Senior Product Manager
We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead a portfolio of critical geospatial products and services that support operational, regulatory and transformation activity across Thames Water.
This is a senior leadership role where you’ll shape the future of our geospatial capability, influence major digital transformation programmes and take ownership of strategic GIS product roadmaps.
You’ll lead a team of product professionals and work closely with senior stakeholders across the business, helping to improve operational performance, customer outcomes and regulatory compliance.
- Base location – this is a Hybrid role based at Clearwater Court, Reading, RG1 8DB.
- Working pattern is Monday to Friday, 36 hours a week.
- PLEASE NOTE: This is a fixed-term contract for initially 12 months.
What’s in it for you?
- Competitive salary between £75,000 & £90,000 per annum depending on experience.
- Car Allowance £5,800pa
- Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
- Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
- Generous Pension Scheme through AON
- Private Medical Health Care
- Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.
What you’ll be doing as a Senior Product Manager – Geospatial Products
We’re looking for someone to lead and develop our key geospatial products. In this role, you’ll set the product direction, manage priorities, and help the team deliver useful improvements for the business. You’ll work closely with business teams, sponsors, and technology partners to understand needs, make trade-off decisions, and turn ideas into clear benefits. You’ll also keep stakeholders updated on progress, risks, and issues, while supporting agile working and continuous improvement.
What you should bring to the role
The essential criteria to help you succeed in this role is:
- Strong knowledge of geospatial systems, data and integrations.
- Product strategy, roadmap ownership and prioritisation.
- Proven leadership of cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.
- Experience working in an agile product environment.
- The ability to manage risks, dependencies and delivery challenges.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence decisions and explain things clearly.
Additional skills and experiences would be great to have/bring:
- Experience delivering large GIS change or improvement programmes.
- Knowledge of Utility Network Models and large geospatial platforms.
- Experience working with SAP, Salesforce and integrated enterprise systems.
- Supplier and third-party delivery management.
- Product management certifications and advanced agile delivery experience.