Product Manager - Enterprise / Public Sector Software
Posted 1 day ago by Data Careers
£650 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Southwark, South East London (SE1), SE1
Summary: The Product Manager for Enterprise/Public Sector Software will oversee the management and strategic direction of complex software products in a product-led technology environment. This 12-month contract role requires strong product management experience, particularly in SaaS and enterprise technology, with a focus on managing mature and legacy products. The position involves collaboration with various stakeholders to ensure product delivery aligns with customer needs and business goals. The ideal candidate will balance technical and commercial considerations while driving product outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Defining and maintaining product roadmaps aligned to customer, business and technical priorities
- Managing the lifecycle of mature, legacy or end-of-life software products
- Working closely with engineering teams to define, prioritise and clarify product requirements
- Engaging with senior internal and external stakeholders to gather insight, validate needs and manage expectations
- Supporting delivery of complex product initiatives by bringing structure, clarity and momentum across teams
- Identifying and managing product risks, dependencies, trade-offs and delivery challenges
- Using data, customer insight, research and analytics to inform product decisions
- Collaborating with engineering, design, commercial, customer success and operational teams
- Championing clear product documentation, knowledge sharing and decision-making discipline
- Supporting product adoption, customer value and long-term product direction
Key Skills:
- 6+ years' experience in product management within a modern software, SaaS or product-led organisation
- Strong experience working closely with engineering teams in an Agile environment
- Proven ability to manage complex product roadmaps, priorities, dependencies and stakeholder expectations
- Experience managing product lifecycle decisions, ideally including mature, legacy or end-of-life software products
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders, customers and technical teams
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to use data, insight and research to guide product decisions
- A customer-focused mindset and the ability to understand customer needs, pain points and motivations
- Experience working with cross-functional teams including engineering, design, sales, marketing and customer success
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to balance customer, business and technical considerations
- Experience operating in Agile environments such as Scrum or Kanban
- The ability to communicate product vision, value and priorities clearly to different audiences
Salary (Rate): £650 per day
City: Southwark
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Product Manager - Enterprise / Public Sector Software
12 Month Contract
Location: London / Hybrid
Rate: £600 - £650 per day (Inside IR35)
We are looking for an experienced Product Manager to support the ongoing management and strategic direction of complex software products within a product-led technology environment.
This is a 12-month contract role, working remotely, suited to someone with strong product management experience across modern software, SaaS, enterprise technology, public sector, healthcare, regulated or mission-critical software environments. Healthcare experience would be beneficial, but the key requirement is strong product management experience within complex software products, ideally where there are multiple stakeholders, engineering dependencies and mature or legacy product considerations.
The role will include ownership of product roadmap activity, stakeholder engagement, engineering collaboration and lifecycle management, with a particular focus on managing mature, legacy or end-of-life products and ensuring they continue to deliver value, stability and clarity for customers and internal teams.
You will work closely with engineering, design, research, commercial, customer success and senior stakeholders to define priorities, manage dependencies and support effective delivery. This is not a pure project management role; we are looking for someone who can take ownership of product outcomes, balance customer value with technical and commercial considerations, and bring structure to complex product environments.
The Role
As Product Manager, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining a clear understanding of customer needs, business goals and product priorities. You will help define and refine product roadmaps, support product lifecycle decisions and ensure product development activity remains aligned to wider strategic objectives.
You will work closely with engineering teams to define requirements, prioritise work and manage risks, dependencies and trade-offs. The role requires strong delivery discipline, excellent stakeholder management and the ability to operate effectively in a matrix environment with competing priorities.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Defining and maintaining product roadmaps aligned to customer, business and technical priorities
- Managing the lifecycle of mature, legacy or end-of-life software products
- Working closely with engineering teams to define, prioritise and clarify product requirements
- Engaging with senior internal and external stakeholders to gather insight, validate needs and manage expectations
- Supporting delivery of complex product initiatives by bringing structure, clarity and momentum across teams
- Identifying and managing product risks, dependencies, trade-offs and delivery challenges
- Using data, customer insight, research and analytics to inform product decisions
- Collaborating with engineering, design, commercial, customer success and operational teams
- Championing clear product documentation, knowledge sharing and decision-making discipline
- Supporting product adoption, customer value and long-term product direction
Skills and Experience Required
We are looking for someone with:
- 6+ years' experience in product management within a modern software, SaaS or product-led organisation
- Strong experience working closely with engineering teams in an Agile environment
- Proven ability to manage complex product roadmaps, priorities, dependencies and stakeholder expectations
- Experience managing product lifecycle decisions, ideally including mature, legacy or end-of-life software products
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders, customers and technical teams
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to use data, insight and research to guide product decisions
- A customer-focused mindset and the ability to understand customer needs, pain points and motivations
- Experience working with cross-functional teams including engineering, design, sales, marketing and customer success
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to balance customer, business and technical considerations
- Experience operating in Agile environments such as Scrum or Kanban
- The ability to communicate product vision, value and priorities clearly to different audiences
Desirable Experience
Experience in any of the following would be beneficial:
- Public sector, GovTech or government-facing software
- Healthcare software or NHS-related product environments
- Regulated, enterprise or mission-critical software products
- SaaS, cloud-based products or platform environments
- UX design principles or human-centred design methodologies
- Leading geographically distributed teams
- Mentoring or supporting other product managers