Product Manager

A product manager defines, owns, and solve problems. They manage a product through discovery, alpha, beta, and live states. They support the Senior Product Managers and may line manage Associate Product Managers and support their professional development. They have a deep knowledge of product management techniques and are developing expert skills. We are looking to recruit a product manager to work within the Other Registers domain. The Other Registers domain maintains 9 registers meeting a variety of user needs, including the Chancery and Judicial (CAJR) registers, the Register of Persons with a Controlling Interest in Land (RCI) and the community right to buy registers. The successful candidate will work within a multi-disciplinary team to modernise and iterate on our registers in addition to maintaining our current services., Your main duties will include: • Work with Associate and Senior Product managers with cross-functional teams to deliver outcomes. • Focus on outcomes and maximising value delivered, whilst understanding what customers need; using an evidence-based approach to manage products and competing priorities. •Possess strong stakeholder management skills, ideally developed through working in a multi-stakeholder environment. •Have highly developed analytical skills and arrive to conclusions by making evidence-based decisions that are data focused. •Take a global view of their domain, bearing in mind the wider context of the work and how this impacts the overall user experience of the services their products support. •Possess the ability to triage live issues and balance the need for adjustments against in-flight commitments. • Build relationships with customers and stakeholders and place them at the centre of the decision-making process. • Are aware of prioritising spend based on ROI and strategic intent. • Participate in the product community of practice at RoS •Represent RoS at Scottish, UK and international events, if required, specific to their areas of work. • May have future line management responsibility in relation to Associate Product Managers., •Identify and manage key relationships, especially with business sponsors, customer representatives, technology leadership and end-users •Facilitate communication between technical and non-technical colleagues •Bring people together to define problems; as skilled negotiators break siloed thinking and build shared outcomes Delivering Value for Money/Delivering a Quality Service •Manage risk and value in a balanced way that is informed by the strategic objectives •Take ownership and accountability for the contents of the product backlog working closely with the Senior Product Manager •Work with technical teams to manage Technical Debt, balancing the need for enhancements against the cost of maintaining existing products, • CVs that are not accompanied by a full supporting statement will not be scored. • Statements exceeding 1500 words will not be considered. We would strongly recommend that your answers are written in the STAR format (Situation, Task, Action & Result). • We recommend that you work on your supporting statement using MS Word, and then uploading it; please note the system will “time-out” and sign you off if you are inactive or spend over a certain amount of time in the application without saving your progress. • If we receive a high volume of applications, we may complete an initial sift on the first essential criteria. For further information on the competencies, visit our Competency Framework. If you have any questions about the role, you can contact Assessment Candidates will be assessed against the essential criteria for the role and competencies as stated above. We will invite suitable candidates to an assessment centre on the 19th and 21st November, though this is subject to confirmation. Assessments are likely to include a competency based interview and an assessment exercise, details of which will be shared with candidates who successfully make it through the sift stage. Assessments and appointments are made in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles, in strict merit order. Feedback Feedback will only be provided if you progress to interview stage.

Technical/Experience •Previous experience in a Product Management role •Knowledge of Agile and Lean practices Thinking Wider/Analysis & Making Effective Decisions •Demonstrable success by prioritising work in a complex problem space using data to inform this prioritisation •Experience translating customer needs into product requirements •Understanding the wider context of the work and able to recognise and communicate risks and issues early •Accountable for ensuring “business as usual” for the products in their domain •Actively seek out feedback, especially when things have not gone as expected •Manage scope of product iterations, knowing what good looks like with a sharp eye for viability Leading & Communicating •Communicate their product vision as a narrative with the customer at its heart •Collaborate widely to agree priorities, values and outcomes of the problems in their space •Challenge accepted thinking constructively and are comfortable having difficult conversations •Think beyond their domain to consider the broader impact of their work and manage dependencies effectively, Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

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Alongside your salary of £46,224, Registers of Scotland contributes £13,391 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. + What can we offer you? – Benefits at RoS: • We are a welcoming and inclusive community that functions on supportive practices such as Agile Coaches, Business Analysts, UX specialists and more. • We offer a stimulating working environment and strongly believe that a diverse team is crucial to achieving our mission! • Our team is ambitious, acts with integrity and demonstrates commitment to progress and impact. We nurture talent and reward success. • We work in an agile way, which is applied across the whole organisation. • RoS offers a generous annual leave entitlement. 26 days of holiday plus 12 days bank holidays (for a total of 38 days). We reward your commitment to us by increasing annual leave by +1 day per year, for up to +4 additional days on your entitlement, bringing your allowance to 42 days. • We operate a 36-hour working week and offer flexible working arrangements (up to 30 hours flexi per month). • We offer office locations in Edinburgh & Glasgow and currently offer a hybrid working model, having established we can successfully work remotely. As part of the reward package, you will get access to: • Civil Service pension at circa 29% contribution on the employer side. • Service benefits, cycle to work scheme, discounted dental insurance, £100 eye care vouchers subsidised gym memberships, childcare vouchers, buying and selling annual leave, retail discounts and more! • Family friendly leave policies (Maternity at

• 1-year full pay, Paternity Leave/Shared parental Leave/Special Leave & more) after 1 year of continuous service.
• We offer continuous training and development opportunities, including being able to attend industry events. • A generous salary range with pay progression arrangements is in place. • You will have access to external counselling and external advice. • We are a Disability Confident employer. • We hold all three Investors in People awards: We Invest in People at Gold, We Invest in Wellbeing at Gold and Investors in Young People at Silver.