Product Manager - 6 Month Ftc

About You
Do you have a passion for developing new products and services, and delivering value from them?
Are you able to lead research, and develop market insight and horizon scanning, to identify market opportunities and threats?
Do you enjoy collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, to build strong partnerships and aid project delivery?
If so, read on......
You'll be an innovative thinker, with a passion for challenging the 'norm', with an ability to identify the next big things in the industries we serve.
You'll have a passion for new ideas and understand how these can translate into deliverable products or services.
You'll feel comfortable communicating with stakeholders internally and externally, with an ability to effectively maintain those relationships to support our goals and objectives.
We don’t expect candidates to meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
About The Role
As the Product Development Research Manager, you'll lead the development of new products and services, developing business cases and proposals, working with internal stakeholders across the Coal Authority, and with external partners as appropriate.
You will develop, own and maintain the departmental strategic roadmap and where appropriate, provide input for the strategic planning for Programmes.
You'll lead the evaluation of product performance, making recommendations for product enhancement and new product opportunities where appropriate.
Role location: Mansfield - hybrid working activity, office based.
For more information about the role please refer to the attached job description.
Schedule:
Application closing date: 29th January 2024
Sifting date: 1st February 2024
Interviews: 7th, 8th, 12th or 13th of February 2024
(If you are unavailable on these interview dates, please make us aware and we will look at alternative dates)
Security:
Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements.
About The Coal Authority
Our benefits:
- A market leading pension scheme - our employer contribution rate is around 27%
- A choice of working patterns; full-time, part-time, job-share
- Flexible working arrangements available
- Generous holiday allowance – 27.5 days annual leave, plus the ability to flex an extra 6 days in addition to 8 public holidays
- Adoption or shared parental leave of 26 weeks full pay (subject to qualifying criteria)
- Support with professional qualifications
- Payment of one annual professional subscription
- Free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme
- Diversity Network Groups
- Mental Health Allies
- Employee discounts available through Edenred
- Annual health check
- £15 per month towards wellbeing activities
- Civil Service Sports and Social club
- A values based recognition scheme
- On-site free parking, tea, coffee and soft drinks in the Mansfield office
Working with us:
We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours. Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.
With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work life balance is incredibly important.
Who we are:
Here at the Coal Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.
We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution.
We are excited about what our future holds. Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK. By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zero emissions by 2050.
We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values. We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:
Here at TCA we don’t just accept difference – we celebrate it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our colleagues, our customers and our communities. We are proud to be an inclusive employer. We are committed to developing a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We encourage applications from people from different backgrounds, identities, cultures and beliefs. Diversity is vital to our success and innovation and is fundamental to our values of being trusted, inclusive and progressive.
As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria who are disabled or from a minority ethnic community.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or alternative format application forms you can get in touch with us by contacting the team by email at recruitment@coal.gov.uk or by phone on 01623 637000.

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