Informed Solutions Ltd
Altrincham, Cheshire
The Opportunity Join Informed Solutions and help shape how our people learn, grow and thrive. We're looking for an experienced People Development & Experience professional to lead the evolution of colleague development, employee experience and engagement across our growing organisation. Working alongside consultants and business professionals delivering some of the UK's most impactful digital transformation programmes, you'll play a key role in creating an environment where people can build rewarding careers, develop their capability and perform at their best. As part of our People Services team, you'll work closely with leaders across the business to shape and deliver initiatives that strengthen leadership capability, colleague development, engagement and organisational effectiveness. Working alongside our Learning & Development Advisor, you'll provide the direction and oversight for our development approach, ensuring our learning initiatives are aligned to business priorities and deliver meaningful outcomes, while the Advisor coordinates the day-to-day delivery and administration of learning activities. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys influencing others, improving how organisations develop their people and creating positive employee experiences, while remaining close enough to delivery to see ideas become reality. About Us Founded in 1992, Informed Solutions is an internationally recognised digital transformation consultancy. We design and deliver innovative digital, data and technology solutions that enable organisations to modernise services, unlock insight from data and deliver better outcomes for citizens and customers. Our multi-Queen's Award-winning platforms and services support globally recognised organisations across sectors including: Civil Defence Healthcare Sustainable Environment Land and Asset Management Digital Democracy Our work focuses on solving complex, real-world challenges where technology, data and human insight combine to deliver lasting impact. About the Role People are at the heart of everything we do. As our People Development & Experience Lead, you'll be the subject matter lead for colleague development, employee experience and engagement, working closely with the Head of People Services to shape and continuously improve how we support our people. You'll partner with leaders and managers across the organisation to identify capability needs, enhance colleague experience and embed initiatives that support career development, leadership capability and organisational effectiveness. While this role contributes to the development of our people strategy, its primary focus is turning that strategy into practical, high impact initiatives that make a measurable difference across the colleague lifecycle. You'll also provide day to day guidance and support to our Learning & Development Advisor, helping ensure learning activity is coordinated effectively and aligned to wider organisational priorities. Success in this role means creating engaging development opportunities, enabling managers to build high performing teams, enhancing the colleague experience and using insight to continually improve how we develop and support our people. Key Responsibilities You'll: Lead the continuous improvement of colleague development, employee experience and engagement initiatives. Shape and oversee leadership and management development programmes, working alongside the Learning & Development Advisor to ensure effective delivery. Lead the ongoing development of InformedACADEMY and our wider development framework. Enhance onboarding, career development and progression pathways to support long term colleague growth. Partner with leaders and managers to identify capability needs and embed effective development initiatives. Lead employee engagement, feedback and recognition initiatives that strengthen culture and colleague experience. Identify opportunities to improve organisational capability, employee experience and overall effectiveness. Evaluate the impact of development and engagement initiatives, using insight to inform future priorities. HR Advisory & Stakeholder Support Provide trusted HR advice across performance, development, wellbeing and employee experience matters. Coach and support managers to develop confident, engaged and high performing teams. Build strong relationships across the organisation, providing practical guidance and constructive challenge where appropriate. Support the consistent application of people policies, processes and best practice. Continuous Improvement & Insight Use employee feedback, engagement surveys and people data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement. Translate insight into practical recommendations that improve colleague experience and organisational effectiveness. Measure the effectiveness of development and engagement initiatives and recommend enhancements. Contribute to wider People Services projects and organisational development initiatives. Leadership & Collaboration Act as the lead specialist for People Development & Experience within the People Services team. Provide day to day guidance, coaching and support to the Learning & Development Advisor. Work collaboratively across People Services to deliver a joined up colleague experience. Balance strategic thinking with a practical, delivery focused approach to implementing improvements. What We're Looking For You'll ideally have experience in a People Development, Employee Experience, Learning & Development or HR role within a professional services, technology or other knowledge led environment. You'll bring: Experience leading or delivering employee development, engagement or organisational improvement initiatives. Strong HR advisory experience and confidence supporting managers on a range of people matters. A good understanding of learning, leadership development and employee experience principles. Experience working with stakeholders to identify capability needs and implement practical solutions. Excellent relationship building and influencing skills. The ability to coach, support and constructively challenge managers. Experience using people data and employee feedback to inform decision making. Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities. A collaborative approach and a passion for creating positive colleague experiences. A CIPD Level 5 qualification (or equivalent) would be an advantage, although we'll happily support the right person in achieving this. Personal Qualities We're looking for someone who: Takes initiative and proactively drives improvement. Builds credibility and trusted working relationships across the organisation. Is passionate about helping people grow, develop and succeed. Enjoys improving colleague experience, development and organisational effectiveness. Demonstrates sound judgement, emotional intelligence and professionalism. Balances strategic thinking with a pragmatic, delivery focused approach. Brings curiosity, initiative and a continuous improvement mindset. Thrives in evolving environments where priorities continue to develop. Key Competencies for Success In this role you will demonstrate: Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills. Sound professional judgement and thoughtful decision making. Resilience and adaptability in changing environments. Strong organisational skills and attention to detail. