GDS Product Manager Product Manager – National Surveillance Reporting Database 3-month contract (initially) Remote Working Outside-IR35 Market Rates (c£500 per day) The Opportunity: - ISR Recruitment is seeking an experienced Product Manager for a leading central government client, supporting the development and ongoing management of a national surveillance reporting database. - You will bring together requirements from multiple business areas, establish a consolidated product backlog and develop a prioritised roadmap that balances user needs, operational risks, technical dependencies and strategic objectives. - Consulting closely with the Technical Architect, Delivery Manager, User Researcher and delivery teams, you will turn business requirements into clear, delivery-ready backlog items and ensure effective product ownership, governance and stakeholder alignment. Skills and Experience: - Proven Product Management experience, ideally within UK central government or public sector digital services. - Strong experience managing product backlogs, roadmaps, requirements and prioritisation. - Ability to balance user needs, technical considerations, operational risks and competing stakeholder demands. - Experience working with multidisciplinary teams, including architects, delivery managers and user researchers. - Strong stakeholder engagement, governance and communication skills. Desirable: - Experience with Government Digital Service (GDS) standards and platforms and knowledge of the health sector or national surveillance services would be hugely beneficial. Role and Responsibilities: - Consolidate requirements and demand into a single structured product backlog. - Develop and maintain a prioritised roadmap aligned with user needs and service objectives. - Refine requirements, acceptance criteria, dependencies and delivery ownership. - Work with technical and delivery teams to address technical debt, risks and delivery dependencies. - Support product governance, ownership models, decision-making and escalation routes. - Incorporate user research and feedback into product priorities. - Coordinate stakeholder engagement and maintain product communications, SharePoint content and release updates. - N.B. Candidates will have or be willing to undergo a basic level of security clearance prior to starting the role (5-7 days lead time) Applications: - To learn more about this newly created opportunity consulting as a Product Manager for an initial 3-month temporary contract engagement, consulting on a remote-working basis; please call and speak with Edward Laing here at ISR on 07436 071 872 or please send through a copy of your latest online profile and/or CV ( edward@isr.uk.com ) for an immediate call back in the strictest confidence. - Please contact Edward here at ISR to learn more about our client leading the way in developing the next-generation of healthcare solutions through innovation and transformational technology?