Job Specifications
East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, Scotland, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber
Job Summary
This position is based Nationally
Job Description
Senior Product Manager
Location: National*
Closing Date: 21st January 2026
Interviews: w/c 2nd February 2026
Grade: Grade 7
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary: London: £63,343 – £70,725 (which may include an allowance of up to £332)
National: £58,511 – £65,329
Working pattern: Full-time/Part-time/Flexible working
Contract Type: Permanent
Vacancy number: 13382
We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
The Role
We’re recruiting for Senior Product Managers here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Legal Aid Agency Digital and Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority teams.
This role aligns against Senior Product Manager from the Government Digital and Data Framework
In Legal Aid Agency Digital we are delivering a large scale transformation, replacing legacy systems with modern, user centred digital products which are at a range of stages in the lifecycle. We aim to radically improve the experience of legal providers and legal aid agency caseworkers, increasing the efficiency and accuracy of decision making and improving access to justice for people in need of legal aid. We have a number of roles across different product spaces, ranging from build and iteration of transformed services to managing legacy services as we look towards decommissioning.
We are looking for Senior Product Managers who can connect their product spaces to our wider strategy and inspire and support teams to deliver against it effectively. We have a thriving, friendly and enthusiastic product community with regular away days and a self-driven community of practice, in which our SPMs take a leading role.
Criminal Injury Compensation Authority (CICA) Digital is transforming how victims of violent crime claim compensation. Our mission is to deliver efficient, accurate, and fully digital journeys that improve outcomes for users. Through our transformation strategy and ongoing innovation, including the use of AI to drive efficiencies, we’re creating real opportunities to make a difference. We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager who is passionate about delivering better user experiences and can shape the bigger picture. In this role, you’ll influence CICA’s digital transformation, driving impactful change and helping us achieve our vision.
Senior Product Managers (SPMs) are responsible for overseeing the quality and value realisation of several products (or exceptionally, one complex product). Senior Product Managers take responsibility for the end-to-end, cross-platform user experience of multiple products. This will be across the product lifecycle from discovery, through development, delivery, continuous improvement and to product retirement.
SPMs also lead and manage people and support the development of our Product Communities. They ensure that all of the Product Managers under their leadership are supported, coached, developed and managed and so that they can reach their full potential.
To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025
Key Responsibilities:
The SPM has deep knowledge of Product Management techniques and is developing expert skills. The SPM is experienced in overseeing multiple products and has a proven track record of managing products through the different stages of the product life cycle (products taken to beta/live). SPMs ensure the quality and the value of the work of Product Managers and the rest of the delivery team.
SPMs lead the assurance of scope, providing direction to meet user needs for multiple products & channels, aligned with strategy. They champion user needs with senior stakeholders, influencing and challenging Policy in relation to changes within the Product/service, to enable user requirements to be met.
SPMs are strategic leaders, ensuring that the scope and direction of the development and continual improvement of several products align with strategies (e.g. Government, policy, digital) in delivery, acting as the escalation point when needed, and taking action to resolve issues that delay delivery.
SPMs are active and visible leaders, supporting the PMs and working with the Lead PM in defining product strategy for all their products, building interpersonal relationships and actively influencing and challenging strategy & stakeholders to enable user needs to be met.
SPMs are compassionate, inclusive and lead by example, actively promoting and engaging in self-development; coaching and mentoring their product people and investing in