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. The ability to build trust and credibility across all levels of the organisation. A commitment to continuous improvement and delivering positive outcomes. We believe that our people should be properly rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of our business through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits. These can include: InformedACADEMY - excellent career development opportunities through our award winning personal and professional development programmes. Professional accountancy study support available. Industry leading health and wellbeing plan. Hybrid working Private Health Care Cover Generous life assurance cover Gym Membership Monthly office lunch Onsite massage sessions 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays Sabbatical Leave Scheme Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay Company Pension Contribution Profit Share Scheme Payment of professional subscriptions Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals Qualifying period applies Culture Our culture is built around innovation, excellence and integrity. We are a collaborative community of technologists, consultants and problem solvers who enjoy working together to tackle complex challenges. We believe the best ideas emerge from diverse perspectives and inclusive environments, and we actively foster a culture where everyone feels supported to contribute, grow and succeed. We invest deeply in our people because we know our success depends on curious minds . click apply for full job details
The Opportunity Join Informed Solutions and help shape how our people learn, grow and thrive. We're looking for an experienced People Development & Experience professional to lead the evolution of colleague development, employee experience and engagement across our growing organisation. Working alongside consultants and business professionals delivering some of the UK's most impactful digital transformation programmes, you'll play a key role in creating an environment where people can build rewarding careers, develop their capability and perform at their best. As part of our People Services team, you'll work closely with leaders across the business to shape and deliver initiatives that strengthen leadership capability, colleague development, engagement and organisational effectiveness. Working alongside our Learning & Development Advisor, you'll provide the direction and oversight for our development approach, ensuring our learning initiatives are aligned to business priorities and deliver meaningful outcomes, while the Advisor coordinates the day-to-day delivery and administration of learning activities. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys influencing others, improving how organisations develop their people and creating positive employee experiences, while remaining close enough to delivery to see ideas become reality. About Us Founded in 1992, Informed Solutions is an internationally recognised digital transformation consultancy. We design and deliver innovative digital, data and technology solutions that enable organisations to modernise services, unlock insight from data and deliver better outcomes for citizens and customers. Our multi-Queen's Award-winning platforms and services support globally recognised organisations across sectors including: Civil Defence Healthcare Sustainable Environment Land and Asset Management Digital Democracy Our work focuses on solving complex, real-world challenges where technology, data and human insight combine to deliver lasting impact. About the Role People are at the heart of everything we do. As our People Development & Experience Lead, you'll be the subject matter lead for colleague development, employee experience and engagement, working closely with the Head of People Services to shape and continuously improve how we support our people. You'll partner with leaders and managers across the organisation to identify capability needs, enhance colleague experience and embed initiatives that support career development, leadership capability and organisational effectiveness. While this role contributes to the development of our people strategy, its primary focus is turning that strategy into practical, high impact initiatives that make a measurable difference across the colleague lifecycle. You'll also provide day to day guidance and support to our Learning & Development Advisor, helping ensure learning activity is coordinated effectively and aligned to wider organisational priorities. Success in this role means creating engaging development opportunities, enabling managers to build high performing teams, enhancing the colleague experience and using insight to continually improve how we develop and support our people. Key Responsibilities You'll: Lead the continuous improvement of colleague development, employee experience and engagement initiatives. Shape and oversee leadership and management development programmes, working alongside the Learning & Development Advisor to ensure effective delivery. Lead the ongoing development of InformedACADEMY and our wider development framework. Enhance onboarding, career development and progression pathways to support long term colleague growth. Partner with leaders and managers to identify capability needs and embed effective development initiatives. Lead employee engagement, feedback and recognition initiatives that strengthen culture and colleague experience. Identify opportunities to improve organisational capability, employee experience and overall effectiveness. Evaluate the impact of development and engagement initiatives, using insight to inform future priorities. HR Advisory & Stakeholder Support Provide trusted HR advice across performance, development, wellbeing and employee experience matters. Coach and support managers to develop confident, engaged and high performing teams. Build strong relationships across the organisation, providing practical guidance and constructive challenge where appropriate. Support the consistent application of people policies, processes and best practice. Continuous Improvement & Insight Use employee feedback, engagement surveys and people data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement. Translate insight into practical recommendations that improve colleague experience and organisational effectiveness. Measure the effectiveness of development and engagement initiatives and recommend enhancements. Contribute to wider People Services projects and organisational development initiatives. Leadership & Collaboration Act as the lead specialist for People Development & Experience within the People Services team. Provide day to day guidance, coaching and support to the Learning & Development Advisor. Work collaboratively across People Services to deliver a joined up colleague experience. Balance strategic thinking with a practical, delivery focused approach to implementing improvements. What We're Looking For You'll ideally have experience in a People Development, Employee Experience, Learning & Development or HR role within a professional services, technology or other knowledge led environment. You'll bring: Experience leading or delivering employee development, engagement or organisational improvement initiatives. Strong HR advisory experience and confidence supporting managers on a range of people matters. A good understanding of learning, leadership development and employee experience principles. Experience working with stakeholders to identify capability needs and implement practical solutions. Excellent relationship building and influencing skills. The ability to coach, support and constructively challenge managers. Experience using people data and employee feedback to inform decision making. Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities. A collaborative approach and a passion for creating positive colleague experiences. A CIPD Level 5 qualification (or equivalent) would be an advantage, although we'll happily support the right person in achieving this. Personal Qualities We're looking for someone who: Takes initiative and proactively drives improvement. Builds credibility and trusted working relationships across the organisation. Is passionate about helping people grow, develop and succeed. Enjoys improving colleague experience, development and organisational effectiveness. Demonstrates sound judgement, emotional intelligence and professionalism. Balances strategic thinking with a pragmatic, delivery focused approach. Brings curiosity, initiative and a continuous improvement mindset. Thrives in evolving environments where priorities continue to develop. Key Competencies for Success In this role you will demonstrate: Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills. Sound professional judgement and thoughtful decision making. Resilience and adaptability in changing environments. Strong organisational skills and attention to detail. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. The ability to build trust and credibility across all levels of the organisation. A commitment to continuous improvement and delivering positive outcomes. We believe that our people should be properly rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of our business through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits. These can include: InformedACADEMY - excellent career development opportunities through our award winning personal and professional development programmes. Professional accountancy study support available. Industry leading health and wellbeing plan. Hybrid working Private Health Care Cover Generous life assurance cover Gym Membership Monthly office lunch Onsite massage sessions 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays Sabbatical Leave Scheme Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay Company Pension Contribution Profit Share Scheme Payment of professional subscriptions Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals Qualifying period applies Culture Our culture is built around innovation, excellence and integrity. We are a collaborative community of technologists, consultants and problem solvers who enjoy working together to tackle complex challenges. We believe the best ideas emerge from diverse perspectives and inclusive environments, and we actively foster a culture where everyone feels supported to contribute, grow and succeed. We invest deeply in our people because we know our success depends on curious minds . click apply for full job details
Informed Solutions Ltd
Altrincham, Cheshire
The Role As a Junior Software Engineer at Informed Solutions, you'll play a key role in designing, building, and delivering digital services that tackle real-world engagements in the public sector. Your work will help improve outcomes for citizens and communities, contributing to a healthier, safer, and more sustainable UK. You'll be part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary team, working alongside engineers, user centred designers, data specialists, and delivery managers. You'll take responsibility for delivering components or small services across the full lifecycle, learning from senior colleagues, contributing your ideas, and developing your technical and delivery skills. Our consultancy is technology agnostic, allowing you to explore and work with tools such as .NET, Java, Python, Node.js, AWS, and Azure. You'll have opportunities to expand your expertise, gain hands on experience with cloud and modern software engineering practices, and build a strong foundation for a career in digital transformation. This role requires curiosity, adaptability, and a proactive approach to delivery. As a Junior Software Engineer, you will: Deliver software components: Take responsibility for building and supporting small to medium components or services across the full software lifecycle, from design and development through to deployment, operation, and improvement. Collaborate on architecture and design: Work with Lead and Senior Engineers to understand and implement architectural patterns, design decisions, and coding standards, producing clear and maintainable documentation. Support delivery planning: Work with your team and Delivery Managers to plan work, estimate effort, and identify technical risks and dependencies, escalating issues when needed. Contribute to quality and best practice: Write clean, tested, and reliable code, follow agile practices including TDD, CI/CD, and code reviews, and help ensure solutions meet functional and non functional requirements. Build stakeholder confidence: Communicate clearly with your team and, when appropriate, with clients and partner organisations, ensuring transparency in your work and progress. Learn and develop: Take opportunities to grow your technical skills, learn from peers and senior colleagues, and apply new knowledge to improve delivery and team effectiveness. Essential Skills Experience working as a software engineer in full stack development, with proficiency in at least one backend language (.NET, Java, Python) and modern JavaScript frameworks/libraries. Ability to develop and deliver software components or small services from design through to deployment. Understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and modern cloud native approaches (microservices, serverless). Practical experience working in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban) and following practices such as TDD, CI/CD, and iterative delivery. Experience collaborating in multidisciplinary teams, supporting senior engineers and contributing effectively to team goals. An understanding of cloud platforms (AWS or Azure) and related tooling for deployment and monitoring. Good communication and collaboration skills, with a willingness to learn from feedback and adapt. Desirable Skills Exposure to consultancy or client facing environments. Experience contributing to public sector digital services or complex organisational contexts. Familiarity with agile delivery tools such as Jira, Confluence, Miro, or Azure DevOps. Enthusiasm for continuous learning, professional development, and contributing to team practices and knowledge sharing. Key Abilities Able to work effectively in environments where you can adapt to innovative practices involving uncertainty, change, and agile working. Ability to manage competing priorities and your time so you can deliver high quality work within deadlines. Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to respect and accept different perspectives and disagreement, work collaboratively in diverse teams, and maintain positive working relationships. Good judgement and decision making in complex environments where uncertainty, ambiguity, and risk must be collaboratively managed by working supportively alongside others. Good communication skills, including clear, constructive written outputs and measured, respectful verbal delivery. Benefits InformedACADEMY - We offer excellent career development opportunities through our award winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications. Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual's need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support and physical health support. Hybrid working Private Health Care Cover Generous life assurance cover Gym Membership Monthly office lunch Onsite massage sessions 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays Sabbatical Leave Scheme Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay Company Pension Contribution Profit Share Scheme Payment of professional subscriptions Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals Qualifying period applies
