Associate Product Manager

Posting date:	16 July 2025
Salary:	£40,661.00 to £50,472.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£40661.00 - £50472.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	30 July 2025
Location:	Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, London (Canary Wharf), E14 4PU
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	K9919-25-0280

Summary

The Associate Product Manager is a decision maker within the team, often working with a range of colleagues to make collaborative decisions but with clear responsibilities for planning, decisions on user stories content and completion, acceptance criteria and prioritisation of the backlog. Essential criteria You will be assessed on the below Seven essential criteria, which have been selected from the Job Description Document. Agile working: is aware of agile methodology and how to apply the agile mind-set to all aspects of their work. Lifecycle Perspective: understands the different phases of product delivery and is able to contribute to, plan or run these. Operational Management: understand the operational processes of running and maintaining a product or service. Problem Ownership: understands and identifies problems, analysing and helping to identify the appropriate solution. Product Ownership: captures and translates user needs into deliverables. Strategic Ownership: focuses on outcomes, not solutions. Gets the organisation and team to buy-in. User focus: understands users and can identify who they are and what their needs are based on evidence. Selection Process Details This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours, Ability and Experience. Stage 1: Application & Sift Success profiles You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the listed Seven essential criteria, and this will be in the form of a: Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application) 750- word Supporting Statement. This should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria. The Application form and Supporting statement will be marked together. Longlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will longlist into 3 piles of: Meets all essential criteria Meets some essential criteria Meets no essential criteria Please note only pile 1 will be carried though to shortlist Shortlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on: - Lifecycle Perspective: understands the different phases of product delivery and is able to contribute to, plan or run these. Desirable criteria: The following which from the JDmay be used in the event of a large number of applications / large amount of successful candidates Previous experience of Government digital and Digital Service Standards. Healthjobs UK has a word limit of 1500, but your statement of suitability must be no more than 750.Please do not exceed words, we will not consider any words over and above this number. Feedback will not be provided at this stage. If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview & assessment Stage 2: Interview Success Profiles You will be invited to a single remote interview. Behaviours,experience and ability will be tested at interview. There will be a 5-10, minute a Presentation. The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be:- Changing and improving Making effective decisions (lead behaviour) Working together Working at pace Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Please note you will not be able to upload your CV. You must complete the application form in as much detail as possible. Please do not email us your CV. Eligibility Criteria ExternalOpen to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants). Location Hybrid any Core HQ This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQs. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQs (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London). Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC). Security Clearance Level Requirement Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard