Lead Product Manager

Who we are:

Nimble is a boutique technology consultancy based in the UK North; Sheffield, Leeds and Manchester. We partner with ambitious clients across the public and private sectors to design, build, and optimize digital services that deliver real value. We pride ourselves on our agile mindset, our creative problem-solving, and our collaborative culture.

Our projects are diverse and different, just like our ways of working and our people. One of our key focusses is maintaining a strong culture of pragmatic, skilled, egoless people who collaborate to get things done and have lots of fun along the way.

We’re seeking highly motivated Senior and Lead Product Managers to lead Product development on a number of Nimble led client engagements, mainly in the public sector.

As a Senior or Lead Consultant at Nimble, you'll be joining our Product & Design Capability, our permanent team of highly skilled product management, business analysis and user centred design consultants.

You will be responsible for a product portfolio or end-to-end service, and the delivery of product quality and value. You will work with teams to identify, implement and improve strategies and tactics for their products. You’ll be a member of the management team for your product area and provide product leadership and direction across multiple teams.

Successful candidates must pass a basic disclosure and barring security check before they can be appointed.

Successful candidates must be willing to undergo the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) clearance.

Hybrid working with occasional travel to Nimble offices (Sheffield, Leeds & Manchester) and client sites across the UK. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Set the strategy and vision for your products, collaborating with others
• Create & maintain a prioritised roadmap for your products and use it to discuss product strategy at all levels
• Lead product teams to create effective methods for measuring product outcomes
• Advocate for user needs, ensuring user value is balanced against cost and value for the organisation
• Use qualitative and quantitative evidence, including user research and product performance, to inform priorities, test assumptions and measure success.
• Stakeholder management and effective communication with senior staff and leadership at our clients to resolve issues and enable progress.
• Provide constructive challenge, steer through uncertainty and guide clients and stakeholders towards well-informed strategic decisions.

Key Skills:

• Expert level product management experience in an agile development environment, working directly with multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience working and leading teams across the whole product lifecycle
• Ability to understand both business and technical domains and understand how to maximise the delivery of value to our clients and their end users
• Ability to support and coach others in creating successful long term product strategies and short term tactical approaches.
• Strong capability in managing product outcomes, helping teams prioritise to make better choices and minimise risks and dependencies.
• Essential: Previous product management experience in the public sector.
• Essential: Previous consultancy experience.
• Desirable: Taking products through GDS service assessments.

What we offer:

• Private healthcare for you and a family member through Westfield Health
• Flexible / Hybrid working
• Enhanced Parental pay
• Volunteer Days
• Multiple Qualified Mental Health First Aider’s with regular 1-1’s available
• £2,000 champion fund to spend as you wish on your own L&D each year
• Referral scheme (£3,000) for every successful applicant
• Lots of career progression opportunities
• Laptop and any practicable equipment provided (either a Mac or Windows)
• Regular Nimble Socials (both virtual & physical) including Escape rooms, Lunches, Award nights, Bowling, Bouldering and more!
• Relaxed and fun working environment
• Engaging and collaborative communities to be involved in
• A chance to be involved in company OKRs and shape how we will be in the future
• 25 days holiday allowance + bank holidays
• Company pension (with employer contributions)

• Please note, we are unable to offer any form of Visa Sponsorship for this role

Equal Opportunities Statement:

At Nimble Approach, we strongly believe that discrimination and victimisation is unacceptable. It is our duty to ensure that no employee or job applicant receives less favourable facilities or treatment (either directly or indirectly) in recruitment or employment on grounds of age, disability, gender / gender reassignment, marriage / civil partnership, pregnancy / maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation (the protected characteristics).

Our aim is that our workforce will be truly representative of society and each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We want everyone at Nimble and those applying to join us to feel safe, supported and encouraged so if we can make any adjustments to help with your application or you require any assistance, please reach out to us on people@nimbleapproach.com or reach us on 0114 345 0540 and we are happy to help.