The Role As a Junior Software Engineer at Informed Solutions, you'll play a key role in designing, building, and delivering digital services that tackle real-world engagements in the public sector. Your work will help improve outcomes for citizens and communities, contributing to a healthier, safer, and more sustainable UK. You'll be part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary team, working alongside engineers, user centred designers, data specialists, and delivery managers. You'll take responsibility for delivering components or small services across the full lifecycle, learning from senior colleagues, contributing your ideas, and developing your technical and delivery skills. Our consultancy is technology agnostic, allowing you to explore and work with tools such as .NET, Java, Python, Node.js, AWS, and Azure. You'll have opportunities to expand your expertise, gain hands on experience with cloud and modern software engineering practices, and build a strong foundation for a career in digital transformation. This role requires curiosity, adaptability, and a proactive approach to delivery. As a Junior Software Engineer, you will: Deliver software components: Take responsibility for building and supporting small to medium components or services across the full software lifecycle, from design and development through to deployment, operation, and improvement. Collaborate on architecture and design: Work with Lead and Senior Engineers to understand and implement architectural patterns, design decisions, and coding standards, producing clear and maintainable documentation. Support delivery planning: Work with your team and Delivery Managers to plan work, estimate effort, and identify technical risks and dependencies, escalating issues when needed. Contribute to quality and best practice: Write clean, tested, and reliable code, follow agile practices including TDD, CI/CD, and code reviews, and help ensure solutions meet functional and non functional requirements. Build stakeholder confidence: Communicate clearly with your team and, when appropriate, with clients and partner organisations, ensuring transparency in your work and progress. Learn and develop: Take opportunities to grow your technical skills, learn from peers and senior colleagues, and apply new knowledge to improve delivery and team effectiveness. Essential Skills Experience working as a software engineer in full stack development, with proficiency in at least one backend language (.NET, Java, Python) and modern JavaScript frameworks/libraries. Ability to develop and deliver software components or small services from design through to deployment. Understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and modern cloud native approaches (microservices, serverless). Practical experience working in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban) and following practices such as TDD, CI/CD, and iterative delivery. Experience collaborating in multidisciplinary teams, supporting senior engineers and contributing effectively to team goals. An understanding of cloud platforms (AWS or Azure) and related tooling for deployment and monitoring. Good communication and collaboration skills, with a willingness to learn from feedback and adapt. Desirable Skills Exposure to consultancy or client facing environments. Experience contributing to public sector digital services or complex organisational contexts. Familiarity with agile delivery tools such as Jira, Confluence, Miro, or Azure DevOps. Enthusiasm for continuous learning, professional development, and contributing to team practices and knowledge sharing. Key Abilities Able to work effectively in environments where you can adapt to innovative practices involving uncertainty, change, and agile working. Ability to manage competing priorities and your time so you can deliver high quality work within deadlines. Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to respect and accept different perspectives and disagreement, work collaboratively in diverse teams, and maintain positive working relationships. Good judgement and decision making in complex environments where uncertainty, ambiguity, and risk must be collaboratively managed by working supportively alongside others. Good communication skills, including clear, constructive written outputs and measured, respectful verbal delivery. Benefits InformedACADEMY - We offer excellent career development opportunities through our award winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications. Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual's need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support and physical health support. Hybrid working Private Health Care Cover Generous life assurance cover Gym Membership Monthly office lunch Onsite massage sessions 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays Sabbatical Leave Scheme Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay Company Pension Contribution Profit Share Scheme Payment of professional subscriptions Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals Qualifying period applies
Informed Solutions Ltd
Altrincham, Cheshire
The Opportunity We're seeking a passionate Data Scientist to own the end-to-end implementation and design of data science applications for various clients. You will join a growing practice and champion and actively contribute to the growth of the discipline, enabling the ongoing growth of the data science capability. You'll join a talented team of dynamic and driven professional problem solvers; creative thinkers and solutions builders who thrive on helping clients meet the most exciting digital transformation challenges. Make a difference and advance your career by helping deliver some of the UK's most important projects, making the world a smarter, safer, greener, and healthier place. At a certified Great Place to Work you'll experience a dynamic and nurturing environment that rewards initiative and flexibility and enjoy a career path tailored to your own aspirations. Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities Senior Data Scientists enable the design, development, integration and testing of complex, high quality data science solutions and services to meet user needs, continually improving the application of best practice patterns, methods and tools. This includes: Build effective working relationships with client counterparts in your practitioner domain, and those of a partner/3rd party organisation. Own the end-to-end implementation and design of data science models/components, seeking guidance and input from Lead and Principal Data Scientists where necessary. Help structure and provide technical assurance for the work of less experienced practitioners, enabling them to maximise quality and velocity. Monitor the application of the methods and requirements, pro-actively managing technical risks and issues. Collaborating with practitioners from other disciplines (e.g. UCD, Engineering) to ensure the solution meets user and business needs. Take technical responsibility for the delivery of high-quality data science services on smaller engagements, across all stages (design, build, test, deploy, operate and continually improve), in line with best practice. Work with Delivery Managers to inform estimates for research and development activities, enabling them to plan technical activities, including how teams and work should be structured. Proactively identify and help mitigate technical risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies. Maintain relevant, up-to-date practitioner skills through training and accreditation, including a domain-relevant accreditation/certification at professional level. Being an active member of the Data Science discipline, identifying area for growth across the business, and providing coaching for less experienced practitioners. Requirements Background in Agile delivery environments, delivering software solutions in controlled increments (e.g., following Scrum, Agile Delivery phases, etc.). Experience working with cloud-based solutions and technologies (Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure). Hands on knowledge of designing and implementing solutions capable of handling sensitive data (e.g., Personally Identifiable Information). Strong knowledge of a programming languages for data science (Python, R, etc.) including best practices using this language to write robust software. An understanding of data governance and best practices to ensure data protection. Experience planning technical activities and structuring work for a team. Being able to provide commercially robust estimates of development activities. Experience providing practitioner guidance to junior colleagues and peers. Understanding of how to operationalise and deploy a Data Science solution in a live environment. A bachelor's degree in a STEM field. Desirable skills and experience Experience working in a professional services/consultancy environment preferred. Experience solving natural language processing problems. Experience creating generative AI applications, such as chatbots or RAG retrieval systems. Stay up to date with cutting edge of AI, reading research papers, attending conferences, etc. Ability to work effectively across multiple teams and projects. Ability to explain and simplify complex information to stakeholders, gathering and translating business requirements, anticipating any obstacles to information flow. Understanding of different databases (Relational and NoSQL) and optimising queries for effective data manipulation. A master's degree or PhD in a STEM field. Personal Qualities You are hands on, working within a team to solve complex software and feature problems. Inquisitive, using critical thinking to ask lots of questions, overcome biases, break assumptions and consider different perspectives. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy. Able to plan and organise your own work, effectively negotiating priorities crossing multiple teams across the business. Able to collaborate with other areas of the business to solve problems. Able to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies. Benefits Our benefits package compliments our highly competitive salaries and our great working environment. We believe that our people should be properly rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of our business through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits. These can include: InformedACADEMY - We offer excellent career development opportunities through our award winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications. Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual's need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support and physical health support. Hybrid working Private Health Care Cover Generous life assurance cover Gym Membership Monthly office lunch Onsite massage sessions 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays Sabbatical Leave Scheme Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay Company Pension Contribution Profit Share Scheme Payment of professional subscriptions Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals Salary Sacrifice scheme Qualifying period applies
The Opportunity We're seeking a passionate Data Scientist to own the end-to-end implementation and design of data science applications for various clients. You will join a growing practice and champion and actively contribute to the growth of the discipline, enabling the ongoing growth of the data science capability. You'll join a talented team of dynamic and driven professional problem solvers; creative thinkers and solutions builders who thrive on helping clients meet the most exciting digital transformation challenges. Make a difference and advance your career by helping deliver some of the UK's most important projects, making the world a smarter, safer, greener, and healthier place. At a certified Great Place to Work you'll experience a dynamic and nurturing environment that rewards initiative and flexibility and enjoy a career path tailored to your own aspirations. Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities Senior Data Scientists enable the design, development, integration and testing of complex, high quality data science solutions and services to meet user needs, continually improving the application of best practice patterns, methods and tools. This includes: Build effective working relationships with client counterparts in your practitioner domain, and those of a partner/3rd party organisation. Own the end-to-end implementation and design of data science models/components, seeking guidance and input from Lead and Principal Data Scientists where necessary. Help structure and provide technical assurance for the work of less experienced practitioners, enabling them to maximise quality and velocity. Monitor the application of the methods and requirements, pro-actively managing technical risks and issues. Collaborating with practitioners from other disciplines (e.g. UCD, Engineering) to ensure the solution meets user and business needs. Take technical responsibility for the delivery of high-quality data science services on smaller engagements, across all stages (design, build, test, deploy, operate and continually improve), in line with best practice. Work with Delivery Managers to inform estimates for research and development activities, enabling them to plan technical activities, including how teams and work should be structured. Proactively identify and help mitigate technical risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies. Maintain relevant, up-to-date practitioner skills through training and accreditation, including a domain-relevant accreditation/certification at