About the job

Job summary

Are you looking for a role in a high profile, fast moving, priority area of the Scottish Government?

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Scottish Government’s (SG) Corporate Transformation Directorate for an experienced Product Manager.  This varied and rewarding role within the Corporate Hub will afford you the opportunity to further your Oracle cloud knowledge.

The Corporate Hub is a new capability at the heart of SG and has been designed to manage our Oracle Cloud platform, connecting business units, digital teams, and our public body customers.

We are transforming our HR, Finance and purchasing capabilities and are looking to build a specialised team of Product Managers to shape and develop our Oracle platform to ensure services run smoothly with minimal disruption.

Working alongside colleagues from the Corporate Hub Platform Management Team, you will coordinate inputs and contributions of Finance, HR, Digital, Corporate Transformation teams along with 3rd party services.  You will also provide support to help organise and build a way of working that becomes increasingly efficient, quarter by quarter. 

You, and the team will quickly adapt and gain an understanding of the end-to-end architecture, the integrations, their purpose and their issues, working closely with Digital and 3rd parties. 

You will be fully supported as the team and objectives evolve, and training will be provided in order to deliver a high quality service to all SG stakeholders.

DDaT Pay Supplement

This post attracts a £5,000 per annum pro-rata DDaT Pay Supplement after a 3 month competency qualifying period. Pay supplements are temporary payments designed to address recruitment and retention issues caused by market pressures and are subject to regular review.

Job description

• Build the product development roadmap to set out specific changes coming with each release.
• Carry out initial impact analysis of the planned changes, and coordinate feedback from a number of stakeholders.
• Build a repeatable ‘update’ process, that is iteratively developed, improved and optimised quarter by quarter.
• Assist with the development and maintenance of platform training content, in partnership with Directorates, and supports the ongoing use of Oracle Guided Learning.
• Perform regular review sessions to identify opportunities for continuous improvement within the HR, Finance and purchasing platform, and then channel such ideas into the right process.
• Work with Digital & 3rd party suppliers to specify changes, co-ordinate testing, and deployment etc.
• Assist with facilitating a super user network.
• Manage and develop a bank of test scripts, and automated testing regimes in partnership with Digital and 3rd party suppliers.
• Assess the impact of change and develop change plans and comms strategies.
• Considers the training and enhancement management requirements of the product and maintains a backlog and schedule of enhancements for Oracle Cloud.

Person specification

1.  Experience working in a technology environment with an understanding of a wide range of topics such as:

Architecture

Applications

integration challenges

SaaS solutions

change management

managing IT platforms / products in a constant iterative improvement / development environment

2.  Experience of prioritisation and estimation techniques for effective management of product backlogs

3.  A successful track record of managing internal and external ICT delivery partners through system development lifecycles to deliver effective IT solutions that meet user’s needs

4.  Demonstrable experience of product management (as per the DDaT Capability Framework), defining, building and managing platforms

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £44,557, Scottish Government contributes £12,030 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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Selection process details

Sift and Interview dates TBC
Please apply using the link provided

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

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

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Working for the Civil Service

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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.