Data Quality Product and Delivery Manager – Department for Energy Security & Net Zero – SEO

Government Digital & Data
Location

Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, Salford

About the job Job summary

The Integrated Corporate Services (ICS) is a shared corporate service. It provides corporate services (HR, Finance, Digital, Commercial, Security and Estates) across the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT).

Our team of over 400 professionals will be leading the way in how these functions will be delivered in the future. Our ambition is to be the leading provider of integrated corporate services for government and set the standard for quality, efficiency, and innovation in our field.

We offer great working benefits including a world-class pension, flexible working options and a career where your learning and development is taken seriously. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below.

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Job description

Join ICS Digital, where innovation meets expertise to create digital solutions. We are a cohesive digital community who work in the open, solving problems together and fostering a culture of transparency and collaboration. Our commitment to user-focused design and data-driven decision-making ensures that we deliver accessible services tailored to the needs of our customers.

The team
We support Departments by delivering core technology services which help them achieve strategic and policy objectives. We put the user at the heart of what we do, and we take an interactive approach to service delivery. Our decisions are driven by data and we work collaboratively with partners to continue to deliver exceptional services.

Join ICS Digital at the Cutting Edge of Government Digital Strategy! ICS Digital is seeking a dynamic Product & Delivery Manager to lead the charge in revolutionising data quality management for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).

As a member of our Data Quality team, you’ll be at the forefront of designing and delivering automated solutions that safeguard vital departmental data repositories. Our ambitious roadmap includes developing state-of-the-art data loss prevention processes, AI governance guardrails and automated data lifecycle management. We pursue the integration of cutting-edge AI capabilities to enrich metadata and empower confident decision-making on data handling.

Your focus will be on leveraging the latest within Microsoft 365 tech stack to support these ambitions, with particular focus on Microsoft Purview, PowerAutomate, PowerBI, Copilot Studio, and SharePoint Knowledge Agent, and Agent 365.

As Product and Delivery Manager, you will work with a small but mighty team, containing both permanent and contract resources including developers, business analysts, UX content designers and information architects. You’ll work hand-in-hand with fellow product owners and senior leaders across ICS Digital to deliver the ICS Digital Strategy which aligns with the Roadmap for Modern Digital Government.

We are looking for a hard-working, forward-thinking person with strong interpersonal and analytical skills who enjoy working collaboratively with others to solve problems. Be part of the team that’s shaping the future of government digital strategy.

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Person specification

Key responsibilities:

As Product and Delivery Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the successful planning and delivery of data quality and data governance projects, ensuring work is controlled effectively and delivered in line with agreed scope, time, cost and quality expectations.

• Work collaboratively with users, subject matter experts, content owners, software developers, and senior stakeholders to define requirements and agree priorities.
• Based on requirements and priorities, develop product visions and roadmaps, create user stories and manage product backlogs.
• Supported by the project team, manage the delivery of products and services through the lifecycle phases, and track outcomes, key performance indicators and benefits.
• Support project governance and assurance activity, ensuring appropriate documentation, reporting and decision-making are in place and aligned with departmental and cross-government standards.
• Run ceremonies including sprint reviews, retrospectives and daily standups, lead the team in Agile working practices, and promote collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Manage risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies, escalating where appropriate and work with the team to resolve blockers and maintain momentum.
• Monitor delivery performance, budgets and resource, and manage suppliers and contracts where needed.
• Monitor new releases in the Microsoft roadmap and leverage new features for the business and evaluate potential app integrations.

The above responsibilities are not exhaustive, and the post holders may be required to undertake some additional tasks not listed above, within the remit of their grade, to support the team.

Essential Criteria:

• Experience in project management.
• Background in Agile and Lean practices, with the ability apply appropriate methodologies.
• Experience of working as a Product Manager/Owner in a Technology Dev/Ops environment.
• Ability to influence and challenge stakeholders and manage conflicting priorities.
• Good presentation skills, with ability to vary detail and complexity based on audience.

Desirable Criteria:

• Certified in AgilePM Foundation and Practitioner
• Experience in managing product backlog for Microsoft products
• Experience using JIRA for managing project delivery
• We welcome candidates with experience in other digital areas, such as a delivery management or business analysis.

It is unusual that all candidates will meet all the desirable criteria. If your skills and experience look slightly different from what we have identified and you think you can bring value to the Info Gov Product and Delivery Manager role and the team, we strongly encourage you to apply. We’d love to hear from you!