Principal Product Manager

MHR; Ruddington; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal Product Manager to drive product excellence and strategy. In this pivotal role, you will lead a team of Product Managers, ensuring high standards and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will influence both long-term product success and immediate execution. This role offers the chance to blend leadership with direct impact, shaping the future of product management while delivering meaningful results for customers. Join a supportive environment that values innovation and teamwork, and make a significant difference in your career and the organization.

Benefits

Access to internal training courses

24/7 access to a GP

Ability to purchase additional holiday days

Enhanced Family leave

Employee recognition program

Referral bonus scheme

On-site subsidised restaurants

Opt-in private medical insurance

Opt-in dental coverage

Qualifications

• Proven experience in product management with a focus on strategic oversight.
• Strong leadership skills with a hands-on approach to product ownership.

Responsibilities

• Shape product excellence and define strategy across multiple teams.
• Lead product initiatives including market research and stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Product Knowledge

Commercially Focused

Decision Making

Presentation Skills

Job description

At MHR, our employees are central to our success and play a key role in helping customers achieve sustainable high performance. With a team of over 900 professionals, we work to make things flow smoothly, whether it's for large organisations or individual employees. As businesses face rapid changes in the world of work, our team is here to help them adapt and thrive.

By focusing on the core needs of efficiency, productivity, growth, and impact, our employees use their expertise to deliver real solutions through our People and Finance platform. This system, which covers finance, HR, payroll, and learning, helps businesses run more smoothly and make better decisions in real time.

With over 40 years of experience behind us, MHR’s track record as a high-performance organisation is built on clear goals, a shared vision, and strong communication—all of which we pass on to our customers.

MHR is more than just a place to work; it’s a platform for empowerment. Joining us means bringing innovation, technology, and teamwork seamlessly removes obstacles, enhances your skills, and allow you to focus on what’s most important to you- work that matters.

With us, you’ll grow, find your flow, and make a lasting difference in your career, your team, and your impact.

Your Career

As a Principal Product Manager, you will take on a pivotal role in shaping product excellence, defining strategy, and driving execution across multiple teams. You will set and maintain high standards for product management, fostering a culture of continuous improvement. This role provides the opportunity to lead a team of Product Managers while also staying hands-on with product ownership, ensuring your career blends both leadership and direct impact.

Your Team

You will work closely with cross-functional teams across engineering, design, and business to align on large-scale Epics that drive significant impact. As a leader, you will ensure seamless collaboration and process improvements that enhance team efficiency and delivery. Your ability to bring together different functions will strengthen the product vision and execution across the organisation.

Your Impact

By balancing strategic oversight with hands-on product management, you will influence both long-term product success and near-term execution. You will own key product initiatives, including market research, stakeholder engagement, GTM strategy, and customer insights, ensuring that MHR’s products remain innovative and commercially successful. Your leadership will shape the future of our product management practice while delivering meaningful results for customers and the business.

Skills:

• Product Knowledge
• Commercially Focused
• Decision Making
• Presentation Skills

Benefits To Support You Personally And Professionally

Alongside the opportunity to work with an incredible team and express your individuality, we offer a range of personalised benefits including:

• Access to over 60 internal training courses, professional qualifications, and cross-departmental mentoring and coaching programs
• 24/7 access to a GP through SmartHealth for you and your family, confidential mental health support, and paid sick leave
• Ability to purchase or sell additional holiday days beyond 25 days and bank holidays
• Enhanced Family leave
• My MHRewards offering discounts at over 900 retailers
• Monthly employee recognition program and departmental awards
• Referral bonus scheme of up to £2,000
• Employee-led social events such as running clubs, football teams, book clubs, and bake-offs
• On-site subsidised restaurants offering a variety of fresh meals daily
• Opt-in benefits schemes such as private medical insurance and dental coverage

We value the well-being, financial stability, and inclusivity of our employees, and strive to provide a supportive working environment.