Product Manager

Salary: £42,923 - 47,044 per year

Requirements:

• We require a strong understanding of product management in a digital, regulated environment, with transferable experience relevant to Product Management.
• We are looking for influential leadership skills, including building strong relationships, communicating and presenting clearly, and aligning stakeholders across multidisciplinary teams.
• We need an ownership mindset with the drive to deliver with excellence, think long term, and get things done.
• We value a growth mindset and continuous learning, with awareness of government digital standards, governance, and regulated environments.
• We need strategic thinking, including the ability to balance competing priorities and make confident decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• We are looking for strong customer empathy and the ability to advocate for users and deliver meaningful solutions.
• We need resilience and adaptability, with understanding of the product lifecycle, product vision, roadmaps, and backlog management.
• We require a data- and outcome-focused approach, with strong attention to detail and the ability to use data and feedback to drive improvement.
• We are looking for familiarity with delivery and collaboration tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and Microsoft 365.
• We need awareness of Agile frameworks, particularly Scrum, and how they support iterative delivery.
• We require awareness of GDS standards, GOV.UK service principles, user-centred design, and accessibility standards.
• We need experience working with developers, architects, and technical leads to understand constraints, dependencies, and opportunities.
• We require knowledge of using data, analytics, and user insight to monitor performance and inform decisions.
• We need awareness of tools and frameworks that support prioritisation and risk-based decision making.
• We require qualifications and/or equivalent experience demonstrating transferable skills relevant to Product Management.
• Security Clearance is an essential requirement, and applicants must have been in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible for SC.

Responsibilities:

• We define and communicate a clear product vision, aligning roadmaps and backlogs to strategic goals and sprint priorities.
• We own and prioritise the product backlog, making risk-based decisions to unblock delivery and maintain momentum.
• We ensure delivery meets user needs, accessibility requirements, legislation, and GDS/GOV.UK standards within a regulated environment.
• We collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders, including delivery managers, designers, researchers, analysts, architects, and operational subject matter experts, to deliver change and drive continuous improvement.
• We build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships, acting as the bridge between service owners, business areas, and delivery teams.
• We communicate progress, risks, and decisions clearly through workshops, demos, and engagement sessions.
• We use data, analytics, user research, and insight to inform decisions, measure performance, and improve outcomes.
• We identify and manage risks, issues, and dependencies, balancing user, business, and technical needs and supporting live service optimisation.

Technologies:

• Confluence
• Support
• JIRA
• Microsoft 365
• Product Manager
• Security
• Office 365

More:

We are Companies House, and our Digital & Technology Services Directorate is looking for a Product Manager to help shape and deliver high-quality digital services used by millions of people across the UK. We foster a supportive, inclusive culture where wellbeing, flexibility, and work-life balance are a priority, and we offer a hybrid working model with regular attendance at our Cardiff, Edinburgh, or Belfast offices. Our benefits include flexible working from day one, 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a generous Civil Service Pension with employer contributions of around 28.97%. We also support career development through funded training, professional qualifications, and clear progression pathways, alongside wellbeing support, staff networks, and a welcoming workplace. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups and Welsh speakers, and we are committed to diversity, inclusion, and accessible recruitment.

last updated 32 week of 2026