Head of Product (G6) - £825 per day - Contract
Posted 1 day ago by Jobserve
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
London
Summary: The Head of Product (G6) role involves providing strategic leadership for a portfolio of critical digital platforms within a leading Central Government organization. This interim position requires collaboration with various departments to drive product excellence and ensure successful service delivery across the public sector. The role demands extensive experience in product management within large organizations and a strong focus on stakeholder engagement. The position is hybrid, with a preference for candidates based in London, Manchester, or Bristol.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic leadership across a portfolio of nationally critical digital platforms.
- Shape departmental strategy and drive product excellence in collaboration with Heads of Engineering, Delivery, and Design.
- Oversee product professionals and support services operating at national scale.
- Engage with senior stakeholders, including executives and ministers, to ensure alignment and support for product initiatives.
- Define and deliver product strategy, vision, and roadmaps for large-scale digital platforms.
- Manage and mentor senior product professionals and multidisciplinary teams.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience at Head of Product, Director of Product, or similar roles in large organizations.
- Strong leadership skills in managing large product functions and multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience in defining product strategy and delivering for large-scale digital platforms.
- Significant experience with platform products in complex technology environments.
- Desirable payments experience within large-scale platform or transaction-based services.
- Exceptional stakeholder management and engagement skills.
- Strong coaching and mentoring capabilities.
- Collaborative leadership style suited for a supportive senior management team.
- Experience in government, public sector, or GDS is advantageous.
- Experience applying AI within product environments is beneficial but not essential.
Salary (Rate): £825 Daily
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: Hybrid
IR35 Status: Inside
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Head of Product (G6) - £825 per day - ContractRate: Up to £825 per dayIR35: InsideLocation: Hybrid - London preferred (Manchester or Bristol also considered). Attendance typically 1-2 days per week, with occasional travel required.Clearance: BPSS required, SC eligible as a minimum.The Role:A leading Central Government organisation is seeking an experienced Head of Product (G6) to join its Senior Management Team on an interim basis.
You will provide strategic leadership across a portfolio of nationally critical digital platforms (GOV.UK Pay, GOV.UK Notify, GOV.UK Forms and GOV.UK Emergency Alerts. Working closely with Heads of Engineering, Delivery and Design, you will help shape departmental strategy, drive product excellence, and ensure the successful delivery of services used across Government and the wider public sector.This is a high-profile leadership role overseeing product professionals, supporting services that operate at national scale and form part of the UK's critical digital infrastructure.Experience & Requirements:
- Proven experience operating at Head of Product, Director of Product, Product Lead, Principal Product Manager or Group Product Manager level within large, complex organisations.
- Strong track record leading large product functions, departments and multidisciplinary teams, including line management of senior product professionals.
- Experience defining and delivering product strategy, vision and roadmaps for large-scale digital platforms used by millions of users.
- Significant experience with platform products (B2B or B2B2C), ideally within complex technology environments.
- Payments experience is highly desirable, particularly within large-scale platform or transaction-based services.
- Exceptional senior stakeholder management skills, with experience engaging executives, ministers, directors or equivalent senior leadership groups.
- Demonstrable experience operating within large-scale organisations and navigating complex stakeholder environments.
- Strong coaching and mentoring capability, with a passion for developing product teams and raising product management standards.
- Collaborative leadership style with the ability to thrive within a flat, highly supportive senior management team.
- Government, public sector or GDS experience is advantageous, although candidates from large-scale commercial organisations will also be considered.
- Experience applying AI within product environments would be beneficial but is not essential.
Key Attributes:
- Large-scale digital platform leadership.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
- Collaborative leadership and people management experience.
If you are an experienced product leader with a background in large-scale platforms, payments, or nationally significant digital services, please apply and we will be in touch to discuss the opportunity further.