Internet of Public Service Jobs - 18/09/2026

This is the 494th 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] Chief Digital Officer
Northern Ireland Civil Service
Belfast
£113,060 - £123,946
Closing date: 02/10/2026

[02] Associate Director for Digital
Disclosure and Barring Service
Liverpool or Darlington
£80,000
Closing date: 05/10/2026

[03] Product Owner
Social Security Scotland
Dundee or Glasgow
£62,111 - £77,439
Closing date: 24/09/2026

[04] Head of User Centred Design
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Bristol, Darlington, Manchester, Wolverhampton
£72,686 -£81,424
Closing date: 23/09/2026

[05] Product Manager - Data
Macmillan
London, Shipley or Glasgow
£64,000 - £70,000
Closing date: 23/09/2026

[06] Digital Adoption Manager
Enfield Council
London
£57,375 - £72,777
Closing date: 11/10/2026

[07] Senior Product Manager
PLOS
Remote UK
£65,000 - £75,500
Closing date: ?

[08] Senior Product Manager
NHS Scotland
Scotland
£65,125 - £70,303
Closing date: 24/09/2026

[09] Technical Delivery Manager
England Golf
Lincolnshire
£45,000 - £55,000
Closing date: ?

[10] Senior Performance Analyst
Government Digital Service
Bristol, London, Manchester
£56,850 - £68,570
Closing date: 27/09/2026

What I've been reading (and writing)...

The Practice - Me
I don't like LLMs - Martin Fowler
Before we use AI to fix public services, can we stop rebuilding the same ones? - Rita Mantler
Weapons - Simon Morgan-Wilson
AI Slopware is Everywhere - Paul Ford
How Scared Should We Be of A.I. Right Now? - Cal Newport
A digital, devolved state needs to be deliberate...and democratic -Gavin Freeguard and Jeni Tennison