Senior Product Manager

Job summary

If you are looking for a role in which you will be encouraged to explore your most ambitious ideas, then this is it! At NHSBT, we give our people the freedom to pursue their biggest concepts and in the process, our incredible workforce produce truly incredible results. Become a member of our world-class team and challenge yourself to go further than you ever have before in your career. The work of NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is vital to every member of our population, our work impacts on almost everyone at some point in their lives. It is therefore critical that we are equipped to handle whatever challenges we are faced with in the future, and our Blood Technology Product Team colleagues are at the heart of this work. Working collaboratively to create the most ambitious solutions that will benefit the thousands of people who need our support every year, we celebrate a forward-thinking approach to all that we do. You will be leading work on Critical National Infrastructure that enables NHSBT to save lives this involves both understanding of the high level context of decisions you will take, and painstaking attention to detail.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Product Manager is responsible for leading and managing the safe and effective delivery of technology product change into the live service environment by providing critical specialist knowledge of the technology and software within their product domain (our bespoke PULSE application for production & Gennaro for Collections) to support the entire software delivery lifecycle (requirements, design, development & testing). The post holder will have excellent product management skills, user acceptance testing skills and have a thorough technical understanding of the existing blood technology products (Pulse, Gennaro) and current architecture. They will be responsible for executing the strategic direction of blood technology through successfully delivering the product backlog and leading user acceptance testing for new developments. They will actively contribute to the product domain vision, demand management process, product solutions, backlog & integrated change roadmap by championing improved ways of working while working within a highly regulated Waterfall delivery system for both key software solutions. The role will be responsible for their technology domain (Production & Collections) at the product board which sits monthly with the purpose of controlling changes to blood technology, and which has the authority to prioritise and improve demand items to progress to analysis, as well as approving the scope of each software release.

About us

At NHS Blood and Transplant, were incredibly proud of the many talented people who come together every day to make our organisation the very best it can be. We have clearly defined values that are centred around offering exceptional care to our donors and their families. We take care of each other too and we focus on building our expertise so we can change lives, provide quality support and offer fulfilling careers. Its an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year. We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and competitive pension scheme. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with and positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever