Location
York, North Yorkshire | United Kingdom
Job description
LMS Product Manager(Inside IR35)
Contract Term: 11 Months
Contracting Authority: Cabinet Office
Location: Remote/York/Glasgow/London
The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the effective running of government. The Cabinet Office is also the corporate headquarters for the government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and takes the lead in certain critical policy areas. More information about the Cabinet Office can be found on its website at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office
As a LMS Product Manager, your main responsibilities will be:
- Collaborate with the Commercial Capability Teams to understand their specific business needs, challenges, and learning and accreditation processes.
- Contribute to the initiative by advising on scope, oversight, ownership, and roles, ensuring strategic alignment and effective stakeholder consultation.
- Support the procurement process by providing technical advice, assisting with drafting the RFP, and contributing to vendor evaluations.
- Address the human aspects of the project, promoting clarity, engagement, and smooth transition to the new service contract through effective change readiness techniques.
- Advise on the development of the Procurement Strategy, including bidder evaluation criteria and budget considerations, in collaboration with a specialist commercial team.
- Assist in ensuring a smooth transition and implementation to the new hosting and support contract, leveraging change management strategies to foster stakeholder buy-in and adoption.
- Facilitate collaboration with the chosen supplier for seamless integration and knowledge transfer.
- Support the ongoing relationship and change management with the supplier and internal stakeholders, advocating for continuous improvement.
You’ll have relevant experience in:
- Demonstrated expertise in IT procurement, particularly with SaaS solutions and managed services agreements, is highly desirable.
- Proven track record in contributing to complex platform procurement projects, with a focus on technical, security, and operational requirements of LMS systems.
- Expertise in change management methodologies and best practices, with experience in applying these in complex organisational settings.
- Skilled in stakeholder management, capable of building trust, and effectively communicating technical and change management needs across diverse groups.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to address concerns, align expectations, and support consensus-building for change initiatives.
- An understanding of project dynamics and the ability to work effectively within project teams, providing technical and change management advice.
- Experience in managing risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and changes in a project context.
- Ability to work confidently with senior stakeholders, employing coaching, negotiating, and influencing skills to achieve project outcomes.
- Experience with external parties, including suppliers and partners, advising on technical aspects that support procurement and transition processes.
- Flexibility, creativity, and self-motivation in approaching complex organisational issues, with a keen ability to ensure the delivery of project outcomes.
If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or get in touch with [email protected]
Disability confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, The Cabinet Office guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
Cabinet Office guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, wewill interview the best candidates from within that group.
If you qualify for the above, please notify us on [email protected].
We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.
Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.
In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.
Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.
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