Senior Product Manager (London)

About The Role

Hippo is recruiting for Senior Product Managers to join our growing team. Product Managers ensure that our client's goals are translated into actionable plans. This involves creating a compelling product vision, developing roadmaps, writing user stories, and actively managing a prioritized backlog.

As a Senior Consultant specializing in Product , you will be an expert in your field, proficient in agile methodologies, and a confident coach. You will also lead people and teams, advocating for user-centered design approaches. Hippo offers exciting opportunities to share your expertise, influence clients and team members, and continue your development as a leader.

Please note, we are seeking candidates interested in growth at this senior level. Therefore, the advertised salary band is at the lower end of our full range for this position, providing room for progression.

Your role in a nutshell:

1. Inspire and guide colleagues by supporting them in understanding client needs, explaining the broader context, and securing buy-in.
2. Provide team leadership and shield your team from distractions to focus on delivery.
3. Engage with stakeholders to create a project vision, translating it into a roadmap and a prioritized backlog.
4. Communicate effectively with a diverse group of people, including subject matter experts.
5. Lead a multidisciplinary team delivering work for a high-profile client.

About the Candidate:

We value people at the center of everything we do. We are a diverse, close-knit community passionate about solving complex problems for our clients and their users. We take a pragmatic approach: learning from mistakes, adapting, staying curious, and continuously learning.

While formal qualifications are not required, you should demonstrate the ability to:

• Lead a team of specialists
• Use evidence of value to drive decisions with the user at the core
• Build consensus among diverse perspectives and make decisive decisions when needed
• Bridge stakeholder and team communication to maintain focus on delivery
• Balance constraints like policy and security pragmatically to meet user needs
• Perform well across delivery disciplines such as Scrum and Kanban
• Communicate confidently on behalf of the company and clients
• Lead workshops and group exercises remotely and in person
• Develop product and user-centric capabilities in others

About The Company

We offer a competitive salary and a range of benefits, including:

• Contributory pension scheme (Hippo 6%, employee 2%)
• 25 days holiday plus UK public holidays
• Perkbox discounts
• Critical illness cover
• Life assurance and death in service cover
• Volunteer days
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Season ticket loans
• Wellbeing sessions
• Flexible benefits (private health/dental, extra holidays, wellbeing contributions, charity, tree planting)

Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Hippo

We are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. We encourage applications from underrepresented groups and provide accessible recruitment processes. We are a Disability Confident Employer, Mindful Employer, Endometriosis Friendly Employer, and part of the Armed Forces Covenant. We strive to remove barriers and provide accommodations for all applicants.

About Hippo

We design with empathy and build for impact, combining data, human-centered design, and software engineering. Our agile methodology supports innovation and continuous improvement, aiming to deliver solutions that serve humanity and address real-world needs.

Our team is based across the UK in Leeds, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London, and Bristol. We welcome applicants nationwide, offering relocation support of up to £8,000. Flexibility to work on-site or remotely is available, depending on client needs.