About the role

Develop and maintain a strategic service roadmap and a transparent feature demand prioritisation framework. Manage risk, compliance tracking, and stakeholder communications to align product delivery with strategic needs.

What they look for

Strategic Roadmapping Prioritisation Demand Management Backlog Control Product Leadership Stakeholder Engagement Risk & Compliance Tracking MOD Technical Environment Service Maturity Assessment Governance & Assurance

Requirements

Requires expertise in strategic roadmapping, demand management, and autonomous product leadership. Must have experience with the MOD technical environment and hold SC security clearance or above.

Full description

Product Manager services for the Client. Specifically:

1. 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.

2. Feature Demand & Prioritisation Framework ● A transparent mechanism for managing requests. ● Regularly reviewed, with stakeholder engagement. ● Roadmap linked to value and service maturity categories.

3. Risk & Compliance Tracking as required: ● Live view of risks (security, delivery, adoption), mitigations and assurance activities. ● Connection to the Governance and Assurance pillars.

4. 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:

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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.

DDaT description: Delivery Manager SFIA Level: 5

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