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**Product Management Specialist - Product & Agile Delivery, it starts with you**
- **Based at Police College Porirua or National Headquarters, Wellington**:

- **Grade 21**:

- **Police Employee**:

- **Permanent, full time**:

- **JR 4592229**

**Mō te tūnga | About the role**

The purpose of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) group is to work in partnership with the rest of the organisation to provide digital technology and communication solutions that support excellence in policing and service delivery and enable Police’s strategic ambitions.

With a primary hub in Wellington, and a presence throughout the country, we deliver new and enhanced solutions directly and through specialist vendor partnerships. We provide expert advice on how technology can be leveraged to support Police’s strategies and turn concepts into reality through collaborative development.

The Product Management Specialist - Product & Agile Delivery is a member of the wider ICT Centres of Expertise Group - ICT Product and Agile Delivery. The ICT Product and Agile Delivery Practice provides support for the implementation and ongoing development of product management tools, skills and methodologies that align with the ICT Operating Model.

The role will identify opportunities and gaps in the implementation of the product management model. The role will be responsible for the design and implementation initiatives to successfully embed and improve the product management model within ICT.

This role requires someone to operate as a consultant, trusted advisor and mentor with strong interpersonal skills and product management expertise.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Provide support and guidance to Product Teams to enable them to implement consistent practices aligned with the Product Model.
- Represent the model to wider ICT and Police to achieve engagement and uptake
- Ensure that the Product and Agile Delivery Practice continues to evolve to follow industry best practice.

**He aha taau e kawe mai | What you’ll bring**

Being part of the Police whānau is about being our best to ensure our communities are safe and feel safe. Our Core Competencies provide a shared understanding of the behaviours, leadership and technical competence required for success at each level of Police. Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.

To be successful in this role you will require the following:

- Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent job-related experience.
- Proven strategic and conceptual thinking capability.
- Proven experience in leading, influencing and building credibility across a range of stakeholders.
- Proven ability to translate business and customer needs into product roadmaps with experience operating as a Product Manager or Owner (Technical or Business).
- A passion for engaging with customers to get deeper understanding of opportunities and to guide decision making.
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrated experience in mentoring and coaching.

This role is set at **Strategic Leader level**, this means your key purpose is “to lead the strategy, Our Business, and enable our people to deliver it”.

**Mo t**ā**tou | About us**

New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for preventing crime and enhancing community safety. It works in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies towards the vision of making New Zealand the safest country. Police is the government’s largest front-line response agency with around 15,000 staff in large and small communities all over New Zealand and in liaison and policing development roles overseas.

Your development is highly valued at NZ Police. Our employees enjoy significant investment in their development not only at an individual level, but also at the team and community of practice level. We work hard to match you with work that will both play to your strengths and challenge you in new ways.

The work you’ll be engaged in is real, tangible work that directly benefits our frontline and communities. Taken all together, this means we can offer you career path opportunities to progress in your chosen profession and become a more well-rounded, experienced leader, with opportunities across the range of work we support.

**Utu ā-tau | Salary**

This position is covered by a collective agreement and salary will commence between $137,954 and $153,283 dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role.