Principal Product Manager - Product Coach

Mott MacDonald; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consultancy firm based in Cambridge is seeking a Principal Product Manager to lead their product management function. This role involves driving digital transformation, developing product strategy, and collaborating across various sectors to create impactful solutions. Candidates should have extensive experience in product management, a strong educational background, and the ability to lead a diverse team. The position offers competitive benefits and an opportunity to influence significant projects globally.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Flexible benefits with health options

Minimum 33-35 days holiday each year

26 weeks paid maternity leave

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive product management experience, ideally in B2B.
• Track record of successful product launches and client satisfaction.
• Comfortable with discovery, ambiguity, and iteration.

Responsibilities

• Develop compelling product vision aligned with organizational goals.
• Drive ways of working and coach product managers.
• Lead end-to-end product development for collaborative delivery platform.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Collaboration

Education

University degree in business, engineering or related field

Tools

AI and data products knowledge

Job description

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve.

Location/s: Cambridge or London. Recruiter contact: Nikki George.

About the Role

As a Principal Product Manager, you’ll be at the forefront of our digital transformation journey. Your role won’t just be about managing products; it’s about driving outcomes, creating impact and empowering change. You will lead the product management function in a 250‑strong team of product leads, product managers, developers, data scientists, and designers—driving and owning our ways of working across the entire product management organisation globally.

What You’ll Focus On

• Drive strategic impact: Play a central role in developing our product management capability, aligning innovation with measurable outcomes, and steering digital products that support decarbonisation, resilience, and efficiency across global projects.
• Collaborate across sectors: Work closely with specialists in engineering, design, software development, and data science, ensuring our products are technically sound and meaningful to users.
• Integrate AI thoughtfully: Embed intelligence into our products to enhance user experience and commercial value, translating customer needs into data‑informed solutions that support sustainable outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Strategy & Vision
  • Define and communicate a compelling product vision aligned with broader organisational goals.
  • Develop roadmaps balancing customer needs, business objectives, and technical feasibility.
  • Incorporate feedback from customers and stakeholders into strategy and prioritisation.
• Lead & Coach – Global Ways of Working
  • Drive ways of working for the entire product management organisation, codifying frameworks for discovery, delivery, and measurement.
  • Coach and support PMs, SPMs and PPMs globally to achieve their product goals.
  • Embed lean, agile and modern product management practices and contribute to continuous evolution.
• Product Development & Execution
  • Lead end‑to‑end product development for the collaborative delivery platform portfolio.
  • Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure successful execution.
  • Monitor progress, manage risks and adapt plans to deliver high quality outcomes.
• Market Research & Insights
  • Conduct market research to identify trends, customer pain points, and competitive landscape.
  • Gather insights from customers, project teams, business development and industry experts.
  • Use data‑driven analysis and experimentation to inform decisions and validate assumptions.
• Stakeholder Management
  • Engage proactively with internal and external stakeholders, including clients and partners.
  • Translate needs, pain points, and business objectives into actionable product features and outcomes.
  • Communicate progress, decisions and trade‑offs clearly and credibly.
• Product Lifecycle Management
  • Define metrics to measure product success and track performance across discovery, delivery and adoption.
  • Continuously improve based on user feedback, telemetry and market dynamics.
  • Make informed decisions about enhancements, updates and retirements to optimise value.
• Business Acumen
  • Understand the B2B landscape, industry trends and competitive forces across the AEC sector.
  • Identify growth opportunities, partnerships, and areas for differentiation.
  • Balance short‑term revenue goals with long‑term strategic vision and platform sustainability.
• Data & AI Integration
  • Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to infuse AI capabilities into the platform.
  • Ensure AI solutions align with customer needs, ethical standards, security and commercial value.
  • Leverage data and AI insights strategically without overengineering.

Candidate Specification

• Formal Education & Experience
  • University degree in business, engineering or a related field.
  • Extensive product management experience (preferably B2B), including leadership of complex products or portfolios.
  • Track record of successful product launches, client satisfaction and influencing organisational practices.
• Skills & Abilities
  • Strong leadership and communication skills; able to influence without direct authority.
  • Strategic thinker with a customer‑centric mindset and bias for action.
  • Proven collaboration across functions and with senior stakeholders.
  • Adaptability in a dynamic business environment; comfortable with discovery, ambiguity and iteration.
• Preferred Experience
  • B2B software, enterprise solutions or industrial sectors.
  • Partner management and ecosystem development.
  • Technical software background; knowledge of AI and data products desirable.
  • Experience shaping product operating models and ways of working at scale.
• Success Metrics
  • Clear, validated strategy and accelerated delivery for the collaborative delivery platform portfolio.
  • Adoption, usage and measurable outcomes across global projects.
  • Maturity and consistency of product management practices across all portfolios.
  • Positive feedback from PMs and stakeholders on coaching, frameworks and leadership.

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to lead a high‑performing product management organisation and change the industry.
• An industry‑leading platform (Moata) and an ambitious new portfolio at the centre of project delivery.
• Experienced team around you with award‑winning technology and deep domain expertise.
• A chance to set the standard for modern product management in a mission‑driven, employee‑owned organisation.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. is not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Benefits

• Health and wellbeing
  • Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
  • Health cash plan to support everyday health costs and treatments.
  • Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
  • Variety of wellbeing support available through our comprehensive program for you and your family.
  • Flexibility to adjust salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many extendable to family.
• Financial wellbeing
  • Match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
  • Life assurance equal up to 4× basic salary, with option to increase to 6×.
  • Income protection scheme providing financial benefit and support due to long‑term illness or injury.
  • Flexible benefits: increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
  • Annual bonus schemes and profit sharing.
• Lifestyle
  • Minimum 33‑35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays, with option to buy or sell leave.
  • Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years of service.
  • Employee saving schemes and discounts from retailers.
• Enhanced family & carers leave
  • 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
  • Shared parental leave matches maternity leave, paying up to 24 weeks at full pay.
  • Up to five additional days leave for significant caring responsibilities, two paid.
• Learning and development
  • Primary annual professional institution subscription.
  • Opportunities to enhance technical and soft skills via mentoring, formal training and self‑development.
• Networks, communities & social outcomes
  • Wide range of employee groups supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race, ethnicity, disability and parents/carers.
  • Participation in social outcomes within the communities we serve.

Apply Now

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, contact [e-mail].