Product Owner (Manchester Area)

Job Title: Product Owner – Digital Health App

Location: Manchester

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum

Sector: Digital Health & Wellbeing

About the Opportunity

We are partnering with a market-leading digital health provider that supports millions of users across the UK and Ireland with innovative wellbeing solutions. As part of a strategic expansion of their digital services, we’re looking for a Product Owner to join a newly formed, high-impact team focused on growing a flagship wellbeing app.

This role offers the opportunity to make a tangible impact on user wellbeing through the delivery of engaging, high-quality content and features in an award-winning mental health and wellbeing product.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap for a leading mental health and wellbeing mobile app.
• Define and deliver a clear vision, goals, and measurable success criteria for the product and its content.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering, marketing, clinical experts, and design to drive engagement and feature adoption.
• Lead the creation of product requirements including epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Act as the voice of the user—leveraging analytics, user feedback, and wellbeing trends to inform product decisions.
• Maintain a prioritised product backlog and facilitate regular Agile ceremonies (e.g. sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives).
• Oversee the planning, curation, and updating of content in line with key wellbeing themes, seasonal trends, and business priorities.
• Ensure clinical accuracy and tone consistency by working closely with subject matter experts and editors.
• Support release planning, documentation, training and internal enablement to maximise adoption.
• Monitor competitor products and market shifts to identify opportunities for product and content innovation.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience as a Product Owner
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) and working with engineering teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Understanding of CMS tools and publishing workflows (e.g. DatoCMS or similar).
• Strong user-centred thinking, with experience using data to inform decisions.
• Passion for mental health and wellbeing is essential; prior experience in this sector is a strong plus.

Desirable

• Familiarity with content governance and localisation strategies.
• Background or collaboration experience with marketing or editorial teams.
• Experience working within regulated sectors (e.g. healthcare, financial services).

Benefits

• 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays
• An additional day off on your birthday
• Health cash plan for you (and your children, if applicable)
• Holidays increase after 2 and 5 years of service
• Contractual sick pay
• Private medical insurance after 5 years’ service
• Pension Plan and Life Insurance
• Increased pension contributions after 5 and 7 years of service
• Holiday season bonus after 3 years’ service
• Profit share scheme
• Season ticket loan scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme
• Company incentives and employee discount schemes
• Monthly social sessions with free food and drink
• Free 24/7 onsite gym with regular group fitness classes