Oracle Cloud Product Manager

Are you looking for a role in a high profile, fast moving, priority area of the Scottish Government?

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Scottish Government’s (SG) Corporate Transformation Directorate for an experienced Product Manager.  This varied and rewarding role within the Corporate Hub will afford you the opportunity to further your Oracle cloud knowledge.

The Corporate Hub is a new capability at the heart of SG and has been designed to manage our Oracle Cloud platform, connecting business units, digital teams, and our public body customers.

We are transforming our HR, Finance and purchasing capabilities and are looking to build a specialised team of Product Managers to shape and develop our Oracle platform to ensure services run smoothly with minimal disruption.

Working alongside colleagues from the Corporate Hub Platform Management Team, you will coordinate inputs and contributions of Finance, HR, Digital, Corporate Transformation teams along with 3rd party services.  You will also provide support to help organise and build a way of working that becomes increasingly efficient, quarter by quarter. 

You, and the team will quickly adapt and gain an understanding of the end-to-end architecture, the integrations, their purpose and their issues, working closely with Digital and 3rd parties. 

You will be fully supported as the team and objectives evolve, and training will be provided in order to deliver a high quality service to all SG stakeholders.

DDaT Pay Supplement

This post attracts a £5,000 per annum pro-rata DDaT Pay Supplement after a 3 month competency qualifying period. Pay supplements are temporary payments designed to address recruitment and retention issues caused by market pressures and are subject to regular review.

• Build the product development roadmap to set out specific changes coming with each release.
• Carry out initial impact analysis of the planned changes, and coordinate feedback from a number of stakeholders.
• Build a repeatable ‘update’ process, that is iteratively developed, improved and optimised quarter by quarter.
• Assist with the development and maintenance of platform training content, in partnership with Directorates, and supports the ongoing use of Oracle Guided Learning.
• Perform regular review sessions to identify opportunities for continuous improvement within the HR, Finance and purchasing platform, and then channel such ideas into the right process.
• Work with Digital & 3rd party suppliers to specify changes, co-ordinate testing, and deployment etc.
• Assist with facilitating a super user network.
• Manage and develop a bank of test scripts, and automated testing regimes in partnership with Digital and 3rd party suppliers.
• Assess the impact of change and develop change plans and comms strategies.
• Considers the training and enhancement management requirements of the product and maintains a backlog and schedule of enhancements for Oracle Cloud.

Competencies:

Self awareness

Communications and Engagement

Analysis and use of evidence

Improving Performance

No specific qualifications required

Essential Criteria:

1.  Experience working in a technology environment with an understanding of a wide range of topics such as:

Architecture

Applications

integration challenges

SaaS solutions

change management

managing IT platforms / products in a constant iterative improvement / development environment

2.  Experience of prioritisation and estimation techniques for effective management of product backlogs.

3.  A successful track record of managing internal and external ICT delivery partners through system development lifecycles to deliver effective IT solutions that meet user’s needs.

4.  Demonstrable experience of product management (as per the DDaT Capability Framework), defining, building and managing platforms.

Location: 5 Atlantic Quay, Glasgow, G2 8LU / Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ

This post is based in Glasgow/Edinburgh, with virtual and hybrid working being the current arrangement.  The post will be offered on a location flexible basis, with occasional travel to Glasgow/Edinburgh.

Interview and Assessment:  Dates to be confirmed

Minimum time in post:

You will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of three years unless successful at gaining promotion to a higher Band or Grade.

HOW TO APPLY & FURTHER INFORMATION:

How to apply: 

To apply for this post, you will need to provide the information requested below via the online application process.

You must fully complete and submit an online application via the website before the closing date using evidence based examples to demonstrate your knowledge/skills (300 words). Remember, your answers should be clear, concise and reflect what actions you undertook. You may want to use the STAR(R) approach to respond to each criterion.

Additional information: 

For further information, please download and review the “Person Specification” and associated documentation which you will find below.

Person_Specification_Band_B Updated Oct23 (V3)

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The post is a full-time role, but staff with different working patterns are invited to apply, and we will assess proposed working patterns against the business requirements for this post. 

For information regarding this post please contact Kenny.notman@gov.scot

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