DNO Level 4 Digital Product Manager Apprenticeship Devonport - SC

Ministry of Defence

Plymouth (PL2 2BG)

Closes in 11 days (Monday 1 September 2025)

Posted on 21 August 2025

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Summary

This apprenticeship is a role within the Civil Service. To see full details of the apprenticeship click on ‘apply’ to go to the Civil Service Jobs website.

Wage

£26,770 a year

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Training course
Digital product manager (level 4)
Hours
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37 hours a week

Start date

Wednesday 1 October 2025

Duration

2 years

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

This apprenticeship is a role within the Civil Service. To see full details of the apprenticeship click on ‘apply’ to go to the Civil Service Jobs website.

Where you'll work

Hms Drake
Plymouth
PL2 2BG

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

To be confirmed

Training course

Digital product manager (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Diagnose problems by breaking problems down systematically into component parts and identify the relationships between those parts.
  • Reflect critically on results/data/insights to identify improvements.
  • Utilise iterative and sequential methodologies as appropriate to develop products.
  • Work within a multi-disciplinary team through two or more phases of the product delivery lifecycle.
  • Manage the operational running of a live product or service.
  • Identify, understand, and define problems, analyse and help to identify the appropriate solution using relevant methodologies, principles and approaches.
  • Support the development of artifacts for assessment.
  • Translate back log and roadmap, and show how it aligns to strategy.
  • Identify users, who they are, and what their needs are, based on evidence.
  • Define user stories, write stories and acceptance criteria.
  • Engage various stakeholders, utilise the vision, goals, KPI’s and objectives for the product or service.
  • Ensure methods and techniques for structured reviews are applied, for example but not limited to peer review, formal technical review, user research and testing.
  • Utilise planning and prioritisation techniques to organise and manage the product backlog to deliver value and benefits.
  • Produce reports, roadmaps, plans to report progress and support governance processes and stakeholder management at various levels within the organisation.
  • Use product management life cycle tools and techniques. Where appropriate automate mechanical tasks such as scheduling, resource balancing, and time recording.
  • Manage, mitigate and investigate product risks and ensuring product meets the need of its users.
  • Use data to inform decision making.
  • Diagnose problems by breaking problems down systematically into component parts and identify the relationships between those parts.
  • Reflect critically on results/data/insights to identify improvements.
  • Utilise iterative and sequential methodologies as appropriate to develop products.
  • Work within a multi-disciplinary team through two or more phases of the product delivery lifecycle.
  • Manage the operational running of a live product or service.
  • Identify, understand, and define problems, analyse and help to identify the appropriate solution using relevant methodologies, principles and approaches.
  • Support the development of artifacts for assessment.
  • Translate back log and roadmap, and show how it aligns to strategy.
  • Identify users, who they are, and what their needs are, based on evidence.
  • Define user stories, write stories and acceptance criteria.
  • Engage various stakeholders, utilise the vision, goals, KPI’s and objectives for the product or service.
  • Ensure methods and techniques for structured reviews are applied, for example but not limited to peer review, formal technical review, user research and testing.
  • Utilise planning and prioritisation techniques to organise and manage the product backlog to deliver value and benefits.
  • Produce reports, roadmaps, plans to report progress and support governance processes and stakeholder management at various levels within the organisation.
  • Use product management life cycle tools and techniques. Where appropriate automate mechanical tasks such as scheduling, resource balancing, and time recording.
  • Manage, mitigate and investigate product risks and ensuring product meets the need of its users.
  • Use data to inform decision making.

Training schedule

Digital product manager Level 4 (Higher national certificate) Apprenticeship Standard

 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade C/4)
  • English (grade C/4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Organisation skills

About this employer

You can see full details of this apprenticeship on Civil Service Jobs.

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The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000338411.

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Closes in 11 days (Monday 1 September 2025)

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