Contract Product Manager - 6 months - Outside IR35 - 3 days on site
Posted Today by WeDoTech
£650 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Greater London
Summary: The Contract Product Manager role involves working in a venture and innovation setting within a major UK consumer business, focusing on early-stage product ideas in areas like energy and smart technology. The position requires a commercially minded individual who can navigate ambiguity and bridge the gap between entrepreneurial teams and corporate structures. Responsibilities include shaping product propositions, supporting the journey from concept to launch, and collaborating with various stakeholders. This role is ideal for someone with a strong background in innovation and product management who thrives in dynamic environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Take early-stage product ideas and help shape them into clear, viable propositions
- Support the journey from concept through to proof of concept and launch decision
- Work with a wide range of stakeholders across product, commercial, operational and leadership teams
- Build and refine business cases, investment cases and product rationale
- Define success measures, test assumptions and help assess commercial viability
- Bridge the gap between fast-moving innovation teams and a larger business structure
- Help bring clarity, momentum and direction to new ventures in development
Key Skills:
- Product Owner / Product Manager / Product Lead experience
- Strong background in innovation, pilots, MVPs and PoCs
- Experience in energy tech, fintech, IoT or connected products
- Comfortable in both startup and corporate environments
- Good technical breadth across AWS / Azure, APIs and integrations
- Understanding of GDPR and data privacy considerations
- Jira / Confluence experience
- Strong stakeholder skills across technical, commercial and operational teams
- Able to deliver quickly in a fast-moving contract role
Salary (Rate): £650/day
City: Greater London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Job Title: Contract Product Manager
Rate: £500-£650pd
Location: Hybrid, London or Windsor 3 days per week in the office
Role: WeDo is supporting a really interesting contract opportunity for a commercially minded Product Owner to join an innovation-focused environment within a major UK consumer business. This is not a traditional BAU product role. It sits in a venture and innovation setting, working on early-stage ideas across areas such as energy, connected home, EV and smart technology. The focus is on taking new concepts from idea through to proof of concept, helping shape the commercial case, validate the opportunity and move the right products towards launch. It is a role for someone who enjoys ambiguity, knows how to bring structure to early-stage ideas and is comfortable operating between entrepreneurial teams and a larger corporate environment.
Responsibilities:
- Take early-stage product ideas and help shape them into clear, viable propositions
- Support the journey from concept through to proof of concept and launch decision
- Work with a wide range of stakeholders across product, commercial, operational and leadership teams
- Build and refine business cases, investment cases and product rationale
- Define success measures, test assumptions and help assess commercial viability
- Bridge the gap between fast-moving innovation teams and a larger business structure
- Help bring clarity, momentum and direction to new ventures in development
Required Skills:
- Product Owner / Product Manager / Product Lead experience
- Strong background in innovation, pilots, MVPs and PoCs
- Experience in energy tech, fintech, IoT or connected products
- Comfortable in both startup and corporate environments
- Good technical breadth across AWS / Azure, APIs and integrations
- Understanding of GDPR and data privacy considerations
- Jira / Confluence experience
- Strong stakeholder skills across technical, commercial and operational teams
- Able to deliver quickly in a fast-moving contract role
Why should I apply? This is a great opportunity to step into a role with genuine variety, visibility and impact. Rather than managing a well-established product, you will be helping shape what comes next.
Interested? Apply for the role today or send your CV to (url removed)