Strategic Capability Lead (Home Office Digital) – Product, Delivery & Architecture at UK Home Office
The Migration and Border Technology Portfolio (MBTP) directorate drives digital ambitions, designs appropriate solutions and delivers digital services quickly and effectively, making a real difference in helping the Home Office achieve its ambitions to keep citizens safe and the country secure.
You will be working within a multi-disciplinary product team managing critical products for Border Force.
What You’ll do:
- Form the vision for the product and engage teams and stakeholders in the development of that vision over time.
- Produce road maps, release plans and lifecycle plans for the delivery and maintenance of the product from its inception right through to its retirement.
- Take a product through its lifecycle (e.g. discovery, alpha, beta, live) including service assessments.
- Represent users throughout the delivery process and use their feedback to inform continuous improvement.
- Prioritise the work that needs to be done by the software development team by creating and maintaining a product backlog which balances immediate user needs with the long‑term investment in development and overall business benefits.
- Provide final sign‑off on any completed functional development prior to deployment of code to the production environment.
- Use product or service usage data to devise new ideas for functionality or new ways of working with a continuous‑improvement mindset.
- Work in the delivery of technology or digital‑based projects.
- Make decisions using a variety of sources to develop a prioritised plan of action.
- Translate a vision into deliverable goals, focusing on outcomes rather than solutions.
- Communicate effectively using written reports, verbal feedback, presentations, etc.
- Promote the needs of the team and of the product throughout the product lifecycle.
Benefits include:
- Exceptional pension: Employer contribution of 28.97 %.
- Generous leave: 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 with service), 8 public holidays, and 1 day for the King’s Birthday.
- Flexible working: Options include full‑time, part‑time, compressed hours, job sharing, and a hybrid model (minimum 60 % on‑site).
- Learning and development: Access to training, technical accreditations, and funded qualifications (subject to approval).
- Recognition and inclusion: A culture that champions diversity, enhanced parental leave schemes, annual bonuses, and recognition awards.
Additional Information: This role requires SC clearance. To meet national security vetting requirements, you must typically have been resident in the UK for at least five years. Unfortunately, we cannot sponsor visas.
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