Principal Product Manager

Insights Learning & Development Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading learning and development organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a Product Lead to drive customer-centric product development and management. The role involves creating a compelling product vision and leading a cross-functional team while ensuring alignment with organizational strategy. Candidates should have a strong background in product management and a passion for innovative learning solutions. Benefits include generous holidays and flexible working options.

Benefits

35 days holidays

Discretionary Annual Bonus

Private Medical Insurance

Income Protection

Pension Plan

Health Cash Plan

Life Assurance

Electric Car Scheme

Gymflex

Employee Discounts

Critical Illness cover

Employee Assistance Program

Holiday purchase option

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading and developing multidisciplinary product teams.
• Significant experience in defining and executing product strategy aligned to objectives.
• Excellent communicator skilled at influencing senior leaders.
• Deep understanding of agile delivery and iterative product development.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional product team to deliver impactful products.
• Create a compelling product vision guided by customer experiences.
• Collaborate across the business for alignment on product goals.
• Ensure governance best practices are followed within product management.

Skills

Leadership

Product Strategy

Communication

Decision-Making

Agile Delivery

Customer Impact

Job description

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Reporting to the Head of Product, you will lead a cross-functional product team to deliver customer-centric, commercially impactful products aligned with organisational strategy.

You'll be responsible for creating a compelling Product vision, ensuring that innovative learning, technology and customer experiences are at the heart of our product evolution. You will lead our Product estate, encompassing product management (product vision, innovation, development and lifecycle management) and are accountable for ensuring that as a function we are following governance best practices, using our product framework.

You will collaborate across the business to ensure our products align to our organisational value proposition, our product roadmap is clear, and product launches/iterations are supported across our value chain.

Success in this role will result in the evolution of our core products and introduction of new products. These products will have innovative learning modes and distribution channels, with frictionless user experiences. Our people will know what they own and what is expected of them. Our customers will view us an innovative business, easy to do business with, and experts in go-to-market execution.

Job Description

Reporting to the Head of Product, you will lead a cross-functional product team to deliver customer-centric, commercially impactful products aligned with organisational strategy.

You'll be responsible for creating a compelling Product vision, ensuring that innovative learning, technology and customer experiences are at the heart of our product evolution. You will lead our Product estate, encompassing product management (product vision, innovation, development and lifecycle management) and are accountable for ensuring that as a function we are following governance best practices, using our product framework.

You will collaborate across the business to ensure our products align to our organisational value proposition, our product roadmap is clear, and product launches/iterations are supported across our value chain.

Success in this role will result in the evolution of our core products and introduction of new products. These products will have innovative learning modes and distribution channels, with frictionless user experiences. Our people will know what they own and what is expected of them. Our customers will view us an innovative business, easy to do business with, and experts in go-to-market execution.

Qualifications

Leadership & Team Management

• Proven experience leading and developing multidisciplinary product team.

• Demonstrated ability to establish high-performing teams that deliver measurable value across complex environments.

• Strong track record of coaching, mentoring, and inspiring teams through change and growth.

• Able to create a collaborative, high-trust team culture that drives performance and innovation.

Product Strategy & Execution

• Significant experiencein defining and executing product strategy aligned to organisational objectives and customer needs.

• Skilled in managing product developmentacross discovery, design, delivery, and optimisation phases.

• Experienced in backlog management, iterative delivery, and managing product dependencies at scale.

• Brings creativity, ambition, and bold vision-setting—grounded in evidence and user need.

Communication & Stakeholder Engagement

• Excellent communicator, s killed at influencing and securing buy-in from senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Able to advocate for the role and value of the Product function within the wider organisation.

• Confident representing the team internally and externally as a thought leader and ambassador.

Decision-Making & Problem Solving

• Able to make effective, evidence-based decisions and explain the rationale with clarity.

• Experienced in navigating complexity, managing risk, and unblocking teams to maintain momentum.

• Comfortable balancing strategic thinking with hands-on delivery in a fast-paced, changing environment.

Ways of Working & Delivery Mindset

• Deep understanding of agile delivery, lean practices, and iterative product development.

• Brings an innovation mindset and familiarity with applying innovation frameworks in practice.

• Comfortable taking risks, learning from failure, and creating a culture of experimentation and growth.

Customer & Business Impact

• Strong focus on value creation over output; delivers products that are impactful, relevant, and well-designed.

• Experience driving performance through customer feedback, KPIs, NPS, and continuous learning.

• Technologically fluent, with a passion for leveraging digital tools to increase product effectiveness.

Personal Attributes

• Strategic thinker with a hands-on, delivery-driven mindset.

• Highly motivated, resilient, and driven by purpose and outcomes.

• Strong analytical and project management skills with a 'can-do' attitude.

• Role model for growth mindset, learning from failure, and continuous personal development.

• Champion of cross-functional collaboration and building strong relationships across the organisation.

Additional Information

Benefits:

• 35 days holidays
• Discretionary Annual Bonus
• Private Medical Insurance
• Income Protection
• Pension Plan
• Health Cash Plan
• Life Assurance
• Electric Car Scheme
• Gymflex
• Employee Giving
• My Advantage – Employee Discounts
• Critical Illness cover
• Employee Assistance Program
• Holiday purchase option
• Flexible working

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It is in our nature to nurture. We have developed an organisation which puts care for our people, inclusion, belonging and wellbeing at the heart of our approach. We’re strengthened by a community where we work together to co-create a culture that celebrates difference and welcomes everybody.

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