Defence Artificial Intelligence Lead Product Manager

As Lead Product Manager, you will be at the forefront of delivering the AI capabilities needed to support the UK’s Defence strategy. You will lead and manage a small and evolving portfolio of AI Pathfinder projects, covering both battle-space and business-space applications of AI.

These AI Pathfinders will typically be in the early stages of the product life-cycle, as early incubators, accelerators or proof-of-value pilots, with those which are successful being scaled. In some cases, you will lead the team delivering the product, in others you will partner with existing development teams across defence.

You’ll take ownership of a product portfolio or end-to-end service, driving quality, value, and strategic direction. You’ll collaborate across teams to shape and refine product strategies, while playing a key role in programme delivery and leadership. Your responsibilities will include managing both products and people, maintaining and evolving the high-level road-map, supporting programme management activities, and providing strategic leadership across your product area. You’ll also be involved in recruiting, mentoring, and coaching junior Product Managers to help build capability within the team.

• Balancing resources between teams, to ensure the overall outcomes are aligned to product vision and use of resources are optimised to deliver best value.
• Work with service management teams, for example ensuring these have timely access to products and information so they can support them.
• Develop and execute product strategy that keeps key stakeholders informed, aligns to product vision, and ensure customer value is prioritised.
• Provide the engagement and information needed to enable users to make the most of a products across its life cycle.
• Work with the problem owner to ensure problems are fully understood and product solutions meet their needs.
• Encourage and facilitate continuous improvement of the delivery team.

You will play a key role in maintaining stakeholder alignment and delivering innovative, mission-critical outcomes that harness AI to strengthen the UK’s Defence.

Please refer to the Government Digital and Data Capability Framework for more information about the skills required for this role: Product manager - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework (ddat-capability-framework.service.gov.uk)