Head of Product
Summary: The Head of Product role is a contract position based in London, focusing on leading high-impact digital platforms across the UK. The successful candidate will be responsible for defining product strategy, overseeing delivery, and managing a team of product managers. This position requires collaboration with senior leadership and stakeholders to ensure product alignment with organizational goals. The role offers the opportunity to influence products that serve millions of users while operating in a complex digital environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and deliver long-term product strategy across multiple platform products
- Oversee end-to-end product delivery across the full life cycle
- Lead and develop a team of senior and lead product managers
- Collaborate with Engineering, Delivery and Design leadership to ensure successful outcomes
- Engage with senior stakeholders, including executive leadership, providing updates and demonstrating value
- Support business case development, funding and strategic decision-making
- Ensure platforms are scalable, reliable and aligned to organisational and user needs
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a Head of Product/Director of Product/Group Product Manager
- Strong background leading large-scale digital platforms (not just single products)
- Experience managing and mentoring senior product professionals
- Demonstrated success delivering products at enterprise or national scale
- Strong stakeholder management, including executive-level engagement
- Experience with payments, fintech, or transaction-based platforms (highly desirable)
- Background in platform products (APIs, shared services, ecosystems) (highly desirable)
- Experience working in complex or regulated environments (highly desirable)
- Exposure to public sector or large-scale transformation programmes (highly desirable)
- A collaborative and pragmatic leader who thrives in a flat, non-hierarchical environment
- Comfortable operating in complex, high-visibility programmes
- Passionate about building and scaling high-performing product teams
- Able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on leadership
Salary (Rate): £825 per day
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Head of Product (Contract)
Location: London (hybrid, 1-2 days per week)
Rate: £775-£825 per day (Inside IR35)
Duration: 10 months
We're looking for an experienced Head of Product to lead a portfolio of high-impact, national-scale digital platforms used across the UK.
This is a unique opportunity to shape and deliver products that serve millions of users and hundreds of organisations, while operating at the heart of a complex, high-profile digital environment.
You'll join a collaborative senior leadership team and play a critical role in setting product strategy, driving delivery, and growing product capability across a large organisation.
What You'll Be Doing- Define and deliver long-term product strategy across multiple platform products
- Oversee end-to-end product delivery across the full life cycle
- Lead and develop a team of senior and lead product managers
- Collaborate with Engineering, Delivery and Design leadership to ensure successful outcomes
- Engage with senior stakeholders, including executive leadership, providing updates and demonstrating value
- Support business case development, funding and strategic decision-making
- Ensure platforms are scalable, reliable and aligned to organisational and user needs
What We're Looking For
Essential Experience
- Proven experience as a Head of Product/Director of Product/Group Product Manager
- Strong background leading large-scale digital platforms (not just single products)
- Experience managing and mentoring senior product professionals
- Demonstrated success delivering products at enterprise or national scale
- Strong stakeholder management, including executive-level engagement
Highly Desirable
- Experience with payments, fintech, or transaction-based platforms
- Background in platform products (APIs, shared services, ecosystems)
- Experience working in complex or regulated environments
- Exposure to public sector or large-scale transformation programmes
About You
- A collaborative and pragmatic leader who thrives in a flat, non-hierarchical environment
- Comfortable operating in complex, high-visibility programmes
- Passionate about building and scaling high-performing product teams
- Able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on leadership
Location & Working Pattern
- Hybrid working with a preference for London-based candidates
- Flexible office attendance (typically 1-2 days per week)
- Occasional travel may be required
Requirements
- Must be eligible for BPSS and SC clearance
Why Apply?
- Work on critical, high-scale digital platforms
- Influence products used across the UK
- Join a high-calibre, collaborative leadership team
- Competitive day rate and meaningful, impact-driven work
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