Principal Product Manager - IDP & Agentic AI

IFS; Staines-upon-Thames; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Job summary

IFS is seeking a product manager to own programmes and product lines for highly technical customers, including developers, architects and platform engineers. You will translate business strategy into clear requirements and collaborate with engineering to shape how products evolve.

You will balance short-term customer value with long-term health, advocate for superior developer experience, and lead cross-functional teams to deliver measurable outcomes, including AI-assisted discovery and

Qualifications

• Genuine product mindset focused on outcomes and value.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery with developers, architects and platform engineers and build a prioritized, outcomes-driven roadmap.

Skills

Product mindset

Customer obsession

B2B enterprise experience

Discovery and co-creation

APIs and schemas

Prioritisation decisions

Communication

Mentoring PMs

AI-first working

Tools

APIs

Documentation tools

Job description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 7000+ employees on all continents. We deliver award-winning enterprise software solutions through the use of embedded digital innovation and a single cloud-based platform to help businesses be their best when it really matters- at the Moment of Service™.

At IFS, we're flexible, we're innovative, and we're focused not only on how we can engage with our customers, but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society's greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and accept that there are so many different perspectives in this world. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We're looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs.

If you want to change the status quo, we'll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

Job Description

Our customers are technical: developers, architects, platform engineers, system administrators and implementation teams. You'll understand their workflows, friction points and adoption barriers deeply, build named relationships with the ones who matter most, and treat their day-to-day experience — from APIs and SDKs to documentation and onboarding — as the truest measure of whether the product is working.

Own the problem, the customer and the outcomes for a programme or product line — you set the what and the why, and partner with engineering and architects on the how.

• Live in your customers' world — lead discovery with developers, architects and platform engineers, build deep named partnerships, and turn real evidence into a prioritised, outcomedriven roadmap.
• Advocate relentlessly for developer experience - API and SDK usability, documentation quality, onboarding and adoption - as the measure of product success, and get ahead of needs customers haven't yet named.
• Translate customer needs and business strategy into clear, testable requirements and acceptance criteria the team can build against with confidence - and set the standard for how that's done across the team.
• Make the prioritisation and trade-off calls that balance immediate customer value with long-term product health, drawing on technical trade-offs such as build vs buy, scalability and extensibility without getting lost in them.
• Use AI as a force multiplier across discovery, analysis and documentation, and raise the bar for how the team applies it - while the product judgement stays yours.
• Partner with architects and engineers as an equal, challenge assumptions constructively, and be the product partner they seek out to make hard calls faster and with less friction.
• Coach and mentor other product managers, share what you learn, and lift the practice around you rather than holding knowledge to yourself.

Qualifications

• A genuine product mindset — you think in customer outcomes, adoption and business value, not in features or technology for its own sake.
• Deep obsession with your customers — here, developers, architects and platform engineers — and a track record of advocating for their experience and shifting product direction because of it.
• Substantial product management experience in B2B enterprise, platform, developer or infrastructure products, with a record of independently owning outcomes at programme or product-line level.
• Proven customer discovery and co-creation skills, and the ability to turn real evidence into a Clear Roadmap And Requirements Others Build Against.
• Enough technical fluency to engage credibly with engineering and architecture - you can read APIs, schemas, logs and code to understand impact (writing production code is not required).
• Confidence making prioritisation and trade-off decisions, and the influence to align engineers, architects and senior stakeholders without authority.
• Excellent communication — you translate technical complexity into business language and business strategy into clear product direction, and present confidently to leadership.
• Experience coaching or mentoring other PMs, and setting standards the team adopts.
• An AI-first way of working, and the judgement to know where AI helps and where it doesn't.

Additional Information

We embrace flexibility and hybrid work opportunities to support diverse needs and lifestyles, while also valuing inclusive workplace experiences. By fostering a sense of community, we drive innovation, strengthen connections, and nurture belonging. Our commitment ensures you can work in a way that suits you best, while also engaging with colleagues to share ideas and build meaningful relationships.