Internet of Public Service Jobs - 05/08/2026

This is the 488th edition of Internet of Public Service Jobs - a weekly list of vacancies related to product management, agile and design in…you guessed it…‘public service’ curated by @jukesie

[01] Director of Digital Data and Technology
Croydon Council
London
£129,901 - £135 ,064
Closing date: 18/08/2026

[02] Senior Digital and AI Evaluator
Government Digital Service
Bristol, London or Manchester
£56,850 - £68,570
Closing date: 23/08/2026

[03] Lead Product Operations Manager
BBC
Glasgow, London and Newcastle
£70,000 - £90,000
Closing date: 17/08/2026

[04] Digital Strategy Lead
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology or...
Department for Digital, Culture, Sports and Media or...
Government Digital Service
Bristol, London, Manchester
£56,850 - £68,570
Closing date: 24/08/2026

[05] Deputy Director of Digital Products
University of Bath
Bath
£58,225
Closing date: 10/08/2026

[06] Deputy Director – Firmer Foundations Programme
Government Digital Service
Bristol, London, Manchester
£86,000 - £117,800
Closing date: 31/08/2026

[07] Senior Digital Delivery Manager
Children’s Hearings Scotland
Glasgow
£62,450 – £68,280
Closing date: 24/08/2026

[08] Head of Services
Ordnance Survey
Southampton
£90,000
Closing date: 14/08/2026

[09] Digital Product Manager
Alzheimer's Society
Remote UK
£39,866 - £44,295
Closing date: 17/08/2026

[10] Chief Digital Information Officer, Defence Medical Services
Ministry of Defence
Lichfield
£115,000
Closing date: 23/08/2026

What I'm reading...

A barium meal: what the Government Digital Service’s story reveals about a Civil Service that struggles to reform itself - Peter Davis Thomas
Rewiring the State – Cabinet Statement
How People Work - Recorded! w/ Dan Hon and Russell Davies (video)
What it means to be a designer in the NHS - Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino
The myth of Treasury control: Understanding the UK’s Public Spending System (and How to Fix it)
Know Your Agent: Why you should act now, to avoid playing catch-up later - Tom Loosemore

Ironically I (still) need a job...

It feels like a good time to say I'm going to be needing a new job from September!

I'm going back to contracting and looking for Product Coaching or Product Community/Profession/Chapter lead type stuff.

3 or 4 days a week. Don't mind if it is inside or outside IR35. Don't mind if it is via a supplier. Don't mind going to an office regularly (though I'd prefer that office was in Bristol, Bath or Cardiff.) Also don't mind the occasional travel to further afield.

Even given my website a coat of paint which explains what I might be helpful with (and what I am not!) - https://www.jukes.ie/

Please do drop me a line if you think you have a Jukesie shaped hole in your future.

Thanks!