Senior Digital Product Manager

Project overview

We require a Senior Product Manager to provide urgent product leadership for Safety Transformation across Prisons Digital.

The post holder will be expected to:

shape the product vision, strategy and roadmap for Safety Transformation across multiple strands of discovery, experimentation and delivery;

define and prioritise MVP options for improving safety in prisons, recognising that the solution may include digital, service, operational and policy interventions;

lead prioritisation of the managed service team backlog to ensure effort is focused on the highest-value safety problems;

align product direction with policy owners, service owners, Safety stakeholders, operational leaders and prison users;

ensure work meets government standards and is evidence-led, human-centred, safe and operationally viable;

support discovery, Alpha and beta activity across multiple strands of experimentation;

improve understanding of data and information flows across NOMIS, DPS and other relevant systems;

support safe testing, prioritisation and evaluation of new capabilities or service changes;

prepare the work for transition to permanent product ownership, including documented roadmaps, backlog, decisions, evidence, risks and stakeholder relationships.

This role supports a core business strategy priority and the ABR-funded commitment to address safety management across the prison estate. It will help build the evidence base for future investment decisions and reduce the risk of underspend or poorly allocated spend across the three-year funding period.

Requirements

Experience providing product leadership across multiple products or teams, rather than working solely within a single delivery team.

A strong track record of coaching and developing Product Managers across multiple teams, helping others improve their product management practice.

Experience developing product strategies, setting priorities and aligning teams around shared outcomes.

Strong stakeholder management skills, including influencing senior leaders and working across organisational boundaries.

Experience using evidence, user research and performance data to inform product decisions.

The ability to work effectively in complex operational environments with competing priorities.

Project details

• Start: ASAP
• Duration: 9 months
• Location: UK wide, GB