Details Reference number 432306 Salary £57,000 - £57,000 Circa £57000 GBP Job grade Other Contract type Permanent Business area MAPS - Technology & Change Type of role Information Technology Working pattern Flexible working, Full-time Number of jobs available 1 Contents

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Location Bedford About the job Job summary

Product Manager - Data Products

c.£57000 per annum

Bedford

Permanent

Hybrid Working

Join us at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) as a Data Product Manager. This role offers you an opportunity to make a significant impact by leading the development and continuous improvement of data products that support the Pensions Dashboard and MoneyHelper Pensions Dashboard programmes. Delivering value to internal users and key external stakeholders including the Department for Work and Pensions, The Pensions Regulator, and the Financial Conduct Authority.

This role is aligned to the Product Manager level in the:

https://ddat-capabilityframework.service.gov.uk/role/product-manager#product-manager

You’ll be part of a dynamic team dedicated to helping people across the UK improve their financial wellbeing.

Job description

Role Overview

The Data Product Manager will report directly to the Lead Data Product Manager within the Technology & Change directorate within the Data and Analytics team. In this role, you will be responsible for:

Key Responsibilities:

• Product Development: Lead iterative development of data products aligned with user needs and organisational goals.
• Collaboration: Work closely with BI analysts, UI/UX designers, delivery managers, and engineers to enhance usability and accessibility.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders, including those with varying levels of technical understanding.
• Adaptability: Be comfortable working with ambiguity and evolving requirements in a fast-paced environment.
• Governance & Compliance: Address legal, privacy, and governance issues early in the product lifecycle.
• Evidence-Based Decisions: Use product usage data and evidence to guide prioritisation and lifecycle decisions.
• External Value: Ensure products are accessible and valuable to external bodies including government and regulators.
• Product Management: Maintain roadmaps and backlogs; translate user needs into product outcomes.
• Community Contribution: Actively contribute to the wider product community at MaPS.

Person specification

To excel in this role, you will need to demonstrate:

• Product management – experience managing data products or services such as business intelligence dashboards.
• Agile and Lean practices – applying Agile principles and tools to support delivery.
• Applying user-centred insights – using stakeholder insights to improve product outcomes.
• Creating value for money – identifying opportunities for reuse and efficiency.
• Life cycle management – understanding product lifecycle phases.
• Managing product outcomes – identifying priority outcomes and using baseline data.
• Stakeholder relationship management – building consensus and improving relationships using evidence.
• Strategic ownership – aligning decisions with organisational strategy.

Benefits

About Us
The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is based in Bedford, in a recently renovated modern office. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to become an integral part of a dynamic organisation, working to help people across the UK.

At the heart of MaPS are our values – caring, connecting, and transforming, which are the foundation of our success. They permeate every area of our work and define all our business relationships and the way we work with each other. We’re not only looking for the best people to come and work for us, but we need people who align themselves with our values:

• Caring
  We care about our colleagues and the people whose lives we are here to transform.
• Connecting
  We will transform lives through our ability to make positive connections.
• Transforming
  We are committed to transforming lives and making a positive societal impact.

Our Inclusive Working Environment
By fostering our values, we are immensely proud of the inclusive working environment that we have created. The diversity of our people is a strength that we embrace and wish to build upon, so we are committed to attracting people of all backgrounds. We work hard to ensure that we have a progressive approach to inclusion, equity, and belonging. We really do want our colleagues to “bring their whole selves to work.”

Our colleague and ally networks encompass LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women’s health, men’s health, ethnicity, and diversity.

What We Offer

• Generous Annual Leave – 30 days plus Bank Holidays
• Pension scheme – contributions matched 2 to 1 (up to 10% of your salary)
• Interest-free loan for season tickets for buses and trains
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Subsidised eye tests & flu jabs
• Life assurance scheme
• Give as you earn scheme
• Employee assistance programme (EAP)
• PAM Assist and PAM Life scheme (Wellbeing)
• Enhanced family and sick pay
• Paid volunteering (2 days a year)
• Recognition Scheme
• Discounts portal to numerous retailers

Flexible Working
At MaPS, we take pride in our flexible approach to work. As standard, we work on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 2 days in the office per week. Hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and our headquarters in Bedford will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business needs, but personal and other relevant circumstances will also be considered. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.

Things you need to know Selection process details

Career Development
In MaPS, we take career development seriously. We actively encourage and support applications from our existing MaPS colleagues. However, we do follow the Civil Service Commissioner recruitment principles, which means that you will be required to participate in a full, open, and fair process.

Reserve List
If you are successful at interview, we operate a reserve list where your details will be held for up to 6 months. Should a vacancy come available in that time with the same essential criteria, reserve list candidates will be offered that position with no further assessment required.

Application Process
The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact the Money and Pensions Service via email: . If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website.

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)
• 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

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. Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy . Apply and 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 :

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