Lead Manager- Product (T0213N)

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Location

Bristol, South West, BS1 6EH : Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 2GN : Liverpool, North West, L3 1BP : Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, LS11 9AT : Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, NE4 5BZ : Crawley, South East, RH10 1UZ

Summary

About The Job

Homes England are currently undergoing a major transformation to enable us to meet the Government’s target of delivering 300,000 new homes a year.

Working alongside colleagues drawn from the business and DDaT professions including delivery, technology and service design, you will be attached to our Development Directorate, a specialist business unit made up of surveyors, planners, engineers, land buyers, project managers and other development professionals.

The Development Directorate are responsible for acquiring and preparing land and selecting development partners to deliver some of the largest housing projects in the UK, with a focus on driving-up standards of design, sustainability and quality placemaking that creates genuine integrated communities. We are one of the largest landowners in the UK with a portfolio of over 8,800 hectares worth over £1.3 billion and have over 600 projects in progress each year. The scale of delivery is expected to increase significantly over the next two years and we need to transform our culture, systems and processes to support this key business activity.

You’ll Be

Job Description

• Developing the overall vision, product strategy and roadmap for the directorate in collaboration with business colleagues
• Providing product ownership within the workstream, directing and supporting product managers and acting as an escalation route for product-related concerns
• Prioritising work with the business and/or service owners
• Engaging with stakeholders to promote the workstream both inside and outside the directorate
• Working with the product management community to manage dependencies, spot opportunities for collaboration and to build capability
• Ensuring quality in all products and compliance with relevant standards and processes
  
  

Responsibilities

Essential Criteria

• Experience of delivering digital products using agile methodology and user-centred service design practices
• The ability to bring stakeholders with you by demonstrating the value of agile methodologies through rapid delivery of value that solves real problems
• An awareness of service standards and technology code of practice in government digital services
• Experience in capacity planning, forecasting and working with senior stakeholders to understand future demands
• Experience with the monitoring and reporting of measurable goals and outcomes
• Strong negotiation skills and the ability to influence partners and senior stakeholders
• Experience defining and using metrics to measure benefits and how to link these to a business case
  
  

Benefits

Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:

Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.

Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.

Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.

Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.

We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.

Please see attached candidate pack for further information on our benefits.

Things you need to know

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.

Selection process details

Things you need to know

How to apply?

To apply please follow the links to our careers page.

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Selection process details

For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.

Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.

Please note – Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.

Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.

For Further Information Please Refer To Our Privacy Notice Which Can Be Viewed Here

Homes England is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data.

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter

Nationality requirements

Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Further information

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 applicants

Job Contact

Name: Recruitment Team

Email: recruitment@homesengland.gov.uk

Recruitment Team

Email: recruitment@homesengland.gov.uk

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Nationality Requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
• certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

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.