279 Director Product Management jobs in the United Kingdom

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting, and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of the next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting, and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

As a Director, Product Management Consumer Products at Publicis Sapient, you will act as
your clients’ trusted advisor in leading the overall business solution, vision, strategy, roadmap,
and prioritization for a specific digital product, or products, within an engagement. You will
collaborate with clients within the Consumer Products industry undertaking major Digital
Business Transformation (DBT) engagements to understand their business, end-customer needs,
and then constantly deliver value with fast increment cycles.

Your Impact:
• Partner with client(s), strategists, experience leads, and enterprise architects, to
frame business goals and value streams from which we can shape solution
propositions that provide transformative business outcomes and customer experience
• Develop large solution vision that aligns with the product vision, strategy, and industry
compliance, by keeping the customer at the center of everything we do while using design
thinking tools
• Represent the client while facilitating solution workshops with cross functional leaders
where you identify new solutions, organization business needs, and solution options
• Develop solution hypotheses iteratively based on user research, and industry and market
trend analysis
• Translate solution vision into a product vision/roadmap containing well-defined,
prioritized features that will realize the solution and value
• Validate and present the business case to the C – level executives and lead business
reviews to ensure the team prioritizes the right features
• Serve as a voice of the customer among the cross-functional team, always understanding
and representing the customer needs
• Establish objective goals for the product with success and acceptance criteria using
meaningful metrics, KPIs, and quantifiable business outcomes
• Masterfully apply Lean Agile practices and frameworks
• Collaborate with product managers, other solution managers, and cross-functional
capability managers to ensure all product teams, to ensure alignment towards the same
program increment (PI) objectives
• Collaborate with enterprise architects to envision and prioritize capability enablers
• Represent industry best practice and market trends to assist the client in maintaining
competitive advantage
• Build and maintain a trusting relationship with the client, teams, and vendors; develop
influence without authority
• Inspire, lead, and mentor, a high-performing team of Product Analysts to continually
facilitate improvements in developing and enhancing best-in-class digital products and
services

Extensive experience and profound knowledge in the B2C and B2B consumer goods
environment, from a comparable position in a consulting firm or in in-house teams of leading
consumer goods manufacturers
• Deeply rooted in Agile, Lean, and continuous delivery principles that maximize flow of
value with a passion to extend this understanding throughout the organization
• Demonstrated success creating large solutions, digital products vision, strategy, experience,
and services - from capability identification, ideation to launch, including engineering and
operational quality
• Experience working with a multi-disciplinary team on customer-focused products and
services.
• Proven ability in collaborating and leading Program Increment (PI) cycles
• Proven ability to prioritize multiple demands and obtain buy-in from stakeholders
• Practice in workshop facilitation to cultivate ideation
• Ability to define financials, ROI, KPIs, and forecasts, with success leveraging data to make
decisions about product feature increments
• Proven track record of working with senior client stakeholder and diverse teams as a
servant leader and steward of economic and customer value
• Mastery in leading change and inspire others to change behaviors
• Influencer in continuous learning and innovation
Set Yourself Apart With:
• Deep knowledge of the key success factors, latest trends, and business models in the B2C
and B2B consumer goods industry.
• Relevant product, program management, or Scrum certifications such as SAFe, PMP, or
IPMA

A Tip from the Hiring Manager
A successful Director, Product Management at Publicis Sapient combines leadership skills,
rooted in customer centricity, with tactical product management skills to drive the client and
team in releasing parallel multiple program increments every 10-12 weeks (or applicable
frequency at client's organization)

Product Director Opportunity: Pioneering Consumer Innovation (B2C)

numi is exclusively retained as the hiring partner for this pivotal Product Director opportunity within a leading and well-backed consumer group. This role represents a unique chance to lead a zero-to-one product from its inception to significant market scale, operating with the agility of a startup powered by the resources and reach of a major established business.

The Vision: We are building a groundbreaking digital product, currently in its incubation phase, aimed at revolutionising how consumers manage their homes and personal finances . The initial focus is on empowering homeowners to optimise their energy consumption and spending by leveraging nuanced, personalised data from smart devices. This foundational product is envisioned as a "Trojan horse" for broader expansion, with the long-term goal of creating a comprehensive, hyper-personalised platform that integrates insights across various home services, including financial management and other essential consumer verticals. Ultimately, the ambition is for this product to become one of the top 15 most actively used apps, checked daily by millions of users, much like leading personal finance or fitness applications.

