Cloud Digital Product Manager (SC CLEARED)

Job Title:Cloud Digital Product Manager (SC CLEARED)
Location: Exeter (hybrid - 3 days per week)
Salary/Rate: £(Apply online only) per day inside IR35
Start Date: May
Job Type: Initial 10 month contract

CANDIDATES MUST HOLD AN ACTIVE SC CLEARANCE

Company Introduction
We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading consultancy clients! They are currently looking for a skilled Cloud Digital Product Manager to join their team in Exeter on a hybrid basis.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives
We're looking for an experienced Product Manager to help shape and improve the internal platforms that our developers, scientists and service teams rely on every day.
You'll join Platform Technology - a part of the organisation responsible for shared, cross-cutting capabilities such as developer tools, APIs, data pipelines and infrastructure services.
Your job is to make these platforms reliable, discoverable and enabling: reducing delivery friction, improving user experience, and helping downstream service teams ship faster and more safely.

Support the development of a business case to invest in service enhancements and engagements with third party suppliers
Own the roadmap and backlog for one or more shared technology platforms and deliver to the agreed product vision
Work with engineers, architects and delivery teams to deliver incremental improvements that make platforms easier to use and maintain
Understand internal users - from developers to operations staff - and translate their needs into clear priorities
Investigate the development of measurable service outcomes (adoption, usability, performance) and use data to track progress
Balance short-term reliability with long-term sustainability and compliance
Facilitate collaboration across technical and non-technical stakeholders; communicate trade-offs transparently
Champion product-led and user informed, iterative ways of working in a complex, legacy / brownfield environmentRequired Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:

Proven experience managing developer infrastructure products and associated cloud technologies e.g. AWS, Azure, shared services
Successfully managed commercial services and bought in services
Ability to apply and adapt Agile and Lean practices in the context of an engineering focused team
Strong understanding of user-centred product development, championing the use of user centered design even when the users are other engineers
Skilled at prioritising by outcome - e.g. using impact vs. effort or cost-of-delay approaches
Confident working with cross-disciplinary teams and senior technical stakeholders
Comfortable operating in environments with legacy systems, competing priorities and incomplete information
Excellent communicator, can translate complex technical issues into clear decisions and trade-offsYou?ll Thrive Here If You?

Care about helping others deliver value - "product thinking for platforms"
Believe in outcomes over output and in learning through iteration
Value sustainability over speed, preferring well-designed, reliable systems to quick fixes
Enjoy bringing structure and clarity to technically challenging, interdependent environments
Are collaborative, pragmatic and curious - a steady hand in a complex systemMeasures of Success (6-12 Months)

Renewal of Cloud technology contracts and supporting services
Clear, agreed roadmap for your platform area
Well defined and prioritised backlog supporting the roadmap and operational needs
Measurable improvement in adoption or usability for key internal users
Positive feedback from engineering and architecture stakeholders
Introduction of at least one lightweight product practice improving visibility, flow or learningIf you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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