17 Oct
Police Digital Services
Central London
Join Police Digital Service as a Product Owner - starting salary £55,000
This role is initially fixed term until 31st March 2025, with a view to making permanent if funding allows.
We are looking for a dedicated, customer-oriented Product Owner to join our Technical Operations Function. This home-based role involves handling the management, tactical and strategic execution of the product development process for National IT Systems on behalf of Policing.
About Police Digital Service
To protect people from harm in our rapidly changing world,
police services must not only keep up with technology and business changes but develop capabilities and ways of working that will enable them to adapt to and deal with the complexity of modern criminality.
Police Digital Service strives to be the go-to partner for technology developments and programmes across UK policing. Our team provides technical advice and delivers services to help policing and law enforcement organisations across the UK prioritise and focus on technology efforts.
Our vision is to support UK policing to keep people safe, get more from technology investments and make better use of public money, and we're always on the lookout for great talent to help us achieve this.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement strategic plans for National IT Systems on behalf of Policing
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to define requirements
- Monitor the performance of National IT systems on behalf of Policing
- Identify and mitigate risks related to National IT Systems on behalf of Policing
- Manage relationships with IT vendors and service providers
- Work collaboratively with internal and external development partners
- Own the Product backlog,
leading prioritisation of updates and developments
- Represent the product at various forums, project, or programme boards
- Manage system upgrades, implementing new technologies, and ensuring data security and privacy
- Oversee the design and implementation of new IT systems or upgrades
- Maintain documentation of IT systems
- Define and agree product roadmaps and feedback on its delivery to the Product Manager
- Lead Agile events and work with the Scrum Master to ensure that these are successful
- Act as the voice of the customer
What you need to succeed in the role
- Significant experience as a Product Owner or in a similar role
- Experienced problem solver with excellent analytical skills and in-depth knowledge of hardware and software
- Capable of managing tasks and prioritising workload
- A broad technical skill set and a commitment to personal development
- Excellent customer service and communication skills
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to communicate with different levels of stakeholders
- High levels of integrity and confidentiality when dealing with sensitive information
- Deep understanding of Agile methodologies.
- Certified product SCRUM Product Owner or equivalent
- Experience of working with technical teams to deliver outputs within timescales
- Experience of working collaboratively with teams to deliver new system features and outputs
- High standards?you will know what good looks like and want to deliver it
- Experience of software engineering practices like DevSecOps,
CI/CD pipelines and release management.
For a full list of responsibilities and essential/desirable criteria, please refer to the Candidate Pack.
Why Join us?
- Balance is important and we want you to take time off to recharge - we offer 28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days after 5 years of service. Holiday Purchase also available
- Flexible working hours - We trust you to do your job and we appreciate that life doesn't always fit around a 9 to 5 workday. We operate core hours of 10 to 4, Monday to Friday (37hr week)
- We care about your well-being - we have an EAP that offers not just welfare benefits but also retail discounts
- Plan for the future - we offer an excellent pension scheme and life assurance cover
- Put your mind at rest regarding your health - offering remote GP, mental health and physiotherapy appointments via video consultation
- Family - Enhanced maternity and paternity pay along with a flexible return to work
- Community - one paid day off per year for volunteering
You can find out more here:
Benefits - Police Digital Service (pds.police.uk)
Diversity, equity and inclusion
We are committed to equal opportunity for all and will not discriminate on any grounds. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible span of experience. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates and people with disabilities.
Working Arrangements
This is a remote role.
We may choose to close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications for this role so please endeavour to complete your application as soon as possible
All applicants must be eligible for NPPV3 and SC clearances. Successful applicants will require NPPV3 clearance to have been approved before starting with PDS.
▶️ Product Owner - Fixed Term Contract
🖊️ Police Digital Services
📍 Central London