage of the process if we receive a high number of applications.

Interview

During the panel interview, you will be asked to prepare and deliver a 10-minute experienced based Presentation.

You will also be asked strength-based questions to also explore what you enjoy and your motivations relevant to the job role.

This is an example of a strengths-based question

“It is often said that the customer’s needs should come first. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?”

There is no expectation or requirement for you to prepare for the strengths-based questions in advance of the interview, though you may find it helpful to spend some time reflecting on what you enjoy doing and what you do well.

Interviews will take place via video link. Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.

Please note that circumstances may arise that require the planned interview format to change. We will endeavour to provide you with as much notice of any change as possible.

Eligibility

Please take extra care to tick the correct boxes in the eligibility sections of your application form. Mistakes sometimes happen but if you contact us later than two working days (Monday-Friday) before the vacancy closes, we may not be able to reopen your application for you . click apply for full job details