professional level. Being an active member of the Data Science discipline, identifying area for growth across the business, and providing coaching for less experienced practitioners. Requirements Background in Agile delivery environments, delivering software solutions in controlled increments (e.g., following Scrum, Agile Delivery phases, etc.). Experience working with cloud-based solutions and technologies (Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure). Hands on knowledge of designing and implementing solutions capable of handling sensitive data (e.g., Personally Identifiable Information). Strong knowledge of a programming languages for data science (Python, R, etc.) including best practices using this language to write robust software. An understanding of data governance and best practices to ensure data protection. Experience planning technical activities and structuring work for a team. Being able to provide commercially robust estimates of development activities. Experience providing practitioner guidance to junior colleagues and peers. Understanding of how to operationalise and deploy a Data Science solution in a live environment. A bachelor's degree in a STEM field. Desirable skills and experience Experience working in a professional services/consultancy environment preferred. Experience solving natural language processing problems. Experience creating generative AI applications, such as chatbots or RAG retrieval systems. Stay up to date with cutting edge of AI, reading research papers, attending conferences, etc. Ability to work effectively across multiple teams and projects. Ability to explain and simplify complex information to stakeholders, gathering and translating business requirements, anticipating any obstacles to information flow. Understanding of different databases (Relational and NoSQL) and optimising queries for effective data manipulation. A master's degree or PhD in a STEM field. Personal Qualities You are hands on, working within a team to solve complex software and feature problems. Inquisitive, using critical thinking to ask lots of questions, overcome biases, break assumptions and consider different perspectives. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy. Able to plan and organise your own work, effectively negotiating priorities crossing multiple teams across the business. Able to collaborate with other areas of the business to solve problems. Able to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies. Benefits Our benefits package compliments our highly competitive salaries and our great working environment. We believe that our people should be properly rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of our business through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits. These can include: InformedACADEMY - We offer excellent career development opportunities through our award winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications. Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual's need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support and physical health support. Hybrid working Private Health Care Cover Generous life assurance cover Gym Membership Monthly office lunch Onsite massage sessions 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays Sabbatical Leave Scheme Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay Company Pension Contribution Profit Share Scheme Payment of professional subscriptions Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals Salary Sacrifice scheme Qualifying period applies
Informed Solutions Ltd
Altrincham, Cheshire
About us At Informed Solutions, we design, build and continually improve digital products and services to make public and private sector organisations work better for the people they serve. Our teams bring together user centred design, software engineering, data, AI, and delivery expertise to create services that are effective, inclusive, and innovative. We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to be embedded within our product team and help drive the success of our digital product portfolio, including our two flagship InformedDECISION and InformedINSIGHT products, alongside our growing suite of complementary products. As a multi Queen's Award for Innovation winning organisation, innovation lies at the heart of everything we do: we are passionate about delivering products that enable our customers to realise the benefits of the latest technologies and innovations, including AI, advanced analytics, and geospatial technologies. The Senior Product Manager will own product strategy, proposition, priorities, and lifecycle decisions, while partnering closely with Business Development and other client facing teams on go-to market planning, market engagement, and commercial execution. The Role As a Senior Product Manager, you will: Shape the direction and lifecycle for one or more products, balancing market opportunity, client needs, commercial value and delivery feasibility. Translate insights from customers, users, market analysis and product performance into clear product visions, value propositions, roadmaps, backlogs and release plans. Shape investment and prioritisation decisions using data, market insights and sound judgement, ensuring effort is focused on the highest value opportunities. Contribute to strong product management practice across the product function, coaching others and contributing to standards, ways of working and community growth. Partner closely with Business Development and other client facing teams to support product positioning, go-to market planning, and launch readiness. What You'll Do Strategic & Product Leadership Identify, validate, and prioritise market, client, and user needs through research, engagement, and analysis, translating insight into clear product decisions. Lead product positioning and proposition development for assigned products, and work with senior leadership and commercial colleagues to shape pricing, packaging, and market approach, ensuring these reflect product strategy, customer need, and market opportunity. Develop and maintain compelling product visions and value propositions that clearly articulate the problems we solve, for whom, and the value our products deliver. Shape and manage product roadmaps that focus investment on the highest value capabilities, including those that drive adoption, retention, revenue growth, and competitive differentiation. Maintain and prioritise product backlogs with clear requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria, ensuring teams are working on the most important problems. Identify and validate market opportunities for new products, features, and propositions, using customer insight, competitor analysis, and commercial evidence to inform product direction. Product Development, Delivery & Performance Lead product input to go to market planning for new products, major capabilities, and releases, working with Business Development and client facing teams to ensure launch readiness across proposition, messaging, internal enablement, and customer adoption. Translate strategy into actionable plans, helping teams understand priorities, trade offs, dependencies, and intended outcomes. Assess emerging technologies and industry developments with relevant colleagues, and incorporate them into product roadmaps where they create clear