Contract Product Manager - 6 months - Outside IR35 - 3 days on site
Posted Today by WeDo
£650 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Contract Product Manager involves working in an innovation-focused environment within a major UK consumer business, specifically on early-stage product ideas in areas such as energy and smart technology. The position requires a commercially minded individual who can navigate between entrepreneurial teams and a corporate structure, shaping concepts from idea to proof of concept. This is not a traditional product management role, emphasizing the need for adaptability and structure in ambiguous situations. The role is hybrid, requiring three days in the office in either London or Windsor.
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 daily
City: 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 max.crowhurst@wedotech.uk