Product Lead

LGBT Great Careers; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Two annual Mankind days for community

Flexible working arrangements

Diversity initiatives

Job summary

Man Group, a global investment management firm headquartered in London, seeks a Product Lead to augment Engineering Management, ensuring delivery initiatives are planned, coordinated and run efficiently to maximise value. You will coordinate across teams, shape delivery goals, manage features and fixes, and communicate with stakeholders to secure buy-in and clear milestones.

The role requires delivery leadership in a regulated financial services context with strong SDLC and platform engineering

Qualifications

• Proven project or delivery management experience running technology initiatives end to end.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence at all levels of an organisation.
• Ability to translate stakeholder needs into clear, prioritised delivery plans with well-defined scope, milestones and dependencies.
• Sound understanding of software engineering practices, delivery lifecycles and the tooling that supports them.
• Track record of running complex, multi-team delivery initiatives, managing scope, schedule, risks and dependencies, and balancing competing priorities to deliver measurable business value.

Responsibilities

• Engineering collaboration: Coordinate work across teams, removing blockers to meet commitments.
• Delivery strategy: Input to goals and initiatives, shaping the sequence of delivery.
• Delivery planning: Define, estimate and sequence features and fixes with milestones.
• Stakeholder management: Build relationships and report progress, resolving impediments.
• Delivery governance: Run cadence, planning sessions, risk logs and post-delivery reviews.
• Subject matter expertise: Understand business drivers and engineering tools supporting them.

Skills

Delivery management

Stakeholder management

Delivery planning

Software engineering understanding

Multi‑team leadership

Education

PRINCE2 / PMP / Scrum / SAFe qualifications

Job description

About Man Group

Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing outperformance for sophisticated clients via our Systematic, Discretionary and Solutions offerings. Powered by talent and advanced technology, our single and multi-manager investment strategies are underpinned by deep research and span public and private markets, across all major asset classes, with a significant focus on alternatives. Man Group takes a partnership approach to working with clients, establishing deep connections and creating tailored solutions to meet their investment goals and those of the millions of retirees and savers they represent.

Headquartered in London, we manage $253.6 billion* and operate across multiple offices globally. Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker EMG.LN and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 .man.com

At Man Group, we respect your privacy and we are committed to protecting and safeguarding your Personal Data. We have developed policies and processes which are designed to provide for the security and integrity of your Personal Data. We are committed to Processing your Personal Data fairly and lawfully, and being open and transparent about such Processing. For further information on how we process your data, please see the privacy notice for applicants here.

* As at 30

The Role

A Product Lead augments the capabilities of Engineering Management to ensure that complex delivery initiatives are planned, coordinated and run effectively, and that the technology products and services they produce deliver maximum value to the firm.

Role Responsibilities

• Engineering collaboration: Assist the engineering managers with delivery by coordinating work across teams, providing clarity on what is being requested and its business value, and removing blockers so commitments are met.
• Delivery strategy: Provide input to delivery goals, priorities and key initiatives, based on the needs of stakeholders and in line with the firm and technology department strategy. This shapes and sequences the work of the engineering teams.
• Delivery planning: Support the Engineering teams with collating and managing features, enhancements and fixes, ensuring that these are clearly defined, estimated and sequenced into a realistic delivery plan with clear milestones and dependencies.
• Stakeholder management: Build and maintain relationships with partners and stakeholders externally and at all levels of the firm. Communicate effectively with stakeholders to ensure they are informed of progress, working with them to resolve impediments to delivery. Report progress, risks, issues and dependencies clearly, and build stakeholder buy-in for new features and ways of working.
• Delivery governance: Establish and run the cadence that keeps initiatives on track, including planning sessions, progress reporting, risk and issue logs, and post-delivery reviews, escalating early where scope, schedule or resourcing is at risk.
• Subject matter expertise: Develop an understanding of the business drivers and processes supported by the product and services as well as the engineering tools used to support them.

Key Competencies

Essential

• Proven project or delivery management experience running technology initiatives end to end, ideally within a complex, multi-team environment.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence at all levels of an organisation.
• Ability to translate stakeholder needs into clear, prioritised delivery plans with well-defined scope, milestones and dependencies.
• Sound understanding of software engineering practices, delivery lifecycles and the tooling that supports them.
• Track record of running complex, multi-team delivery initiatives, managing scope, schedule, risks and dependencies, and balancing competing priorities to deliver measurable business value.

• Experience within financial services, asset management or another regulated industry.
• Familiarity with platform engineering concepts such as SDLC and infrastructure.
• Exposure to technology landscape assessment and maintaining a tech radar.
• Relevant qualifications in project or programme management or agile delivery (e.g. PRINCE2, PMP, Scrum, SAFe).

Inclusion, Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Group
You'll thrive in our working environment that champions equality of opportunity. Your unique perspective will contribute to our success, joining a workplace where inclusion is fundamental and deeply embedded in our culture and values. Through our external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes, you'll find opportunities to grow, develop your talents, and help foster an inclusive environment for all across our firm and industry. Learn more at www.man.com/diversity.
You'll have opportunities to make a difference through our charitable and global initiatives, while advancing your career through professional development, and with flexible working arrangements available too. Like all our people, you'll receive two annual 'Mankind' days of paid leave for community volunteering.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Depending on your location, you may also enjoy additional benefits such as private medical coverage, discounted gym membership options and pet insurance.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Man Group provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and all employees without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, age or any other legally protected category or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

Man Group is a Disability Confident Committed employer; if you require help or information on reasonable adjustments as you apply for roles with us, please contact .