Senior Product Manager

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We're looking for a Senior Product Manager to help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Senior Product Manager, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work.

Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week, but we would also consider applicants wishing to work a minimum of 28 hours per week. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.

Whilst this is a 12-month temporary position, there is potential for it to develop into a permanent position.

World changing work

From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are.

• We're a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
• We're experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better
• We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
• We're better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
• We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

Your world of expertise

As a Senior Product Manager, you'll lead the management and lifecycle of innovative user-centred products. Our work transforms cutting edge science and innovation into products and services that enable our users to consume and interrogate supercomputer data in ways that meet their needs, ultimately helping them to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive.

You'll be joining our Product Delivery team who are responsible for a diverse portfolio of products, ranging from contractual services for Defence and Civil Aviation, to government funded offerings for UK citizens, media, and resilience communities. Our Product Delivery team also build tools for meteorologists, deliver international services, and manage data products that support environmental and climate insights.

Our Senior Product Manager role is within the Government Digital and Data (GDaD) profession, adopted by the Met Office as guidance to ways of working to ensure our public digital services meet government standards

• Lead the strategy for a portfolio of products through all stages of the lifecycle, balancing technical feasibility, organisational strategy, market insights, constraints, and stakeholder expectations to deliver measurable value.
• Define and communicate the portfolio product vision for high-impact products that serve a wide range of users from internal meteorologists to government, industry, and the public.
• Champion user-centred design, ensuring products are intuitive, accessible, and solve real problems for our end users.
• Collaborate across teams and directorates to ensure products and services meet user needs, guided by evidence, feedback, and demonstrable business value.
• Work collaboratively across our established Product Community, contributing to its success and growth across the organisation.
• Mentor and line manage a team of product managers, including leading the recruitment of associate product managers, product managers and contractors as required.

Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is Great Place to Work UK certified. We are also featured on their 'Best Workplaces in Tech' 2023 and 2024 lists, as well as their '54 Best Workplaces…