Product Manager

The Digital Services team at Velindre University NHS Trust are moving towards a new methodology for managing its digital systems and services, built around Product Teams and the Agile methodology.The Velindre Cancer Centre (VCC) is a specialist tertiary provider of specialist radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatments, offering a vital lifeline to the patients of Wales. As part of its move to establish Product Teams to oversee the management of key VCC IT services, the Velindre University NHS Trust Digital Services team have a vacancy for a Product Manager, who will lead a small team of staff in the management of its Pharmacy IT services, including the ChemoCare software which underpins the management of patients receiving systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) treatments. This is the first such role within the Digital Services team - as such, we're looking for a dynamic individual who will help embed Agile ways of working and the Product Team approach within the team, setting an example ahead of the establishment of similar roles across other key digital systems and services within the Trust. As a key point of contact between staff and the Digital Services team, you will be a strong negotiator, an empathetic leader and have a commitment to quality., A Product Manager will lead a multi-disciplinary team for one of the specified products within the Digital Services portfolio. At this role level, you will:

• Lead the Product Team, taking overall responsibility for the quality and success of your product
• Manage a product through its full lifecycle, including discovery, alpha, beta and live states
• Be the main point of contact within the organisation for your product, engaging with relevant stakeholders to confirm requirements
• Maintain the high-level road map for your product
• Line manage and support the professional development of other members of the Product Team, creating synergy between the Digital Services teams
• Be as interested in managing people as managing products
  
  The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
  
  Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors. If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.