PU-17/0120 - Product Manager

Tender description

Summary of the work ONS Digital is continuing to improve its public facing digital products following the launch of the new website earlier this year. This role will work alongside the existing team to work on an ambitious roadmap to improve data discovery features for our users. Specialist role Product manager Expected Contract Length 6 months Latest start date 12/09/2016 Who Speclialist Work With A multi-disciplinary agile team including UX designer, user researcher, front-end developer, back-end developer, content designer, web ops, tech arch, delivery manager and service manager What Specialists Work On The Product Owner will work with a multidisciplinary product team building products and services to meet users’ needs. They will be a high energy, proactive, adaptive and creative individual with the skills and empathy to get user buy-in for the product definition. Product owners enjoy problem solving and promoting collaboration, and have an understanding and / or experience of business operations and an understanding of working with agile methodologies. A knowledge of geospatial concepts and technologies will be beneficial for this role. Skills & Experience • Expert in agile ways of working as outlined in the Government Service Design Manual and the potential this brings • Expert in prioritising often conflicting requirements and taking an organisational wide approach, with experience of applying business analysis techniques in a digital delivery context • Strong experience and clear demonstration of strong verbal, written and visual communication skills for internal and external audiences • Expert in the techniques used in user research to gather evidence of user need and behaviour • Expert in two or more disciplines; digital and technology, user research, web analytics, user experience design, data publishing, geospatial technologies, business and policy. • Practical experience in leading digital delivery teams. Work Location Newport, South Wales Working Arrangments Work will be on-site in Newport (Mon-Fri) - there is the potential for work from home days by agreement with Service Manager, Security Clearance Disclosure Scotland security vetting. No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria • Work as a team with our organisation and other suppliers • Transparent and collaborative when making decisions • Have a no-blame culture and encourage people to learn from their mistakes Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 60% Cultural fit 20% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers 1. Hi Do you have a budget for this role? Thank you Maximum day rate - £600 2. Could you please tell me what program of work the product manager will be assigned to. The Product Manager will be working on the Data Discovery project that is part of the public facing web estate for ONS. 3. Is there a travel expense allowance or does the day rate need to include travel expenses to/from Newport? There is no travel allowance.