Product Manager

Ready to design products and services that make a difference?

Do you want to create products that make a meaningful impact? Are you ready to lead strategy and delivery on projects that reach large audiences?

If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government, healthcare and purpose-driven businesses. As a Product Manager, you’ll lead product strategy and delivery, balancing user needs and business goals across sectors, to create services that are used by millions of UK citizens.

You’ll work with technical teams and stakeholders to develop solutions that deliver our clients’ strategic goals. You'll work in agile teams alongside people in a range of roles spanning design, development, and research.

You’ll help deliver the vision, helping to decide the features that each product needs and manage backlogs to meet our client preferences. You'll deliver discovery and ideation workshops across diverse groups of stakeholders.

Ensure that work is carried out in accordance with Opencast's quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards, and procedures while working on client.

This role involves weekly on-site working. Applicants should be able to travel, as part of their daily commute, to client sites in one of the following locations:
Newcastle, Leeds or Manchester.

We’re looking for people who value in-person collaboration, enjoy building strong relationships, and are passionate about delivering solutions that make a real difference for our clients.

SC clearance is granted in line with UK Government security vetting requirements. Typically, applicants must have UK citizenship and have lived continuously in the UK for at least the past five years, with no single absence exceeding 28 consecutive days. Nationality and immigration status may also be considered as part of the vetting process.

If you are unsure whether you meet the eligibility criteria, we encourage you to review the guidance or discuss this with us before applying.

We are recruiting for opportunities available in November
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To succeed in this role, you will need to show a depth of experience working as a product manager, on complex projects across the product life cycle. You will need a good knowledge of software development and be familiar with agile processes and user-centred design.

In your CV and the interview, you should show how you have:

• Developed and gained buy-in for product visions and minimum viable products
• Used service design tools to map and articulate the wider ecosystems around products
• Translated product roadmaps into backlogs to prioritise delivery
• Balanced the needs of senior stakeholders to deliver successful outcomes
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills
• Contributed to constructive and trusting team environments

As well as product management skills, there are essential core skills you’ll need to be a great consultant.

In your interview, please show how you have:

• Taken a methodical and considered approach to solving complex problems
• Planned your own tasks, to achieve the objectives of your project
• Positively challenged decisions or solutions you don’t agree with

In addition to business analysis skills, there are essential core skills you’ll need to be an Opencast consultant. You’ll need to demonstrate how you:

• Contribute to improving ways of working…