Digital Product Manager

Digital Product Manager

Closing date: 29 January 2023

Location: Flexible

Salary: £41,150 - £46,147 (Grade 7)

Contract type: Permanent

Work pattern: 37 hours, Monday - Friday

Post number: 203411

Job Description

We’re looking for an experienced product manager to join our growing Digital Services Team.

You’ll join us at an exciting time to lead on developing the future vision for the Natural Resources Wales website, and help support our organisation’s priorities to tackle the climate and nature emergencies.

Over a million people access information and services on the Natural Resources Wales website every year. From making sure businesses comply with environmental regulations and protect the Welsh environment to helping householders understand their flood risk. It’s also an important platform for other public bodies and used by policy makers access to the evidence needed to base their decision. And many more services in-between!

Working in a multidisciplinary team, you will take a user-centred design approach to continuously build, test and support the Natural Resources Wales digital platforms.  Your role will be to identify and frame the problems and set priorities for the improvements of NRW digital products – mainly focused on the website and intranet.

You can find out more about our vision for user-centred services for the people of Wales in our Digital Strategy.

You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of the following: 

1. Technical knowledge and understanding gained from career experience relevant to the role, or degree in relevant area. 
2. Have substantial experience in product management, of complex or multiple digital products, gained from working in a number of different organisations or in different roles or functions within a single organisation.
3. Able to explain complex technical concepts in plain English
4. Experience of working as a product manager in a multi-disciplinary team (user-centred design and technical roles). 
5. Budget and project management skills suitable for managing, or making a significant contribution to, projects involving the use of specialist contractors.
6. Experience of influencing strategies, development plans and work programmes of internal and external stakeholders.

1. Strong interpersonal skills, including experience of establishing and maintaining strong networks across teams.
2. Persuasive and compelling presentation skills with an ability to be passionate advocate of your portfolio.

This role will offer a range of benefits, including:

• Agile and flexible working
• Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 26.6% to 30.3%
• 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
• Generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
• Health and wellbeing benefits and support
• Weekly well-being hour to use as you choose

For more information, please visit our website.