The Met Office is delighted to open our advertising for a number of Industrial Placements, which will commence from July 2025 until July 2026.
We’re looking for two Product Management Industrial Placements to our Propositions teams to help us make a difference to our planet.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Met Office on a 12-month Year in Industry placement, developing your skills and knowledge and ensuring you gain the most value possible from your experience with us. You will have the opportunity to network with our cohort of Industrial Placements all over the Met Office and understand what career opportunities we can offer you after you graduate.
As our Product Management Industrial Placement, 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.
Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week, 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.
Your world of expertise
Our Industrial Placement scheme offers ambitious and capable undergraduates the opportunity to gain valuable experience working alongside diverse and highly skilled experts in their field. You’ll be working on projects that really matter and will make a difference.
You will build your knowledge within our Propositions team and will help the Met Office to deliver the best portfolio of products possible through supporting work across the Met Office product portfolio. Your work will make a real difference, helping to put our customers and stakeholders first – and helping them make better decisions to stay safe and thrive.
* Effective teamwork with a team of Product Managers confidently engaging with colleagues across wider Met Office Teams in order to undertake your work.
* Analysis, handling and collation of key data and information, such as financial and performance data. Compiling initial finds and reports to help analyse products.
* Supporting the review and appraisal of Met Office products.
* Assisting with the development of product lifecycle plans and product development plans.
Whilst this is a temporary position until July 2026, there is potential for it to develop into an opportunity to join our Graduate Development scheme once you have completed your University studies.
Minimum Requirements:
* You’re an expert by nature and can demonstrate an understanding of product management, including knowledge of product lifecycle management and key elements of product development.
* You work better together as a part of a team, confidently engaging, sharing ideas and communicating efficiently in order to deliver your work.
* You are able to confidently collate and analyse key data, such as financial and performance data, to help analyse products.
* You live and breathe it taking pride in your work and can demonstrate how you consider the needs of the end user or customer.
* You keep evolving with experience of pro-actively managing multiple projects or tasks and delivering work on time.
* You’re a force for good, with an understanding of how to research and gather user and market insight, and how to pull this through to product lifecycle plans.
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: 08/01/2025 at 23:59. Please note we often receive a high volume of applications, but we will contact everyone who applies once the closing date has passed. Interviews will be completed by 25/02/2025.
For additional guidance on our recruitment process and how to apply please look at our approach to recruitment page on our careers site.
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