Product Manager - Manchester

IO Associates; Manchester; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

IO Associates is seeking a Product Manager to own a key product area, guiding discovery through delivery with close collaboration across Engineering and Design. You will actively employ AI tools to prototype ideas and shape tangible outputs, moving fast from concept to delivery.

The role requires shaping requirements, prioritising work, and balancing priorities in a growing product-led environment, with a focus on practical results and stakeholder collaboration.

Qualifications

• Strong product management experience in software/digital environments.
• Experience owning from discovery and shaping through to delivery.
• Hands-on experience using AI tools to prototype and develop ideas.
• Able to produce tangible outputs quickly, not only docs.
• Strong理解 of how Product, Eng, and Design work together.
• Confident stakeholder management with constructive challenge.
• Proactive, able to push initiatives independently.
• Comfortable in an evolving, shaping-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Own a key product area.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Design across discovery, shaping, prioritisation, prototyping, testing, and delivery.
• Apply AI tools throughout product development.
• Translate complex business problems into clear product solutions.
• Challenge requirements and decide what to build or not.
• Work with Engineering to deliver shaped concepts.
• Manage competing priorities across the business.
• Help evolve ways of working toward a more product-led approach.

Skills

Product management

Discovery to delivery

Stakeholder management

Proactive mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

ChatGPT

Claude

Job description

Salary: £60,000 - 60,000 per year

Requirements

• Strong Product Management experience within software or digital environments
• Experience taking ownership from discovery and shaping through to delivery
• Hands-on experience using AI tools to prototype and develop product ideas
• Comfortable creating tangible outputs quickly rather than relying solely on traditional documentation
• Strong understanding of how Product, Engineering, and Design work together
• Confident stakeholder management skills and the ability to challenge constructively
• Proactive mindset with the ability to independently push initiatives forward
• Comfortable working in an evolving environment where there is still plenty to shape

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of a key product area
• Work closely with Engineering and Design across product discovery, shaping, prioritisation, prototyping, testing, and delivery
• Use AI tools practically throughout the product development process
• Turn complex business problems into clear product solutions
• Challenge requirements and make decisions about what should and should not be built
• Work with Engineering to take shaped concepts through into delivery
• Manage competing priorities across different areas of the business
• Help evolve ways of working toward a more fluid, product-led approach

Technologies

• AI
• ChatGPT
• Product Manager

More

We are a long-established business entering the next stage of a major technology and product transformation, with a growing Product team taking ownership of how new products and platforms are shaped and built. We are moving away from rigid delivery processes toward a more fluid approach, with Product doing more of the thinking, shaping, and prototyping before work reaches Engineering. This is a 5-day onsite role based in North Manchester, with a salary of £55,000–£60,000. We are looking for someone who is actively experimenting with AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, or similar to prototype ideas and accelerate product development in a practical, hands-on way.