PR-0109 Product Manager (Hosting) in the BIS Digital Group

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Who Speclialist Work With BIS Digital Group CTO, developers, DevOps contractors in digital delivery teams, delivery manager, architects What Specialists Work On The Technical Product Manager will lead the work supported by a technical working group and a Delivery Manager. Initial focus will be to run a discovery to understand: - user needs, technology options, hosting options, what’s already in use across the group, how we can make this cost effective, how we can operationalise the platform to ensure it’s scalable and easy to adopt Where the Work Takes Place Department for Business Innovation and Skills 1 Victoria Street London SW1E 5ND Early Market Engagement Working Arrangements You’ll be in our office in the Department for Business Innovation and Skills which is based in London. Some travel will be required to Coventry and Swindon in the short term. Hours and working pattern as needed to deliver a professional service in an efficient way, with the assumption of 5 days on-site. Work Location Department for Business Innovation and Skills 1 Victoria Street London SW1E 5ND Security Clearance Minimum Baseline Personnel Security Standard Additional T&Cs Skills & Experience Experience in design and implementation of PaaS and SaaS cloud platforms with strong focus on platform design meeting technical community needs (Scores 9%) Experience of implementing and exiting cloud hosting agreements with a rigorous focus on SLAs and PKIs driving continuous improvement (Scores 7%) Strong contract and supplier management skills (Scores 2%) Experience of establishing and managing devops, webops, clusterops teams (Scores 5%) Understanding of a wide range of opensource technologies and how to integrate them into different environments (Scores 6%) Have proven experience balancing changing priorities and dealing with ambiguity (Scores 5%) Experience of using agile or lean delivery methodology with full automation of continuous deployment (Scores 5%) Knowledge of security and data protection regulations (Scores 5%) Experience of building clear, compelling business cases (Scores 5%) Proven experience of driving continuous, provable improvements and efficiencies based on data (Scores 4%) Proven experience of managing budgets, delivering value for money and forecasting need (Scores 4%) Nice to Haves Good stakeholder management skills (Scores 1%) Experience of building clear, compelling business cases (Scores 1%) Have previous experience in a government cloud transformation programme (Scores 1%) No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria Do you work well in a collaborative agile team? (Scores 5%) Demonstrate courage (e.g. can express controversial views, confront reality, make tough decisions, question actions inconsistent with group behaviours, candid about progress/estimates) (Scores 3%) Demonstrate vulnerability (e.g. declare uncertainty, fear, recognise mistakes, apologise, acknowledge weaknesses) (Scores 3%) Demonstrate responsibility (e.g. act like a leader, serve your team, provide solutions to problems, engage in external/internal environments, seek the best for the organisation beyond your team) (Scores 2%) Demonstrate simplicity (e.g. take simple steps to goals, do less but better, mitigate failures, talk straight with respect) (Scores 3%) Demonstrate excellence (e.g. seek actionable feedback, set challenging targets, know users, deliver cost effective high level customer satisfaction) (Scores 2%) Demonstrate enthusiasm (e.g. bring whole self to work, celebrate success, share passion and energy with others, optimistic) (Scores 2%) Assessment Method Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 60% Cultural fit 20% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers Budget range