Senior Product Manager in UNITED KINGDOM

About the Role

Our client is recruiting for Senior Product Managers to join their growing team. Product Managers at our client ensure that goals turn into actions by creating compelling product visions, developing product roadmaps, writing user stories, and managing them in a prioritised backlog.

As a Senior Consultant, specialising in Product, you’ll be an expert in your field, experienced in agile practices, and a confident coach. You’ll also be a leader of people and teams, advocating for user-centred design approaches. Our client will provide exciting opportunities to share your expertise with, and influence, clients and team members while continuing your development as a leader.

Your Role in a Nutshell:

• Inspire and guide colleagues by helping them understand the client’s needs, explaining the broader context, and securing buy-in.
• Provide team leadership, protecting your team from unwanted distractions, allowing them to focus solely on delivery.
• Engage with stakeholders to create a project vision and translate it into a roadmap and prioritised backlog.
• Communicate effectively with a diverse group of people, including subject matter experts.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team to deliver work on behalf of one of our client’s high-profile projects.

About the Candidate

Our client values people above all else. They’re a diverse and close-knit community united by a love for solving complex problems for clients and users. They take a common-sense approach to getting things done, learn from experience, and adapt. They stay curious and never stop learning.

Although our client doesn’t require certificates or qualifications, they need candidates who can demonstrate the following abilities:

• Lead a team of specialists in their respective fields.
• Identify and use evidence of value to drive decision-making, ensuring the user is at the heart of the team.
• Build consensus among people with different perspectives and make decisive decisions when necessary.
• Bridge the gap between stakeholders and the team to keep the focus on delivery.
• Find pragmatic and creative solutions to balance constraints like policy and security, while prioritising work to meet user needs.
• Perform well in various delivery disciplines (Scrum, Kanban).
• Communicate confidently and credibly on behalf of the company and clients.
• Lead workshops and group exercises, both remotely and in-person.
• Build product and user-centric capabilities in others, helping colleagues and clients know what to do when you’re not around.

Benefits

Our client offers a range of benefits, including:

• Contributory pension scheme (6% from our client, with employee contributions of 2%).
• 25 days holiday plus UK public holidays.
• Perkbox access for a wide range of discounts.
• Critical illness cover.
• Life assurance and death in service cover.
• Volunteer days.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Salary sacrifice electric vehicles scheme.
• Season ticket loans.
• Financial and general wellbeing sessions.
• Flexible benefits scheme with options for:
• Private health cover
• Private dental cover
• Additional company pension contributions
• Additional holidays (up to an extra 2 days)
• Wellbeing contributions
• Charity contributions
• Tree planting

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

Our client is dedicated to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. They understand that diversity unlocks creativity, innovation, and problem-solving capabilities. By fostering a community of diverse perspectives, cultures, and backgrounds, they create an environment where everyone can contribute and thrive.

They actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent individuals, and people with disabilities. The recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, reflecting the workplace culture. Our client is a registered Disability Confident Employer, Mindful Employer, Endometriosis Friendly Employer, and a member of the Armed Forces Covenant. They strive to remove barriers, provide accommodations, and offer reasonable adjustments to ensure equity in all practices.

About Our Client

Our client designs with empathy and builds for impact by combining data-informed evidence, human-centred design, and software engineering. As a digital services partner, they are genuinely invested in helping clients thrive as modern organisations. Their delivery methodology is agile, from concept to reality, supporting innovation and continuous improvement to achieve desired outcomes.

They believe technology should serve humanity, not the other way around. By applying a human-centred approach, they ensure solutions work for users in the real world. With a combination of data, design, and engineering, they deliver bespoke digital services that make a meaningful impact on organisations and society.

Locations

Our client is headquartered in Leeds and has locations across the UK, including Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, London, and Bristol. They are looking for top talent nationwide and offer relocation support of up to £8k to make your move a smooth one. Given the dynamic nature of their business, you may need to work on-site at client locations or from home.