Head of Product – UK Pension Administration Software
United Kingdom
Contract
2 hours ago
$600 GBP
No Sponsorship
Key skills
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About this role
Role Overview
Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, and mentorship to Product Managers, raising capability and ensuring consistently high standards of product thinking and execution
Define, embed and uphold best practice across the Product Management function, including discovery, prioritisation, roadmap development, value measurement, and stakeholder engagement
Ensure product briefs include clear business cases demonstrating how solutions meet client needs and deliver measurable return on investment
Maintain accountability for the quality, clarity, and consistency of product artefacts and decision-making across squads, balancing standards with team autonomy
Own and shape value propositions, ensuring products solve meaningful, high-value problems for pension schemes, insurers, and administrators
Drive commercial alignment in product investment decisions based on revenue impact, cost efficiency, strategic value, and long-term sustainability
Partner closely with Sales and Marketing to ensure positioning, messaging, and go-to-market narratives accurately reflect product capability and roadmap intent
Ensure squad-level roadmaps align to a cohesive overarching product strategy, avoiding siloed or locally optimised decision-making
Own end-to-end product lifecycle accountability, from discovery and business case through to launch, optimisation, operation, and decommissioning
Apply systems thinking to understand interdependencies across the pensions platform, including regulatory compliance, operational processes, and user experience
Drive a shift from output-based delivery to outcome-based delivery, defining clear success measures tied to user and business value
Partner with Engineering and Delivery leadership to ensure clear problem definition, aligned priorities, and effective trade-off decisions
Collaborate with Sales and Marketing to support go-to-market execution, including shaping propositions, messaging, assets, and participating in client and prospect engagement where required
Act as a senior advocate for product-led thinking in technical and architectural discussions, balancing quality, risk, speed, and value
Maintain strong domain expertise in UK pensions and regulatory frameworks, ensuring compliance and forward-looking product direction
Requirements
Significant experience leading Product Managers within a software organisation
Strong commercial acumen with demonstrable experience linking product decisions to revenue growth, cost efficiency, or strategic advantage
Experience in pensions administration, financial services, fintech, or another complex regulated industry is essential
Proven delivery of complex software products from concept through to stable operation in regulated environments