Product Manager

Association of Accounting Technicians; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional membership body in London is seeking a Product Manager to oversee product lifecycle and collaborate across teams to deliver innovative solutions. The ideal candidate will have experience in product management and a customer-focused mindset. This role offers hybrid working options and an excellent benefits package including generous annual leave and contributions to a pension scheme.

Benefits

Hybrid working

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme contributing up to 10.15%

Health cash plan

Enhanced parental leave contributions

Wellbeing initiatives

Cycle2Work scheme

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in product development and strategy implementation.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Strong creative thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Proven financial and budget management expertise.
• Ability to analyse market trends and customer data.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the complete lifecycle of products and services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions.
• Monitor financial and non-financial performance, ensuring targets are met.
• Ensure all products comply with regulatory standards.

Skills

Product lifecycle management

Project management

Creative thinking

Financial management

Market trend analysis

Relationship building

Customer-focused mindset

Job description

Job description

At AAT it’s our mission to make it possible for more people to experience the opportunities a career in finance brings, through our accessible qualifications and supportive community.

We are the UK’s leading qualification and professional membership body for vocational accountants. We pride ourselves on providing practical qualifications that meet the needs of both employers and employees, as well as products and services to support our members and customers throughout their careers.

Term: Permanent

Location: We have hybrid working in place, with 1-2 days per week, in our office in Canary Wharf.

What exactly will you be doing?

As a Product Manager, you will oversee the complete lifecycle of products and services within a specialist portfolio, with an initial focus on our charitable product portfolio. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, stakeholders and target audiences to deliver innovative solutions that align with AAT’s vision and strategy. This role involves shaping product strategies, developing proposals and ensuring market relevance through insights and feedback. You will oversee financial performance, support sales and marketing efforts and drive engagement and growth for the portfolio, whilst ensuring compliance with regulations and standards. The role sits within the Commercial and Charity team, and while your initial focus will be on the charitable product portfolio, we value flexibility to adapt to future organisational priorities.

Major objectives

Your major objectives will include:

• Develop and deliver product strategies to maximise value for AAT’s audiences.
• Manage the lifecycle of products and services, ensuring relevance and alignment with organisational objectives.
• Identify market opportunities and translate them into actionable proposals.
• Monitor financial and non-financial performance, ensuring targets are met.
• Use customer feedback and market insights to drive innovation and engagement.
• Collaborate with teams across AAT to deliver high-quality solutions and services.
• Ensure all products and services comply with regulatory standards and organisational goals.

What are we looking for?

• Demonstrated experience in product lifecycle management, product development and strategy implementation, ideally with exposure to educational or charitable products or services.
• Excellent project management skills, including briefing and scheduling.
• Strong creative thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Proven financial and budget management expertise.
• Ability to analyse market trends and customer data to inform decisions.
• Exceptional relationship-building and negotiation skills.
• A customer-focused mindset with a track record of delivering impactful solutions.

What are the benefits?

At AAT we believe in treating our staff well and this is reflected in our wide-ranging benefits, which include:

• Hybrid working (1-2 days per week in our London office) and opportunities for further flexible working.
• 25 days’ annual leave with the opportunity to buy and sell, increasing one day per year up to a maximum of 30 days plus bank holidays.
• Great pension scheme whereby AAT will contribute up to10.15%, life assurance and critical illness cover.
• Health cash plan.
• Enhanced maternity and shared parental leave contributions of up to 6 months’ full pay depending on the length of service.
• Regular wellbeing initiatives.
• Cycle2Work scheme and much more.

Closing Date: The planned closing date for this role is 20 October 2025 at 17.00, however, we reserve the right to close the role earlier than planned.

It’s an exciting time to join AAT and we would love you to join us on our journey. In 2023 we achieved one-star company status in the Best Companies survey and we have recently launched our strategy to 2030.

We are committed to being an inclusive and welcoming place to work. We encourage applications from diverse candidates and make recruitment decisions based on skill and experience. We have a Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Champions group, which leads on our D&I strategy and organise events to celebrate and raise awareness. We are a disability-confident committed employer and have signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We have also signed up for the Women in Finance Charter and in 2022 we exceeded our target for appointing females into senior positions.

Come and help us to make AAT an even better place to work!