What You'll Be Building: This is a multi-million pound product line in the making , slated to achieve over 1 million users and hundreds of thousands of monthly active users within its first year. You will be at the forefront of changing consumer behaviour, guiding individuals to make smarter, more informed decisions about their household management. The product is primarily business-to-consumer (B2C) , with a strong focus on delivering highly personalised digital experiences.

The Team and Role: You will join a small, agile, cross-functional team of 8-12 people , currently comprising a senior product manager, designers, engineers, and an analyst. As the most senior product leader for this new venture, you will directly manage the senior product manager and potentially grow your direct reports to 2-4 as the team expands to 15-20 individuals. This role offers a unique "Goldilocks" level of responsibility:

• Directly reporting to the CEO of one of the group's flagship brands, ensuring high visibility and strategic influence.
• Engaging in strategic influence at the board level , without necessarily being a board member on day one.
• Requiring a hands-on, roll-your-sleeves-up execution mindset (approximately 70% execution, 30% strategy initially) to drive tangible results from concept to launch.

Who We Are Looking For: We seek a Product Director (or equivalent VP/Exec Ldr of Product) with a proven track record of:

• Startup-y Mindset & 0-1 Execution: Experience in building and scaling products from an early stage within a larger organisational context is crucial. This involves balancing entrepreneurial drive with the structure and governance of an established group.
• Personalised Consumer Products: Deep experience leading product for highly personalised consumer offerings that leverage large, nuanced datasets to provide recommendations or suggestions. Examples of relevant experience could come from sectors like health tech, smart home, or consumer apps focused on individual data insights (e.g., those tracking personal fitness, banking, or travel data).
• Full Product Ownership: Ability to own the entire product vision, positioning, and execution from strategy through to scaling, achieving measurable business outcomes.
• Consumer-Centric & Data-Driven: A passion for understanding user needs and a rigorous, data-informed approach to product development, focused on creating truly personalised customer journeys.
• High-Impact Leadership: Demonstrated ability to build, mentor, and lead high-performing cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration and achieving impact.

Logistics & Compensation:

• Location: Hybrid working model, requiring 2 days per week in a central London office.

As a Product Director you will lead initiatives from inception to execution, collaborating with Banks, FinTech’s, and Digital Wallets to deliver a world-class platform. With a focus on US partners, your expertise in US banking regulations will be a key asset in redefining how users manage their finances.

What You Will Do:

• Develop, maintain, and communicate the team’s roadmap, aligning milestones and dependencies with strategic priorities.
• Drive complex projects by defining features, writing product specifications, iterating on user feedback, reviewing QA test plans, prioritizing bug fixes, managing backlogs, and shipping products/features on time.
• Engage with customers to build empathy and ensure their needs are met.
• Prioritize initiatives, weighing trade-offs to achieve optimal outcomes.
• Collaborate with design, frontend, and backend teams to deliver first-in-class features.
• Monitor market trends and dynamics to ensure the products remain best-in-class.
• Represent the team in cross-functional communications with internal stakeholders.

Who You Are:

• 10+ years of product management experience in fintech; deep knowledge of US payment systems and cash clearing networks is highly preferred.
• Strong ability to translate technical APIs into impactful user stories.
• Hands-on approach with meticulous attention to detail, particularly in settlement flow design.
• Data-informed decision-making combined with a user-centric perspective.
• Passion for crafting exceptional customer-facing products and experiences.
• Strong work ethic and adaptability to meet tight deadlines when needed.
• Proven ability to manage C-level stakeholders and clearly articulate prioritization decisions.
• Demonstrated leadership, taking ownership and delivering measurable results.
• Excellent collaboration skills, working seamlessly with designers, engineers, QA, marketing, compliance, and growth teams.

Interested? Apply NOW or drop me a DM. Let's connect!

Product Director Opportunity: Pioneering Consumer Innovation (B2C)

numi is exclusively retained as the hiring partner for this pivotal Product Director opportunity within a leading and well-backed consumer group. This role represents a unique chance to lead a zero-to-one product from its inception to significant market scale, operating with the agility of a startup powered by the resources and reach of a major established business.

