Lead Product Manager

Waracle are looking for a Lead Product Manager  for an exciting new role joining our world-class digital technology consultancy and home to a diverse, smart, curious and ambitious community of specialists in technology-driven transformation.

We work with ambitious clients to help them solve their biggest business and customer challenges. We help our clients to innovate and create intelligent digital products and services. We thrive on complex  challenges and deliver business-critical IT transformation projects, moving seamlessly from strategy, design and delivery to operations.

This is a Hybrid role working from our Dundee, Glasgow, Edinburgh, or London office a minimum of two days a week.

Are you a strategic leader who sees the bigger picture? Do you thrive in the most ambiguous and complex product discovery and delivery environments, driving systemic improvement, and mentoring the next generation of Product Managers? We're looking for a lead product manager with experience throughout the product lifecycle, and ideally leading multiple squads to deliver complex programmes and critical business outcomes. 

We're particularly interested in people experienced in data driven prioritisation, working closely with technologists to make complex trade offs, and those who can provide the primary strategic link between our most senior client stakeholders and our cross functional teams. If this sounds like you, this is your chance to shine! We strongly encourage women and people from all backgrounds to apply.

Key aspects of the role include:

• Strategic Vision: Define and communicate a coherent strategic vision and OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) that align a small portfolio of products and teams to a single business goal.

• Portfolio Management: Own portfolio-level prioritisation, deciding on funding and resource allocation for products and initiatives.

• Market Insight: Synthesise complex market data across product lines to identify white space, adjacency opportunities, and market segmentation.

• Engineering Partnership: Partner with Engineering Leadership to manage architectural trade-offs that impact multiple product teams (e.g., platform debt, shared services).

• Leadership & Mentoring: Coach, guide, and direct other Product Managers (PMs) on strategy execution, discovery frameworks, storytelling, and career progression, ensuring succession planning is embedded.

• Data & Measurement: Develop a unified measurement framework for your portfolio, interpret data to identify large, systemic product opportunities, and define experimentation strategies.

• Team Development: Structure teams based on skillset, seniority, and cost balance, while actively tracking diversity metrics and proactively addressing imbalances

What you'll bring

We're looking for an individual with the proven experience and a diverse set of leadership skills to guide our teams to success:

• Product Expertise: Proven experience in product management, particularly managing a portfolio of products or highly complex product lines.

• Visionary Strategy: Demonstrated ability to define and communicate a clear strategic vision and OKRs (Objectives and Key Results).

• Coaching & Mentoring: Extensive experience in coaching and mentoring other Product Managers on product discovery, strategy execution, and storytelling.

• Market Acumen: Deep understanding of market analysis, competitive landscape synthesis, and product segmentation.

• Communication Mastery: Excellent organisational, presentation, and communication skills, with the ability to engage with a wide variety of personality types and senior stakeholders

  
  

The recruitment process you can expect for this role is an initial call with your dedicated Talent Acquisition Partner who will chat with you about Waracle, what you are looking for in a new position, the salary for the role, notice period and benefits (the important stuff!).

After that, you'll be invited to a two-stage interview process where you have an opportunity to find out more about the role and showcase your skills and experience. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will guide you through the whole process to your first day with us.

Our Benefits

We believe in supporting our team, inside and outside of work. Here's a glimpse of what you can expect:

• Rest & Recharge: You'll receive 27 days of annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays, totaling 35 days of holiday to unwind and pursue your passions.

• Financial Future & Security: Plan for retirement with our company-matched 5% pension contribution. For added peace of mind, we also offer a Death in Service benefit, providing 2 x your annual salary for your loved ones.

• Health & Wellness: Our Medicash Health Cash Plans help cover everyday healthcare costs, complemented by an Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support, and Group Sickness Cover for peace of mind.

• Flexible Working: We champion hybrid working, providing a home office setup budget to ensure you're comfortable and productive wherever you are.

• Learning & Development: Invest in yourself with access to Udemy Business and a dedicated learning and development budget for continuous growth.

• Lifestyle Perks: Make the most of our Cycle to Work Scheme, and enjoy exclusive gym and retail discounts.

• Family First: Our enhanced parental leave policies include support for fertility journeys, recognising diverse family needs.

• Community & Connection: We foster a vibrant culture with regular fun meet-ups and lunch on us in the office once a month. You'll also have the opportunity to make a local impact through Spirit of Waracle, our initiative for getting involved in charitable causes locally, building strong team bonds and giving back.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.