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Location

Exeter

About The Job

Job summaryWere looking for two exceptional Product Managers to help us make a difference to our planet.Job description

As our Product Manager, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work.

Our opportunities are both available full time, 37 hours per week, but we would also consider applicants wishing to work a minimum of 30 hours per week for the Hazards and Resilience Product Manager role.  Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.

World changing work

From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are.

Were a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
Were experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better
We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
Were better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

Your world of expertise

We are looking for two experienced, enthusiastic and driven Product Managers to join our Product Management team. You will be responsible for product owner and product management tasks for key underpinning products and services within our Services Directorate.

As Product Manager in Observations, you will be responsible for leading and improving the long-term lifecycling of our lightning detection system LEELA as well as other key Observation systems and capabilities.
As Product Manager in Hazards and Resilience, you will be responsible for leading the refresh and long-term lifecycling of one of our key emergency responder tools.

Product Management is an established profession within the Met Office with an active Community of Practice group offering support and best practice. We're a supportive and proactive team and work together to develop Product Management skills aligned to the Government Digital and Data framework.

Your key duties

Maximise the value delivered, taking into account the balance between aligning to business strategy, delivering customer contracts and responding to end user needs.
Develop, own and communicate a product vision and roadmap based on customer, stakeholder and user needs.
Identify and manage development dependencies on other directly or indirectly related systems or products.
Apply Government Digital Service (GDS) service standards and guidance to ways of working to ensure our public digital services are meeting government standards and appropriately apply GDS standards to those services which are not openly available to the public.

Person specification

Essential Criteria, Skills And Experience

Youre an expert by nature with a strong understanding of the agile software development lifecycle, and preferably, proven experience in managing product lifecycles.
You keep evolving with practical experience of user/customer research methods, the ability to gather analyse, prioritise customers requirements and evaluate these against business needs.
Proven experience of working better together in multi-faceted teams, with evidence of strong communication skills including influencing and negotiating.
Youre a force for good with a track record of taking ownership for key projects and delivering them within a given timeline; recognising when to escalate risks to support decision making.
You live and breathe it by demonstrating a strong user/customer focus with experience building trusted relationships and using that to improve products or services.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £41,725, Met Office contributes £12,087 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is accredited as a 'Great Place to Work UK 2023' and in addition has achieved a place on both the UK's 'Best Workplaces in Tech' and 'Best Workplaces for Women' lists.

As our Product Manager, your total reward package will be up to £57,639 annually, which includes:

£41,725 base pay
An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 27%
Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 32.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) after 5 years and option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave

Things you need to know

Selection process details

If you share our values, wed love to hear from you! Click apply to begin your application. Please complete your career history and provide evidence against each of the essential criteria in the supporting statement questionnaire. We recommend candidates use the CARL method (Context, Action, Result and Learning) for presenting evidence of experience and skills.

Closing date 07/11/2024 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 18/11/2024. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed.

How We Can Help

If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us at careers@metoffice.gov.uk.

If youre considering applying and need support to do so, please get in touch. You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role.

We understand that great minds dont always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code.

We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.SecuritySuccessful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.MedicalSuccessful candidates will be expected to have a medical.Nationality requirements

This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) Working for the Civil ServiceThe Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.Diversity and InclusionThe Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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About

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.Contact point for applicantsJob contact :

Name : Resourcing Team
Email : Careers@metoffice.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : Careers@metoffice.gov.uk

Further informationCareers@metoffice.gov.uk

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