About the job

Job summary

We are currently looking to recruit G2 Product Managers for Infrastructure, Cloud and Applications Service Towers at our London, Leicester, Belfast, Bristol, Birmingham, Wakefield or Warrington sites.

The NCA Enterprise Services play a critical role in providing a range of DDaT functions for the Agency and other stakeholders. These functions cover a combination of professional enabling capabilities to support the business as well as a range of assurance operations over the quality of service, and acting as an intelligent broker of these services to the end business customer to achieve maximum value across different areas. We work closely with our supply chain to build strong collaborative working relationships in pursuit of the Agency’s strategic goals.

The Product Manager is responsible for the quality of their products. Owning a Service Tower you will be expected to use your knowledge of user needs and business goals to frame problems and set priorities for the IT Practise teams and IT delivery functions.

Job description

Product Manager

We are currently looking to recruit G2 Product Managers for Infrastructure, Cloud and Applications Service Towers at our London, Leicester, Belfast, Bristol, Birmingham, Wakefield or Warrington sites.   

The NCA Enterprise Services play a critical role in providing a range of DDaT functions for the Agency and other stakeholders. These functions cover a combination of professional enabling capabilities to support the business as well as a range of assurance operations over the quality of service, and acting as an intelligent broker of these services to the end business customer to achieve maximum value across different areas. We work closely with our supply chain to build strong collaborative working relationships in pursuit of the Agency’s strategic goals.

The Product Manager is responsible for the quality of their products. Owning a Service Tower  you will be expected to use your knowledge of user needs and business goals to frame problems and set priorities for the IT Practise teams and IT delivery functions

For further details https://executive.global-resourcing.com/nca/ or to apply, please contact Callum Randle NCA-Product@global-resourcing.com or 020 8253 1806. 

**To be considered, you will need to successfully complete SC Enhanced clearance before commencing the role and achieve DV clearance within the first 12 months in post.**

Person specification

Key responsibilities

You will need the following skills for this role, although the level of expertise for each will vary, depending on the role level:

• Product ownership. You know how to use a range of product management principles and approaches. You can capture and translate user needs into deliverables. You know how to define the minimum viable product and make decisions about priorities. You can write user stories and acceptance criteria. You know how to work with a range of specialists in multidisciplinary teams. 

• Strategic ownership. You can focus on outcomes, not solutions. You are bold and can develop ambitious visions and strategies. You know how to get the organisation and team to buy in. You can translate the vision into prioritised deliverable goals.

• DDaT perspective. You can demonstrate an understanding of user-centric design, technology and data perspectives. You understand the range of available technology choices and can make informed decisions based on user need and value for money. You understand the variety and complexities of digital contexts and can design services to meet them. You have knowledge of the wider digital economy and advances in technology.

• User focus. You understand users and can identify who they are and what their needs are, based on evidence. You can translate user stories and propose design approaches or services to meet these needs. You can engage in meaningful interactions and relationships with users. You put users first and can manage competing priorities.

• Life-cycle perspective. You understand the different phases of product delivery and can contribute to, plan or run these. You can sustain a product or process through the delivery phases, into live and then into retirement. You know how to lead a team through the different phases of the delivery product life cycle. You can maintain and iterate a product over time to continuously meet user needs. You understand incident management and service support so that products are built effectively. You are equally comfortable working alongside agile delivery and waterfall project delivery.

• Experience of working within constraints. You understand and can work within given constraints (including but not limited to technology and policy, and regulatory, financial and legal constraints). You know how to challenge constraints that can be changed. You can ensure compliance against constraints by adapting products and services where needed.

• Owning the business case. Working closely with other teams, you can support the securing of funds for delivery through a business case and through delivering a good pitch in government. You can demonstrate financial and non-financial returns on investment (ROI) and strategic intent: you can take accountability for realisation of benefits.

• Operational management. You can manage the operational process of designing and running a product or service throughout its entire product life cycle. You know how to implement best practice in new product or service development and know how to plan and put into operation the stages of new product or service development. You can overcome operational constraints to deliver a successful Product or service. You know how to work closely with other operational delivery teams.

• Problem ownership. You can understand and identify problems, analysing and helping to identify the appropriate solution. You can classify and prioritise problems, document their causes and implement remedies.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £57,640, National Crime Agency contributes £15,562 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

If you wish to apply for this vacancy, you must submit your application by 23:55 on 8th January 2024.

For further information please visit https://executive.global-resourcing.com/nca/

Please submit your CV and Personal Statement to Callum Randle NCA-Product@global-resourcing.com.

Your application must include the following:

1. CV. 

2. A 1250 word personal statement assessing the below criteria.

• Experience of facilitating developments within a Service
• Experience of IT Service Management and/or Project Development in an IT environment
• Experience and understanding of managing and developing a Service from one of the following: 
- Infrastructure
- Cloud
- Applications

Global Resourcing will conduct the intial longlisting based on the CV / Statement of Suitability before moving to Global Resourcing 'interviews' / shortlisting and then final NCA interviews.  All details of this process will be on the Global Resoucing website/microsite.

A presentation will be required at interview on Seeing the Big Picture and Leadership the details of which will be provided to those successful at shortlisting.

The following criteria is essential for the role:

• A first degree in relevant subject or equivalent experience

The following criteria is desirable for the role:

• COBIT / TOGAF
• ITIL
• Risk Management (MoR)

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

Security

Successful 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.

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

The 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. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.