Lead Product Manager

Lead Product Manager – Programme Mobilisation (Contract)

Hybrid – Stevenage/Andover (3 days onsite)

Up to £710 per day (Inside IR35)

Hybrid working – Stevenage

Initial contract 6 months (extensions likely, 3 - 5 year programme)

A major, high-profile transformation programme is seeking a senior Lead Product Manager to provide programme-level product leadership during mobilisation and early delivery.

This role is not about sprint management or backlog ownership. An established Product Owner is handling team-level delivery. The focus here is strategic: ensuring the service will function end-to-end, aligning delivery across multiple teams and suppliers, and rebuilding confidence with senior customer stakeholders in a high-scrutiny environment.

You will operate as the senior product authority, working closely with programme leadership to provide clarity, direction and assurance across a complex delivery landscape.

Key focus areas:

• Owning the product vision and roadmap at the programme level

• Ensuring alignment across teams, suppliers and dependent workstreams

• Identifying and managing cross-programme dependencies and delivery risks

• Representing the product at senior governance and decision-making forums

• Providing leadership, direction and challenge to Product Owners and delivery teams

This role will suit someone who:

• Has operated at Lead Product Manager or Head of Product level on large, complex programmes

• Brings gravitas and credibility when engaging senior stakeholders

• Thinks in terms of services, outcomes and alignment rather than features

• Is comfortable operating in ambiguity and under scrutiny