p strong Head of Product Management /strong – Contract /p p strong 📍 Location: /strong Edinburgh, Scotland (Hybrid) /p p strong 💷 Day Rate: /strong £1,050 per day (Inside IR35) /p p strong 📅 Duration: /strong 4–5 months initially /p p br /p p Were supporting a leading banking client on the appointment of an experienced Head of Product Management to drive product management excellence across a large-scale transformation programme. /p p br /p p This is a senior leadership opportunity for a true product professional who has built, scaled and coached high-performing product organisations. Youll play a key role in embedding modern product practices, influencing senior stakeholders and helping shape the future product operating model within a highly regulated environment. /p p br /p p strong The Role /strong /p p Youll lead the Product Advisory capability, partnering with senior business and technology leaders to improve product management maturity across the organisation. Acting as a trusted advisor, youll help embed customer-centric product thinking, strengthen strategic decision-making and coach leaders to deliver better customer and business outcomes. /p p This role is ideal for someone who has operated at Head of Product level or above and has significant experience influencing executive stakeholders within complex organisations. /p p br /p p strong What you will be doing: /strong /p ul li Lead the Product Management Advisory function, driving product management maturity across multiple business areas. /li li Coach and advise senior product leaders, executives and cross-functional teams on modern product practices. /li li Shape and embed best practice across product discovery, strategy, prioritisation, roadmaps, experimentation and value measurement. /li li Partner with business agility and platform leaders to align product management, delivery and operating model transformation. /li li Champion customer-centric decision making and evidence-based product development. /li li Influence senior stakeholders and challenge existing ways of working to improve customer outcomes. /li li Develop and mentor Product Management Coaches, ensuring consistency and quality across the advisory function. /li li Support wider Product Excellence and organisational transformation initiatives. /li /ul p br /p p strong What we are looking for: /strong /p p Were specifically looking for strong experienced, end-to-end Product Management leaders /strong rather than delivery professionals with product exposure. /p p br /p p strong What we would love to see: /strong /p ul li Extensive experience leading Product Management functions within large, complex organisations. /li li A proven track record of building high-performing product teams and improving product maturity. /li li Deep expertise in product strategy, discovery, prioritisation, product operating models and customer-led product development. /li li Experience coaching senior leaders and influencing executive (CxO) stakeholders. /li li Strong knowledge of modern product practices within regulated environments such as banking or financial services. /li li An ability to balance customer outcomes, commercial value, governance and delivery. /li li Excellent stakeholder management, communication and leadership skills. /li /ul p br /p p strong Please Note /strong /p p This opportunity requires a genuine Product Management leader with deep product expertise. Candidates whose backgrounds are primarily focused on project, programme or delivery management, with limited end-to-end product leadership experience, are unlikely to be suitable. /p p If youre passionate about shaping product organisations, influencing senior leaders and driving product excellence within one of the UKs leading banking environments, wed love to hear from you. /p
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