customer, market, or commercial value. Lead product discovery and validation activity, using research, experimentation and feedback to test assumptions, reduce risk, and identify the highest value opportunities. Work closely with engineering and delivery colleagues to ensure product development is realistic, transparent, and outcome focused. Evaluate the market, customer, and commercial impact of product releases and changes, using evidence to refine priorities, improve outcomes, and inform future investment decisions. Define, monitor, and act on product KPIs, using qualitative and quantitative evidence to evaluate success, inform prioritisation, and improve decision making. Support the ongoing operation and improvement of products, ensuring feedback, service data, and performance metrics are used to continuously improve user and business outcomes. Contribute to product growth and financial performance by working with leadership, finance, and commercial colleagues to understand revenue, cost, profitability, and the impact of pricing, packaging, and investment decisions. Stakeholder, Market & Commercial Engagement Communicate product strategy, priorities, and progress clearly to a range of audiences, including senior leadership, delivery teams, and commercial stakeholders. Build strong relationships with customers, users, internal stakeholders, and partner organisations to ensure product direction is informed, credible, and collaborative. Maintain an evidence based understanding of market trends, competitor products, and emerging opportunities or threats. Facilitate effective decision making by bringing together insight, evidence, and pragmatism to navigate ambiguity and competing priorities. Work with Business Development and senior stakeholders to shape and deliver go to market plans for new products, capabilities, and releases, ensuring launch activity reflects product strategy, market demand, and commercial opportunity. Work with commercial and client facing colleagues to develop clear product positioning, messaging, and value narratives that communicate differentiation, support customer engagement, and strengthen commercial growth. Practice, Quality & Capability Contribute to the ongoing development of product management methods, governance, standards, and ways of working, using practical experience and industry awareness to support consistent, high quality product outcomes. Support best practice product thinking, user centred design, experimentation, prioritisation, and evidence led decision making. Support the growth of Informed's product management discipline through coaching, knowledge sharing, and community activity. What We're Looking For Essential Skills & Experience Proven experience as a Senior Product Manager working with innovative digital or SaaS style products, with responsibility for product strategy, roadmap, prioritisation, delivery, and bringing products or major capabilities successfully to market. Experience working in cross functional teams with engineering, design, and data specialists to deliver and improve digital products. Experience using market and customer insights and product performance data to shape priorities and make informed product decisions. Ability to define clear product visions, value propositions, roadmaps, and backlogs for innovative, new to market products. Experience shaping product positioning, value propositions, and go to market activity for digital products. Experience working closely with commercial, sales, business development, or client facing teams to support launches, market adoption, and product growth. Desirable Skills & Experience Experience in regulated, secure, or data intensive environments. A relevant domain, industry or product management accreditation or certification. Understanding of product financial management, including costs, margins, profitability, and investment trade offs. Understanding of assurance, governance, accessibility, security or compliance expectations relevant to public sector or regulated digital products. Experience launching new digital products or major product capabilities into market. Experience scaling product adoption in B2B, enterprise, or public sector environments. Why You'll Love Working Here Work on innovative tech for good digital products that create real value for organisations and the people they serve. Help shape and grow a product function that is central to our businesses' long term strategy and growth. Collaborate with passionate, talented multidisciplinary teams in an environment that values curiosity, innovation, and continuous improvement. Influence not just what we build, but how we think about product, market opportunity, and sustainable growth. Access opportunities for professional development, progression, and deeper involvement in shaping our product capability. Senior colleagues, experts, and leaders at Informed Solutions are committed to supporting, coaching, upskilling, and enabling the success and career progression of each other. There are some foundation areas, however, which you need to possess to be able to successfully contribute to your team and work alongside others. Key abilities that are necessary for success Able to work effectively in environments where you can adapt to innovative practices involving uncertainty, change, and agile working. Ability to manage competing priorities and your time so you can deliver high quality work within deadlines. 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About us At Informed Solutions, we design, build and continually improve digital products and services to make public and private sector organisations work better for the people they serve. Our teams bring together user centred design, software engineering, data, AI, and delivery expertise to create services that are effective, inclusive, and innovative. We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to be embedded within our product team and help drive the success of our digital product portfolio, including our two flagship InformedDECISION and InformedINSIGHT products, alongside our growing suite of complementary products. As a multi Queen's Award for Innovation winning organisation, innovation lies at the heart of everything we do: we are passionate about delivering products that enable our customers to realise the benefits of the latest technologies and innovations, including AI, advanced analytics, and geospatial technologies. The Senior Product Manager will own product strategy, proposition, priorities, and lifecycle decisions, while partnering closely with Business Development and other client facing teams on go-to market planning, market engagement, and commercial execution. The Role As a Senior Product Manager, you will: Shape the direction and lifecycle for one or more products, balancing market opportunity, client needs, commercial value and delivery feasibility. Translate insights from customers, users, market analysis and product performance into clear product visions, value propositions, roadmaps, backlogs and release plans. Shape investment and prioritisation decisions using data, market insights and sound judgement, ensuring effort is focused on the highest value opportunities. Contribute to strong product management practice across the product function, coaching others and contributing to standards, ways of working and community growth. Partner closely