About the job

Job summary

Closing Date: Sunday 4 February 2024

Digital Data and Technology (DDaT) is responsible for delivering and supporting our digital products and services across UKRI, putting users at the centre of what we build.  This role will involve working across our major digital transformation programmes and projects.

You will have a successful track-record of leading/working with product delivery teams in agile environments. You’ll be guided by the fundamental principles of putting user needs first, focusing on delivery and outcomes over process, and being open and collaborative. Success for you means supporting others to deliver to the very best of their abilities.

Job description

• Own and manage the product vision, promoting support and buy-in across the entire organisation and its stakeholder communities as a service which meets user needs
• Lead your agile team, empowering them to run their delivery teams 
• Ensure your domain expertise is kept up to date by maintaining close contact with key business stakeholders across UKRI.  This includes working closely with the wider Reforming our Business and UKRI councils.
• Work closely with technology, policy and business change teams to understand organisational constraints and how best to tackle them in order to achieve a simpler service which meets user needs

Person specification

• Degree level qualification or equivalent experience 
• Experience of product management activities and skills
• Good financial acumen and an understanding of achieving commercial outcomes, delivering added value, understanding market and customer issues and using these to promote innovative business models. 
• Proven ability to build effective working relationships with agile project and programme teams

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Benefits

Alongside your salary of £54,043, UK Research and Innovation contributes £14,591 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

Applicants are required to provide an up-to-date CV and a cover letter outlining their suitability for the role. Further information on how to apply is listed on our careers page or click 'Apply at advertiser's site'

Closing Date: Sunday 4 February 2024

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. 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).

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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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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.