Lead Product Manager

Job summary

Data and Analytics is central to delivering the NHS 10 Year Health Plan, overseeing national programmes with investment exceeding £1.5 billion. This is an exciting opportunity to join NHS England at a pivotal moment and contribute to the design and delivery of some of the most ambitious digital transformation programmes ever undertaken within the NHS.

We are now recruiting a number of roles to help turn the plan into reality, including growing our Product Management community; we are looking for experienced Product Managers to drive the development of innovative products from concept to delivery, translating user needs and strategic priorities into impactful solutions that improve outcomes, deliver value and support the transformation of the NHS.

These roles will help create a connected digital ecosystem that empowers patients, supports clinicians with better information, and enables more coordinated care.

A flexible assignment-based model is in play but the attached Assignment Briefs provide detail on the current opportunities to support:

The NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) which enables organisations make better decisions through data, real-time insight and emerging AI capabilities.Transforming and Connecting Care, a landmark programme which is transforming how health and care information is shared, enabling secure, seamless access to patient records across organisational boundaries through the development of a Single Patient Record.

Main duties of the job

o Work with NHS provider organisations, clinical teams, operational leaders and incubator sites to identify unmet needs, understand frontline challenges and translate these into clear product visions, requirements and roadmaps.o Lead products from ideation and incubation through pilot, evaluation, adoption and scale, ensuring solutions are user-centred, evidence-based and deliver measurable operational and clinical benefits.o Act as the senior product lead for assigned products, presenting opportunities, progress and recommendations to Product Boards and ensuring products meet governance, assurance and stage-gate requirements.o Bring together supplier partners, technical specialists, clinicians, operational experts and programme teams to design, develop and continuously improve products that solve real-world NHS challenges.o Champion benefits realisation, adoption, clinical safety, information governance and alignment with NHS strategic priorities, including the 10 Year Health Plan, to ensure products deliver sustainable value across the NHS.

Please see attached Assignment Briefs for more information.

About us

NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.

Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms -- enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.

If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.