Made Tech

Lead Product Manager

Made Tech

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Any UK Office Hub • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £64,000 - £75,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • As the Lead Product Manager, you will work on complex engagements and when necessary at programme level for those that are high risk or sensitive.
  • You will support recruitment, interviewing and onboarding of new team members and line managers up to three Senior Product Managers.
  • You will provide strategic direction within the community of practice and coach & mentor others.
  • Lead Product Managers are expert practitioners of product management practices, principles and approaches.
  • As an effective leader, you will help drive decisions that deliver successful outcomes.
  • Your main responsibilities will be achieved, by applying the following practices, within engagements:
  • - Apply Agile and Lean practices, innovate, and advocate for best approaches.
  • - Provide expert consultancy to stakeholders and lead on the development of guidance on all UCP services.
  • - Own financial and strategic aspects of product management.
  • - Drive success through the full product life cycle and operational management.
  • - Anticipate & solve problems and build problem-solving capabilities in others.
  • - Lead product and strategic ownership, ensuring user needs are met.

Requirements

  • Experience in helping grow product teams through community, hiring and line management.
  • Excellent understanding and passionate articulation of the value of product and user-centred design.
  • Experience and evidence of delivering user centred products and services from ideation through to maintenance phases.
  • Experience of assisting to develop product communities of practice as a leader or leading member of a high-performing practice.
  • Ability to support and coach others to grow their skills, product capabilities and to take on more responsibility for client-facing projects.
  • Able to educate and mentor team members, colleagues and peers in the wider business on developing product and agile delivery as a core discipline.
  • Experienced in working directly with customers and users, and able to drive teams to deliver excellent outcomes for users.
  • Working within a design consultancy/senior product leadership role in the public sector, health or allied areas.
  • Strong empathy and relationship building skills.
Benefits
  • 30 days Holiday - we offer 30 days of paid annual leave
  • Flexible Working Hours - we are flexible with what hours you work
  • Flexible Parental Leave - we offer flexible parental leave options
  • Remote Working - we offer part time remote working for all our staff
  • Paid counselling - we offer paid counselling as well as financial and legal advice
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
product managementAgile practicesLean practicesuser-centred designproduct life cycle managementfinancial managementstrategic ownershipproblem-solvingconsultancy
Soft Skills
leadershipcoachingmentoringrelationship buildingcommunicationstrategic directioncommunity buildingteam managementempathy