Cloud Digital Product Manager

Role: Cloud Digital Product Manager Client: Met Office Location: Exeter – 60% onsite (3 days per week) Rate: Please submit your CV with the rate you are seeking

** HM has advised they are looking for someone ideally with commercial and/or procurement experience. **

Role Overview

The Met Office is seeking an experienced Cloud Digital Product Manager to support the evolution of shared cloud and developer platforms. This role sits within a complex, engineering‑led environment and will focus on enabling sustainable, secure, and user‑focused digital services.

What You’ll Do

* Support the development of a business case for investment in service enhancements and third‑party supplier engagement

* Own and manage the roadmap and backlog for one or more shared technology platforms, delivering against an agreed product vision

* Work closely with engineers, architects, and delivery teams to deliver incremental, high‑value improvements

* Understand a range of internal users (developers, operations, engineering teams) and translate their needs into clear priorities

* Define and track measurable service outcomes such as adoption, usability, and performance

* Balance short‑term platform reliability with long‑term sustainability, security, and compliance

* Facilitate collaboration across technical and non‑technical stakeholders, clearly communicating trade‑offs and decisions

* Champion product‑led, user‑informed, iterative ways of working within a legacy / brownfield environment

What We’re Looking For

* Proven experience managing developer infrastructure products and cloud technologies (e.g. AWS, Azure, shared services)

* Demonstrable experience managing commercial services and bought‑in third‑party services

* Strong ability to apply Agile and Lean practices in engineering‑focused teams

* A solid understanding of user‑centred product development, even where users are other engineers or technical specialists

* Skilled in outcome‑led prioritisation techniques (e.g. impact vs effort, cost of delay)

* Confident working with cross‑disciplinary teams and senior technical stakeholders

* Comfortable operating in environments with legacy systems, competing priorities, and incomplete information

* Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical issues into clear decisions and trade‑offs