Internet of Public Service Jobs - 21/02/2026

This is the 458th 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] Product Manager
Climate Policy Radar
London
£70,000 - £80,000
Closing date: ?

[02] Lead Product Owner
Digital Health and Care Wales
Cardiff
£56,514 - £63,623 
Closing date: 05/03/2026

[03] Director General for Emerging Technology and AI
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Darlington, London, Manchester
£174,000
Closing date: 22/03/2026

[04] Group Digital, Data and Technology Director
Greater Manchester Combined Authority 
Manchester
£140,000
Closing date: ?

[05] Head of Digital Delivery
Ministry of Justice
Multiple UK locations
£81,000 - £117,800
Closing date: 08/03/2026

[07] Senior User Researcher
Government Digital Service
Bristol, London, Manchester
£55,403 - £61,740
Closing date: 01/03/2026

[08] Lead Product Manager
UKRI
Swindon
£58,589 - £65,100
Closing date: 05/03/2026

[09] Assistant Director of Digital, Data and Technology 
Bury Council
Bury
£88,712 - £96,251
Closing date: 08/03/2026

[10] Deputy Director, Central Data Science and AI
Office for National Statistics
Newport, Fareham, Manchester or London
£81,000
Closing date: 01/03/2026

Gavin launched the State of the Future think tank
Steve wrote about Leadership health metrics
Nick reminded me of this old Russell post - Consumers, users, people, mammals
Martin is thinking about how he is dealing with the pressure to adopt AI as a designer
Tom had thoughts about when certainty gives way to judgement
Tickets are available for Interesting 2026
Mr Loosemore is on a roll with experimenting and thinking about AI agents (publish on your blog though Tom!)
I got nostalgic 10 years after the launch of the (then) new ONS website