Product Manager - Consultant

About the Position

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 - Consultant, 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.

Responsibilities

• Work with technical teams and stakeholders to develop solutions that deliver our clients’ strategic goals.
• Collaborate in agile teams alongside people in a range of roles spanning design, development, and research.
• Help deliver the vision, deciding the features that each product needs and managing backlogs to meet our client preferences.
• 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.

Requirements

• Location: Hybrid - Newcastle, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham
• Commitment: Permanent - Employee
• On-site Work: Weekly on-site working required. Must be able to travel to client sites in Newcastle, Leeds, or Manchester.
• Security Clearance: Must either hold active Security Check (SC) clearance or be eligible and willing to undergo the clearance process.
• Experience:
  • Recent government (public sector) experience and/or experience of delivering complex digital services that meet Government Digital Service (GDS) standards.
  • 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.
• Consulting Skills:
  • Contribute to improving ways of working and driving continuous improvements within your teams.
  • Share knowledge and best practice with fellow product managers and other disciplines.
  • Positively challenge decisions or solutions you don’t agree with, striving for the best client outcomes.
  • Create lasting value in the projects you work on, ensuring a user-centric, sustainable approach.
  • Engage with Opencast in a meaningful way, supporting the growth of your practice and wider capability.
  • Support Opencast's growth plans, by providing case studies and updates into the relevant forums of your project work.

Salary

£50,000 - £59,000 per annum.

We Offer

• Competitive package including a 7% employer pension contribution, share options, and a discretionary bonus.
• 25 days’ holiday and access to 3 annual “life happens” days.
• Wellbeing support, ongoing professional development, volunteering opportunities, and a supportive team environment.

About the Company

We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking, and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.

Interview

Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. We’re happy to make adjustments to support your needs.

Want to know more?

Visit our website or email [email protected]