Senior Product Manager - Planning Inspectorate - SEO

Location

Bristol, South West England, BS1 6PN

About the job

Job summary
This role sits within the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) Reform team, responsible for providing digital and technological enhancements for the NSIP case management and examination processes. A key part of a multi-disciplinary team, this individual will work with Civil Servants and contracted digital delivery consultants to deliver key results from the existing NSIP Reform workstreams.

Job description

We are looking for a proactive, organised, and communicative Product Manager to manage this key portfolio of products. You will be confident in being both a leader and a team player. The ability to collaborate and converse with colleagues within and outside your teams to build trust and respect is essential. You must be willing to learn but bring experience and a willingness to challenge.

Planning Inspectorate product managers influence outside of the Digital and Data unit, working with civil servants, and public and private sector stakeholders to deliver value and customer-focused outcomes. While you will sit within Digital and Data, you will be in constant engagement with colleagues across the business, understanding user needs and interpreting them to design, as well as leading on and managing products and services for internal and external customers. In this role, you will be responsible for managing the product roadmaps for several workstreams spanning initiatives in Artificial Intelligence, Geospatial Data, and more. Reporting to your Service Manager, you will drive the building and maintenance of this key portfolio and provide value to service users.

Salary

New entrants to the Civil Service are expected to start at the minimum of the pay band. Internal rules apply to existing Civil Servants, i.e., level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to the new pay range minimum or receive a 10% increase. The higher of the two applies.

This role is being advertised at Senior Executive Officer Grade.

Salary range for the Grade role is £45,219 - £49,462.

Working hours:

Standard working week is 37 hours, with a flexible working hours policy available.

Part-time at 30 hours or above, with flexible working hours policy available.

The Planning Inspectorate has a long and proud history of ensuring a fair planning system for England. Our work significantly impacts people's lives, communities, and the economy.

We encourage flexible and collaborative working, exploring innovative ways to improve our services.

For further information, please visit our careers page at

Office Attendance

This role is contractually based at Temple Quay House, Bristol, currently under refurbishment. In the interim, we have alternative office space near Bristol Temple Meads railway station. We support hybrid working, with flexible in-person attendance depending on business needs, which can be discussed during interviews.

We will assess your application against the Essential Criteria and Success Profile elements listed:

Essential Criteria

• Experience leading technical specialists in a multidisciplinary team.

• Stakeholder management skills, including engaging and influencing senior management and managing third-party suppliers or consultants.

• Ability to understand complex technical, managerial, or operational problems and evaluate options based on relevant information, resources, and experience.

• Experience building a product roadmap, prioritising a product backlog, managing a product through its lifecycle, and translating user needs into deliverables.

• Experience in a continuous improvement and agile environment, focusing on user needs.

Desirable Criteria

• Relevant degree or professional qualification.

• Ability to secure funding for agile delivery through business cases and effective pitches.

• Understanding and working within constraints such as technology, policy, regulatory, financial, legal, and social user constraints, and challenging changeable constraints.

We will assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions

• Managing a Quality Service

• Leadership

• Changing and Improving