Job Description

Job Introduction

We're looking for

Associate Product Managers

to help us make a difference to our planet.


As our Associate Product Managers, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work.


We're recruiting for a permanent post and a temporary 9-month position, which has the potential to develop into a permanent position.


Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week, but we would also consider applicants wishing to work a minimum of 30 hours per week and we will also try our best to consider those intending to work a job share. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.

World changing work

From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are.

We're a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact We're experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making We're better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

Your world of expertise

As an Associate Product Manager within our product delivery teams, you'll support the creation and management of innovative science and data products that underpin our forecasting systems.


You will help identify new ways to develop, build, and share world-leading science, data, and weather outputs, leveraging our cutting-edge supercomputing capability. By enhancing how we source, manage, and share observational data, your work will ensure that upstream systems, data streams, and partnerships meet the needs of our forecasting services and scientific advancements. You will contribute to fundamental changes in how we model weather and climate, which requires evolving many of our systems, products, and services.

Your key duties

:

Provide support to Product Managers and Senior Product Manager on a variety of Product Management tasks related to the project you are working on. Develop subject matter expertise in the products you are working on, identify, understand and manage dependencies and use your expertise to optimise the 'sum of the parts'. With support and guidance from your Products team, generate and maintain Product and Service artefacts. Undergo on-the-job training to progress to Product Manager skills and competencies.

Why join us

Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is Great Place to Work UK certified. We are also featured on their 'Best Workplaces in Tech' 2023 and 2024 lists, as well as their '54 Best Workplaces for Women' 2023 list.


As our Associate Product Manager, your total reward package will be up to 49,448 annually, which includes:

35,145 base pay. An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 32.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) after 5 years and option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave.

Essential Criteria, skills and experience:

You are an

Expert by Nature

with your understanding of Agile product management processes, how they benefit customers/users, and how they are used in practice to deliver change and improvement in tight timescales. You

Keep Evolving

and can demonstrate your understanding of a range of product management methods, for example, prioritisation and road-mapping. You work

Better Together

as part of a multi-faceted team to create and prioritise actionable goals, balancing user needs and business perspectives. You possess good communication skills, including an ability to tailor your communications to the needs of your stakeholders to help you build trusted relationships. You are keen to develop your Product Management career and want to develop an understanding of Met Office customers, products and services.

How to apply

If you share our values, we'd love to hear from you! Click apply to begin your application. Please complete your career history and provide evidence against each of the essential criteria in the supporting statement questionnaire. We recommend candidates use the CARL method (Context, Action, Result and Learning) for presenting evidence of experience and skills.


Closing date 01/12/2025 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 08/12/2025. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed.

Using AI in your application

We welcome applications that use AI tools for support in drafting or refining, as long as they accurately reflect your own skills and experience. All hiring decisions at the Met Office are made by people, not AI. For more details, visit our approach to recruitment.

How we can help

If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us at careers@metoffice.gov.uk.


If you're considering applying and need support to do so, please get in touch. You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role.


We understand that great minds don't always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code.


We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible, 2 of these years must be immediately preceding the point of your application. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us.