Lead Product Manager

Publicis Groupe ANZ; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical cover

Reflection Days

Shared Parental Leave

Job summary

Publicis Groupe ANZ is seeking a Lead Product Manager based in London (Hybrid) to collaborate on high-impact digital products for leading brands. In this role, you’ll lead product strategy and delivery, ensuring alignment with user needs and client goals while fostering strong relationships with stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will possess significant experience in leading digital product initiatives and bringing together strategy and technical insights. Publicis Groupe offers comprehensive benefits, including Pension, Life Assurance, and more, while promoting an inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading product initiatives in digital or technology.
• Strong understanding of managing product lifecycle from discovery to optimization.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas simply and effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead product strategy and delivery for complex digital products.
• Define product vision aligned to user needs and commercial outcomes.
• Guide teams through delivery and support continuous improvement.

Skills

Experience leading product initiatives

Ability to integrate strategy and user insight

Strong understanding of product lifecycle

Confidence in engaging stakeholders

Commercial awareness

Clear communication skills

Collaborative mindset

Job description

Permanent | London (Hybrid) | Digitas UK

We are hiring a Lead Product Manager to play a central role in shaping and delivering high‑impact digital products for leading brands. This is an opportunity to bring product thinking to life—connecting strategy, design, and technology to create meaningful outcomes for clients and their customers. You’ll work at the heart of multidisciplinary teams, helping define what to build, why it matters, and how it delivers real value. If you enjoy turning complex challenges into clear, impactful solutions, this role offers both influence and scope.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead product strategy and delivery across complex digital products, services, and transformation programmes
• Define and champion a clear product vision aligned to user needs, client goals, and commercial outcomes
• Own and evolve product roadmaps, ensuring priorities are transparent and focused on measurable impact
• Guide teams through discovery, delivery, and optimisation, supporting continuous improvement
• Translate business, user, and technical inputs into clear product requirements and delivery plans
• Build strong relationships with client stakeholders, enabling confident decision‑making and alignment
• Support growth opportunities through product storytelling, proposal development, and solution shaping

Skills we’re looking for:

• Experience leading product initiatives in digital, technology, agency, or client‑facing environments
• Ability to bring together strategy, user insight, and technical considerations into clear direction
• Strong understanding of product lifecycle, from discovery through to delivery and optimisation
• Confidence working with multidisciplinary teams and engaging a range of stakeholders
• Commercial awareness, with an ability to connect product decisions to business value
• Clear communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to simplify complexity
• A collaborative, curious mindset with a focus on outcomes and continuous improvement

Digitas offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees. Full details are shared when you join, but highlights include core benefits such as Pension, Life Assurance, and Private Medical cover, alongside enhanced policies like Reflection Days and Shared Parental Leave. You’ll also have access to a range of additional initiatives, including:

Please check out our Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAGs (Employee Action Groups).

Publicis Groupe works primarily from the office or our clients' office four days per week.

At Digitas we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.

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