Product Analyst

What you'll be doing :

• Support the product consultants and broader product development teams in the creation, management and execution of a product development plans to include the full range of CPS products.
• Help to implement a product management approach that aids the Business Unit to deliver its business plan making optimal use of innovative and emerging technology.
• Produce detailed and targeted analysis of our capabilities (existing or proposed) against the market, through both a customer and competitor lens.
• Innovation – drive innovation in our approach to product design and management
• Adopt and enhance the product development process, along with associated tooling, to ensure a consistent, focused and predictable approach to product development
• To ensure compliance with the relevant authorisation and control processes are in place for product lifecycle, ensuring implementation and monitoring the levels of compliance against Capita Policies and Standards
• Ensue the prioritisation and co-ordination of workflow for your product area on a ongoing basis
• Ongoing vendor alignment to capture, latest releases, updates, pricing and technology roadmaps

What we're looking for :

• Demonstrable knowledge of product (or business/solution) analysis within a similar organisation
• Developed skills and knowledge across the Capita proposition areas
• Good understanding of technology trends and how they affect Capita and our customers, develop a detailed understanding of Capita solutions and services, which must inform our product roadmap. 
• Evidence of experience of working on multi-technology, innovative, cost competitive and repeatable products or solutions
• Demonstrate an understanding of the bigger picture of how our team fits into the broader organisation and articulate how the function should align and integrate to positively contribute
• Able to work autonomously aligned with broad direction
• Outcome driven against targets, strong focus on execution, “getting things done”
• Proactive and collaborative approach to working with colleagues and clients
• Able to manage competing priorities for individual work activities to deliver against agreed priorities and deadlines, escalating if required

About us :

Capita Public Services deliver services and solutions that keep the UK government and local government running, improving services to the community. 

Our teams use technology, innovation and intimate domain knowledge to improve services and deliver savings. From the national telecommunications network for smart meters and the UK’s employee autoenrollment scheme for The Pensions Regulator, to London’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone, we’re improving outcomes for the UK.

Capita is actively focusing on transitioning to a more standardised approach to delivering solutions.  We have started to develop our offerings through customer centric value propositions, across the broad market segments in which Capita operates.  We have a wide and diverse range of business and technology services which enable and underpin these propositions, our focus is now on documenting and standardising these building blocks as product standards for adoption for ongoing delivery.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive basic salary of up to £50,000 dependent on experience
• 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• Auto-enrolment to our company pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform

What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out

Equal Opportunities

At Capita, we’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. We want everyone to have the best chance of succeeding as they move through their application and start their career with us. We are an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, we want to hear from you if you’d like to discuss any adjustments you might need during your recruitment process. Please email reasonableadjustments@capita.com or call 07784 237318 and we’ll get back to you to discuss. For more information about equal opportunities and the types of adjustments we can offer, please visit the Capita Careers website.

If you have a question that does not relate to adjustments during your recruitment process, please email our Talent Acquisition team - CPScareers@capita.com