Product Manager

Salary: £36,000 - 60,000 per year

• User-focused approach:
  We use user feedback, insights, and analytics to shape product design and deliver an optimal user experience.
• Strategic thinking:
  We balance policy, business, and user needs by leveraging data and maintaining a clear view of wider organisational goals.
• Collaborative leadership:
  We value multidisciplinary teamwork, actively seek diverse perspectives, and prioritise collaboration over hierarchy.
• Agile delivery expertise:
  We are experienced in delivering technology projects using Agile methodologies and GDS standards.
• Transformation and adaptability:
  We are skilled in leading large‑scale corporate or government transformation programmes and thriving in fast‑paced, changing environments.
• Influential communicator:
  We have strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, can engage senior audiences, translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders, and advocate for team and product needs throughout the product lifecycle.

• Define and drive our product vision, roadmap, and release plans, ensuring alignment with business goals, user needs, and departmental priorities.
• Lead the full product lifecycle from discovery to live service, managing backlogs, prioritisation, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement.
• Champion user‑centred design and digital inclusion, using research, analytics, and feedback to inform decisions and enhance service outcomes.
• Ensure our products meet GDS standards, accessibility requirements (WCAG 2.2), security, and government technology best practices.
• Lead and develop multidisciplinary agile teams, suppliers, and service managers to deliver high‑quality digital products and services.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships across government, partners, and user groups, providing assurance on delivery, supplier performance, value for money, and operational resilience.
• Create, own, and manage the Fish Import Service product vision and agreed outcomes.
• Use data, analytics, and user insight to identify opportunities for improvement, innovation, enhanced user experience, and continuous improvement.
• Be responsible for product quality and delivery against challenging release deadlines.
• Line manage, coach, and mentor Associate Product / Service Managers where required.

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We are the Marine Management Organisation, hiring for a Product Manager on a 9‑month contract based in Newcastle, with 2–3 days per week on site. This is an inside IR35 role focused on transforming fish import processes through the Fish Import Service. We support a user‑centric, collaborative environment and value diversity and inclusion. We guarantee interviews for disabled candidates and for veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet the essential criteria.

This role can only be worked within the UK.

last updated 28 week of 2026