Lead Product Management Consultant

Nimble Approach; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - GBP 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in the UK is looking for experienced Product Management consultants to enhance their Product & Design Capability. Candidates should have at least 10 years of experience and a passion for delivering value through software solutions. This role offers flexibility in work environment, collaboration with talented teams, and significant career progression opportunities. Benefits include private healthcare, a champion fund for learning development, and a relaxed, fun working atmosphere.

Benefits

Private healthcare

£2k champion fund for L&D

Referral scheme (£3,000)

Regular social events

Company pension with employer contributions

25 days holiday allowance + bank holidays

Qualifications

• Lead or Principal level experience (SFIA levels 5 & 6).
• Passionate about delivering business value through software solutions.
• Experience in facilitating digital and product operating model transitions.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultancy to key clients and shape product teams.
• Work alongside Head of Product & Design to grow the capability.
• Lead product management consultancy initiatives for clients.

Skills

Product Management expertise

Agile methodologies

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Education

10+ years in product management

Job description

Nimble Approach are a rapidly growing Product & Tech consultancy who deliver value and enhance organisations. We pride ourselves on delivering great projects to multiple clients in different industries including Education, Government, Betting & Gaming, Utilities, Fintech, Manufacturing, Healthcare and more, so there is lots of opportunity to try out new things!

We believe in delivering value at pace and enhancing the organisations that we work with.

This would not be possible without our amazing Nimble specialists who leave their mark everywhere they go. 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 currently have offices in Sheffield (our HQ), Leeds & Manchester, however, a lot of us work remotely. We prefer for everyone to work however is best for them.

Who you are:

As we grow, we are looking for brilliant Product Management consultants to join our existing teams and help lead our Product & Design Capability.

We are looking for people with Lead or Principal level experience (SFIA levels 5 & 6), and this is a role for an experienced product professional across multiple industries or domains with 10 or more years’ experience.

You will be passionate about your craft and have experience in delivering business value through software solutions, following the full SDLC lifecycle. We’re proud of our collaborative Product & Design capability that consists of Agile Business Analysts, Product Managers and User Centred Designers and would love for you to be a part of it.

A key part of the role will be working alongside our Head of Product & Design to shape our capability and provide the business with Product Management expertise into our business development process, creating propositions and contributing to client pitches.

Due to the nature of our clients, we can be flexible with different backgrounds /experience and technologies, but we are looking for:

• Deep understanding of Product Management as a discipline, methodologies, tools and best practice.
• Digital and/or Product Operating Model transformations: Experience in helping clients transition from existing project or waterfall mindsets to product and agile mindsets. Proposing new ways of working and design product elements of new target operating models.
• Background in consultancy and comfortable working with clients who need a lot of help or on high profile initiatives.
• Proficiency in coaching both executive level stakeholders and Product Management teams.
• Ability to initiate new engagements, be the first on the ground and set the shape and direction of the work.
• Strategic thinking - ability to understand business context, user needs and the market situation in order to define a product vision.
• Leadership. Ability to drive the direction of the products and services within scope and lead client stakeholders.
• Advanced stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
• Experience in pre‑sales and forming product responses to tenders for new work.

Useful, but not necessary:

• Knowledge of both private sector and public sector (GDS)

Main Responsibilities:

• Provide Product Management consultancy to key clients, this can be fulfilling a key role for them, leading their product teams or helping them shape the way their organisation works and applying Product Operating Model principles.
• Be a key go‑to individual within Nimble, working alongside the Head of Product & Design to grow and lead the capability.
• Ability to ask tough questions and push back professionally and creatively
• Confident at presenting at the senior executive level and explaining Product Management and the services we offer to potential new clients.

What we offer:

• Private healthcare for you and a family member through Westfield Health
• Multiple Qualified Mental Health First Aider’s with regular 1-1’s available
• £2k champion fund to spend as you wish on your own L&D
• Referral scheme (£3,000) for every successful applicant
• Dedicated time to spend on your L&D, including time to complete courses and qualifications
• Flat organisational structure with 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, Gin tasting, 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)

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 favourite 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 [e-mail] and we are happy to help