Product Lead

Job Description

Product Lead - Interim£318.00 Per day (Inside IR35)Edinburgh, Glasgow or Dundee (Remote Currently)6 Months potential 23 month extensionBasic Disclosure Required Issued within 12 months or Willing to ApplyPertemps are recruiting on behalf of our public sector client, who are looking for two Product Leads to start on an immediate basis for 6 months, likely to extend additional 23 months. The candidates may be required to travel between offices in Glasgow andEdinburgh and occasionally to Dundee, although currently working from home. Train fares/tickets are provided to facilitate travel by public transport. This is a full time Monday - Friday 37 Hours a week excluding breaks. A basic disclosure issued within thelast 12 months will be required for this role, or willing to apply for one. This role is an Interim role, with a day rate of £318 per day and falls Inside IR35.The Clients programme has been established to set up the Welfare Benefits Provision for Scotland. A key aspect of this work will be the design of the new service, and the development of processes for the administration of benefits.As a Product Lead, you will work as part of a project team responsible for the development of a product or service, confirming what users need and putting into place the processes and systems required. You will understand the relationship between your specificproducts and the overall delivery of the new social security agency, and its wider systems and processes. You will communicate credibly with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders whilst creating effective, prioritised product descriptions anddelivery plans to meet user needs in a cost effective way.Main Duties:

• Responsible for managing day to day product planning and delivery on behalf of Product Owners, across a range of the clients welfare benefit projects or support services and platforms.
• Understand the relationship between your specific product and the overall delivery of the product or process.
• Support the development and deliver functionality for which you are responsible to meet the needs of users, managers and stakeholders.
• Create effective, prioritised product descriptions and delivery plans to meet user needs in a cost effective way.
• Interpret user research in order to make the correct product decisions.
• Uses product management principles and approaches.
• Understand the relationship between your specific product and overall delivery of that product and any wider systems and processes.
• Communicate credibly with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Support the management of an allocated budget.

Essential Skills:

• A proven track record of working and delivering in a fast-paced environment. Being able to understand and identify the appropriate solutions.
• Demonstrable experience of creating and maintaining excellent relationships with key stakeholders and work collaboratively with them to deliver successful outcomes using Agile development methods.
• Demonstrate product planning skills including RAID management
• Able to collate, organise, analyse and use information to plan and deliver services, products and technology improvements. Within this experience of presenting complex information, in writing and verbally, to staff and senior leaders.
• Experienced in working on complex projects with fixed and challenging delivery dates. An understanding of agile methodology and how to apply these within the scrum framework.

If you have the relevant skillset for this role, please apply with an updated C.V now.