Product Manager - Contract

Overview

As Lead Product Manager, you will translate business and customer needs into a clear product strategy and measurable outcomes. You will steer cross-functional teams through discovery, development, launch and continuous improvement, aligning with senior stakeholders and client objectives. This role goes beyond backlog management, requiring leadership from vision through execution in large-scale digital transformations.

You’ll shape product direction across multiple workstreams, delivering meaningful customer and business impact.

• hybrid work model
• career development
• culture of inclusion
• empowerment
• work with leading brands
• competitive compensation

• Own and communicate the product vision, strategy and long-term direction
• Align product strategy with organisational objectives, customer needs and commercial priorities
• Develop and maintain an outcome-focused roadmap spanning multiple workstreams
• Lead customer discovery, journey mapping and validation activities
• Lead multidisciplinary teams across Product, Engineering, UX/UI, Data, AI, QA, Security and Ops
• Ensure clear epics, requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria for delivery
• Collaborate with engineering on trade-offs between scope, quality, time, cost and risk
• Lead release planning, readiness reviews and post-launch evaluation
• Improve product and delivery ways of working with Agile practices
• Act as primary product representative for senior stakeholders and governance forums
• Provide leadership, coaching and mentoring to Product Managers and cross-functional teams
• Establish and continuously improve product management practices and operating model
• Represent and strengthen the product function across the organisation
• Maintain a healthy backlog and manage blockers and dependencies
• Drive decision-making with clear communication of progress, risks and trade-offs

• Significant experience in product management with a track record of leading complex products from strategy to delivery and adoption
• Experience as Product Manager, Senior Product Manager or Lead Product Manager in B2B/D2C Commerce or digital transformations
• Proven experience owning product strategy, roadmaps, prioritisation and outcomes across complex products or platforms
• Experience delivering workflow, project management, operations or back-office SaaS solutions
• Proven experience leading greenfield product development or platform transformation
• Experience working across multiple product squads or workstreams
• Track record of delivering measurable customer, operational or commercial outcomes
• Experience working with senior executives, enterprise clients and diverse stakeholders
• Experience operating in a large, global organisation with formal governance
• Strong understanding of commerce ecosystems and online customer experience
• Strong understanding of Agile, Lean and modern product management (Scrum, Kanban, continuous discovery)
• Ability to move between strategic thinking, discovery, planning and delivery
• Exceptional communication, presentation, facilitation and influencing skills
• Strong commercial awareness and link between product decisions, revenue and strategy
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Confidence making decisions in ambiguous environments
• Proven ability to lead and motivate through influence
• Highly organised and self-directed with initiative
• Comfortable using Jira, Confluence, Aha!, Productboard or equivalents
• Desirable: recognised Product Management or Agile Product Owner certification

• Exceptional communication and facilitation
• Influencing and stakeholder management
• Leadership and coaching
• Jira
• Confluence
• Aha!