The Vision: We are building a groundbreaking digital product, currently in its incubation phase, aimed at revolutionising how consumers manage their homes and personal finances . The initial focus is on empowering homeowners to optimise their energy consumption and spending by leveraging nuanced, personalised data from smart devices. This foundational product is envisioned as a "Trojan horse" for broader expansion, with the long-term goal of creating a comprehensive, hyper-personalised platform that integrates insights across various home services, including financial management and other essential consumer verticals. Ultimately, the ambition is for this product to become one of the top 15 most actively used apps, checked daily by millions of users, much like leading personal finance or fitness applications.

What You'll Be Building: This is a multi-million pound product line in the making , slated to achieve over 1 million users and hundreds of thousands of monthly active users within its first year. You will be at the forefront of changing consumer behaviour, guiding individuals to make smarter, more informed decisions about their household management. The product is primarily business-to-consumer (B2C) , with a strong focus on delivering highly personalised digital experiences.

The Team and Role: You will join a small, agile, cross-functional team of 8-12 people , currently comprising a senior product manager, designers, engineers, and an analyst. As the most senior product leader for this new venture, you will directly manage the senior product manager and potentially grow your direct reports to 2-4 as the team expands to 15-20 individuals. This role offers a unique "Goldilocks" level of responsibility:

• Directly reporting to the CEO of one of the group's flagship brands, ensuring high visibility and strategic influence.
• Engaging in strategic influence at the board level , without necessarily being a board member on day one.
• Requiring a hands-on, roll-your-sleeves-up execution mindset (approximately 70% execution, 30% strategy initially) to drive tangible results from concept to launch.

Who We Are Looking For: We seek a Product Director (or equivalent VP/Exec Ldr of Product) with a proven track record of:

• Startup-y Mindset & 0-1 Execution: Experience in building and scaling products from an early stage within a larger organisational context is crucial. This involves balancing entrepreneurial drive with the structure and governance of an established group.
• Personalised Consumer Products: Deep experience leading product for highly personalised consumer offerings that leverage large, nuanced datasets to provide recommendations or suggestions. Examples of relevant experience could come from sectors like health tech, smart home, or consumer apps focused on individual data insights (e.g., those tracking personal fitness, banking, or travel data).
• Full Product Ownership: Ability to own the entire product vision, positioning, and execution from strategy through to scaling, achieving measurable business outcomes.
• Consumer-Centric & Data-Driven: A passion for understanding user needs and a rigorous, data-informed approach to product development, focused on creating truly personalised customer journeys.
• High-Impact Leadership: Demonstrated ability to build, mentor, and lead high-performing cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration and achieving impact.

Logistics & Compensation:

• Location: Hybrid working model, requiring 2 days per week in a central London office.

As a Product Director you will lead initiatives from inception to execution, collaborating with Banks, FinTech’s, and Digital Wallets to deliver a world-class platform. With a focus on US partners, your expertise in US banking regulations will be a key asset in redefining how users manage their finances.

What You Will Do:

• Develop, maintain, and communicate the team’s roadmap, aligning milestones and dependencies with strategic priorities.
• Drive complex projects by defining features, writing product specifications, iterating on user feedback, reviewing QA test plans, prioritizing bug fixes, managing backlogs, and shipping products/features on time.
• Engage with customers to build empathy and ensure their needs are met.
• Prioritize initiatives, weighing trade-offs to achieve optimal outcomes.
• Collaborate with design, frontend, and backend teams to deliver first-in-class features.
• Monitor market trends and dynamics to ensure the products remain best-in-class.
• Represent the team in cross-functional communications with internal stakeholders.

Who You Are:

• 10+ years of product management experience in fintech; deep knowledge of US payment systems and cash clearing networks is highly preferred.
• Strong ability to translate technical APIs into impactful user stories.
• Hands-on approach with meticulous attention to detail, particularly in settlement flow design.
• Data-informed decision-making combined with a user-centric perspective.
• Passion for crafting exceptional customer-facing products and experiences.
• Strong work ethic and adaptability to meet tight deadlines when needed.
• Proven ability to manage C-level stakeholders and clearly articulate prioritization decisions.
• Demonstrated leadership, taking ownership and delivering measurable results.
• Excellent collaboration skills, working seamlessly with designers, engineers, QA, marketing, compliance, and growth teams.

Interested? Apply NOW or drop me a DM. Let's connect!