Senior Product Leader — Digital Transformation & Strategy

twentysix; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

VML is seeking a Lead Product Manager to translate business and customer needs into a clear product strategy and measurable outcomes. You will lead cross-functional teams through discovery, development, launch and continuous improvement, while aligning with senior stakeholders and delivery teams.

This is a strategic leadership role that goes beyond backlog management, spanning from product vision and commercial strategy through to detailed execution.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a Product Manager, Senior Product Manager or Lead Product Manager within a B2B/D2C Commerce or digital transformations
• Proven track record owning product strategy, roadmap, prioritisation and outcomes across complex products or platforms
• Experience delivering workflow, project management, operations or back-office SaaS solutions
• Proven experience leading greenfield product development, platform transformation or replacement of legacy systems
• Experience working across multiple product squads, delivery teams or interconnected workstreams
• Strong ability to connect product decisions to revenue, efficiency and customer value

Responsibilities

• Own and communicate the product vision, strategy and long-term direction
• Define the target customer, value proposition and strategic outcomes
• Develop and maintain an outcome-focused roadmap spanning multiple workstreams or product squads
• Lead customer discovery, user research, journey mapping and validation activities
• Lead multidisciplinary teams across Product, Engineering, Architecture, UX/UI, Data, AI, Quality Assurance, Security and Operations
• Establish discovery and delivery practices across the product lifecycle
• Ensure product teams have clear epics, requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria and measurable outcomes

Skills

Product management

Stakeholder engagement

Agile / Lean

Jira

Confluence

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Aha!

Productboard

Job description

VML is seeking a Lead Product Manager to translate business and customer needs into a clear product strategy and measurable outcomes. You will lead cross-functional teams through discovery, development, launch and continuous improvement, while aligning with senior stakeholders and delivery teams.

This is a strategic leadership role that goes beyond backlog management, spanning from product vision and commercial strategy through to detailed execution.