with Business Development and other client facing teams to support product positioning, go-to market planning, and launch readiness. What You'll Do Strategic & Product Leadership Identify, validate, and prioritise market, client, and user needs through research, engagement, and analysis, translating insight into clear product decisions. Lead product positioning and proposition development for assigned products, and work with senior leadership and commercial colleagues to shape pricing, packaging, and market approach, ensuring these reflect product strategy, customer need, and market opportunity. Develop and maintain compelling product visions and value propositions that clearly articulate the problems we solve, for whom, and the value our products deliver. Shape and manage product roadmaps that focus investment on the highest value capabilities, including those that drive adoption, retention, revenue growth, and competitive differentiation. Maintain and prioritise product backlogs with clear requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria, ensuring teams are working on the most important problems. Identify and validate market opportunities for new products, features, and propositions, using customer insight, competitor analysis, and commercial evidence to inform product direction. Product Development, Delivery & Performance Lead product input to go to market planning for new products, major capabilities, and releases, working with Business Development and client facing teams to ensure launch readiness across proposition, messaging, internal enablement, and customer adoption. Translate strategy into actionable plans, helping teams understand priorities, trade offs, dependencies, and intended outcomes. Assess emerging technologies and industry developments with relevant colleagues, and incorporate them into product roadmaps where they create clear customer, market, or commercial value. Lead product discovery and validation activity, using research, experimentation and feedback to test assumptions, reduce risk, and identify the highest value opportunities. Work closely with engineering and delivery colleagues to ensure product development is realistic, transparent, and outcome focused. Evaluate the market, customer, and commercial impact of product releases and changes, using evidence to refine priorities, improve outcomes, and inform future investment decisions. Define, monitor, and act on product KPIs, using qualitative and quantitative evidence to evaluate success, inform prioritisation, and improve decision making. Support the ongoing operation and improvement of products, ensuring feedback, service data, and performance metrics are used to continuously improve user and business outcomes. Contribute to product growth and financial performance by working with leadership, finance, and commercial colleagues to understand revenue, cost, profitability, and the impact of pricing, packaging, and investment decisions. Stakeholder, Market & Commercial Engagement Communicate product strategy, priorities, and progress clearly to a range of audiences, including senior leadership, delivery teams, and commercial stakeholders. Build strong relationships with customers, users, internal stakeholders, and partner organisations to ensure product direction is informed, credible, and collaborative. Maintain an evidence based understanding of market trends, competitor products, and emerging opportunities or threats. Facilitate effective decision making by bringing together insight, evidence, and pragmatism to navigate ambiguity and competing priorities. Work with Business Development and senior stakeholders to shape and deliver go to market plans for new products, capabilities, and releases, ensuring launch activity reflects product strategy, market demand, and commercial opportunity. Work with commercial and client facing colleagues to develop clear product positioning, messaging, and value narratives that communicate differentiation, support customer engagement, and strengthen commercial growth. Practice, Quality & Capability Contribute to the ongoing development of product management methods, governance, standards, and ways of working, using practical experience and industry awareness to support consistent, high quality product outcomes. Support best practice product thinking, user centred design, experimentation, prioritisation, and evidence led decision making. Support the growth of Informed's product management discipline through coaching, knowledge sharing, and community activity. What We're Looking For Essential Skills & Experience Proven experience as a Senior Product Manager working with innovative digital or SaaS style products, with responsibility for product strategy, roadmap, prioritisation, delivery, and bringing products or major capabilities successfully to market. Experience working in cross functional teams with engineering, design, and data specialists to deliver and improve digital products. Experience using market and customer insights and product performance data to shape priorities and make informed product decisions. Ability to define clear product visions, value propositions, roadmaps, and backlogs for innovative, new to market products. Experience shaping product positioning, value propositions, and go to market activity for digital products. Experience working closely with commercial, sales, business development, or client facing teams to support launches, market adoption, and product growth. Desirable Skills & Experience Experience in regulated, secure, or data intensive environments. A relevant domain, industry or product management accreditation or certification. Understanding of product financial management, including costs, margins, profitability, and investment trade offs. Understanding of assurance, governance, accessibility, security or compliance expectations relevant to public sector or regulated digital products. Experience launching new digital products or major product capabilities into market. Experience scaling product adoption in B2B, enterprise, or public sector environments. Why You'll Love Working Here Work on innovative tech for good digital products that create real value for organisations and the people they serve. Help shape and grow a product function that is central to our businesses' long term strategy and growth. Collaborate with passionate, talented multidisciplinary teams in an environment that values curiosity, innovation, and continuous improvement. Influence not just what we build, but how we think about product, market opportunity, and sustainable growth. Access opportunities for professional development, progression, and deeper involvement in shaping our product capability. Senior colleagues, experts, and leaders at Informed Solutions are committed to supporting, coaching, upskilling, and enabling the success and career progression of each other. There are some foundation areas, however, which you need to possess to be able to successfully contribute to your team and work alongside others. Key abilities that are necessary for success Able to work effectively in environments where you can adapt to innovative practices involving uncertainty, change, and agile working. Ability to manage competing priorities and your time so you can deliver high quality work within deadlines. Good interpersonal skills . click apply for full job details