Product Operations & Mobilisation Manager

La Fosse; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

La Fosse is partnering with a major transport organisation to appoint a Product Manager who will coordinate technology solutions across bids, mobilisation and live operations. The role spans ticketing, onboard tech, CCTV, scheduling and data services to support a growing portfolio of contracts.

You’ll act as the link between bid teams, suppliers and product groups, shaping propositions and ensuring commercially viable, scalable solutions ready for deployment.

Qualifications

• Experience contributing to competitive bids, tenders, RFPs or major proposals.
• Ability to shape and coordinate technology solutions across multiple systems and suppliers.
• Experience taking a contract, service or technology programme through mobilisation and into live operation.
• Strong programme or project-management capability, including governance, dependencies, risks and delivery planning.
• A good understanding of systems integration, enterprise technology and operational environments.
• Commercial awareness, including experience working with cost models, supplier estimates and delivery assumptions.
• Experience working closely with Finance, Procurement, operational teams and senior stakeholders.
• The confidence to challenge assumptions and bring clarity to complex, cross-functional decisions.
• The ability to balance individual contract requirements against strategic roadmaps and reusable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Shape and coordinate technology solutions for competitive bids and tenders.
• Translate contractual and operational requirements into clear product, technology and delivery inputs.
• Coordinate roadmaps, priorities and dependencies across multiple product areas.
• Work with Finance, suppliers and product teams to develop credible technology cost models.
• Document commercial assumptions, risks, dependencies and delivery requirements.
• Support procurement, supplier selection and commercial discussions.
• Lead technology mobilisation planning following successful contract awards.
• Coordinate delivery sequencing across operational, product, technology and supplier teams.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, supportable and aligned with the wider technology strategy.
• Identify opportunities to standardise, consolidate and reuse technology across future commercial opportunities.
• Facilitate workshops, governance forums and senior stakeholder discussions.
• Maintain oversight of contractual, regulatory, security and audit requirements.
• Provide clear reporting on progress, risks and decisions to senior leadership.

Skills

Bids & tenders

Tech integration

Mobilisation planning

Stakeholder management

Commercial cost models

Cross-functional leadership

Governance & risk

Job description

Product Manager – Operational Technology & Mobilisation

Salary: Up to £83,000

Location: London 3 days a week

Employment type: Permanent

We’re partnering with a major transport organisation to appoint a Product Manager who will lead the coordination of technology solutions supporting a growing portfolio of major transport contracts.

With a significant pipeline of commercial opportunities, this is an important role spanning competitive bids, technology strategy, mobilisation and operational readiness.

This isn’t a traditional digital Product Manager position focused on websites, apps or managing a single backlog. You’ll coordinate a broad ecosystem of operational and back-office technology, ensuring proposed solutions are integrated, commercially viable, scalable and ready to support live operational services.

The technology landscape may include ticketing systems, onboard technology, CCTV, telematics, depot infrastructure, scheduling platforms, data services and back-office systems.

The role

You’ll act as the central link between bid teams, Product Managers, technology specialists, Finance, Procurement, operational teams and third-party suppliers.

From shaping technology propositions and supporting commercial submissions through to mobilisation and live operation, you’ll ensure contractual and operational requirements are translated into practical, supportable solutions.

You’ll also help establish standardised and reusable technology propositions, reducing unnecessary complexity and avoiding the need to design every new solution from scratch.

Key responsibilities

• Shape and coordinate technology solutions for competitive bids and tenders.
• Translate contractual and operational requirements into clear product, technology and delivery inputs.
• Coordinate roadmaps, priorities and dependencies across multiple product areas.
• Work with Finance, suppliers and product teams to develop credible technology cost models.
• Document commercial assumptions, risks, dependencies and delivery requirements.
• Support procurement, supplier selection and commercial discussions.
• Lead technology mobilisation planning following successful contract awards.
• Coordinate delivery sequencing across operational, product, technology and supplier teams.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, supportable and aligned with the wider technology strategy.
• Identify opportunities to standardise, consolidate and reuse technology across future commercial opportunities.
• Facilitate workshops, governance forums and senior stakeholder discussions.
• Maintain oversight of contractual, regulatory, security and audit requirements.
• Provide clear reporting on progress, risks and decisions to senior leadership.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for someone who combines technology delivery, commercial thinking and strong stakeholder leadership.

You may currently be working as a Product Manager, Technology Programme Manager, Technology Bid Manager, Mobilisation Manager, Integration Manager or Solutions Manager. Your experience and the complexity of the work you’ve delivered matter more than your current title.

You should be able to demonstrate:

• Experience contributing to competitive bids, tenders, RFPs or major commercial proposals.
• The ability to shape and coordinate technology solutions across multiple systems and suppliers.
• Experience taking a contract, service or technology programme through mobilisation and into live operation.
• Strong programme or project-management capability, including governance, dependencies, risks and delivery planning.
• A good understanding of systems integration, enterprise technology and operational environments.
• Commercial awareness, including experience working with cost models, supplier estimates and delivery assumptions.
• Experience working closely with Finance, Procurement, operational teams and senior stakeholders.
• The confidence to challenge assumptions and bring clarity to complex, cross-functional decisions.
• The ability to balance individual contract requirements against strategic roadmaps and reusable solutions.

Particularly relevant experience

Experience within passenger transport would be highly advantageous, but it isn’t the only route into this position.

We’re also interested in candidates from:

• Passenger transport and rail
• Transport technology and intelligent transport systems
• Logistics and fleet operations
• Aviation
• Utilities and infrastructure
• Systems integration and technology consulting
• Other regulated, operationally critical environments

Exposure to ticketing, fare collection, fleet telematics, CCTV, scheduling, depot technology, operational systems or data platforms would be especially valuable.

Why apply?

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a highly visible and strategically important area, working across technology, operations and commercial teams.

The position offers considerably more breadth than a typical Product or Project Manager role. You’ll influence how major commercial opportunities are shaped, costed, mobilised and ultimately operated, with the scope to become a trusted senior member of the wider product leadership team.

If you have experience bringing together bids, technology integration and operational mobilisation, we’d be keen to speak with you.