At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead product strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and stakeholder needs.
- Company: Join a 'Times Best Places to Work 2026' company that values innovation and collaboration.
- Benefits: Competitive day rate, flexible working arrangements, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Work in Portsmouth with a focus on community engagement and stakeholder communication.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by shaping product direction in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in roadmapping, prioritisation, and independent product leadership required.
Overview
A 'Times Best Places to Work 2026' Company.
Responsibilities
- Service Roadmap:
- A living roadmap showing quarterly and long-term plans for feature development, integrations and enhancements.
- Aligned to strategic needs.
- Prioritised based on feedback, maturity assessment and operational needs.
- Feature Demand & Prioritisation Framework:
- A transparent mechanism for managing requests.
- Regularly reviewed, with stakeholder engagement.
- Roadmap linked to value and service maturity categories.
- Risk & Compliance Tracking as required:
- Live view of risks (security, delivery, adoption), mitigations and assurance activities.
- Connection to the Governance and Assurance pillars.
- Stakeholder Engagement & Communication as required:
- Regular updates to governance bodies.
- Comms for app teams and service users: onboarding guides, policy changes, etc.
- Community engagement: show-and-tells, changelogs, Q&A sessions.
Top 3 requirements
- Strategic Roadmapping & Prioritisation
- Ability to create and continuously evolve a clear, outcome-driven roadmap that:
- Aligns with strategic goals
- Covers short-term (quarterly) and long-term planning
- Prioritises work based on value, feedback, and service maturity
- Demand Management & Backlog Control:
- A structured, transparent approach to handling requests:
- Managing and prioritising the backlog
- Applying a consistent framework for decision-making
- Engaging stakeholders in regular review cycles
- Autonomous Product Leadership:
- Capability to operate independently without direct supervision:
- Defining how work is delivered
- Making decisions and setting direction
- Translating client priorities into execution
Experience and skills
Must haves:
- Roadmapping & prioritisation.
- Understanding of the MOD technical environment & compliance
- Independent product leadership.
Nice to haves:
- Stakeholder engagement & comms.
- Product maturity & value measurement.
SFIA Level: 5
Role details
- Start date: 1 August 2026
- Initial contract length: 3 Months
- Role location: Portsmouth
- Nationality specification: Sole British Nationality - no dual nationality
- Number of days per week expected on site: 3+ days a week (depending on need)
- Minimum security level: SC or above
- Day rate: £531
- Outside IR35
We think you need these skills to ace Product Manager in Portsmouth
Strategic Roadmapping
Prioritisation
Demand Management
Backlog Control
Stakeholder Engagement
Communication Skills
Independent Product Leadership
