Product Strategy Lead

Futureheads has partnered with an inspirational non-profit organisation with a rich history of providing support to individuals, local communities and public health services across the UK. They are now looking for a Product Strategy Lead who will shape the long-term future of their digital platform and team.
The organisation’s digital platform is at an exciting stage, with a robust launch plan in place for Q4 this year.
The successful candidate will join a highly capable team and inherit a well-developed platform, providing the ideal foundation to create and deliver the long-term product strategy. This is really exciting opportunity for someone looking to work within Tech for good and provide meaningful digital products.
This opportunity is ideal for someone with a start-up or scale-up mentality, as well as hands-on experience navigating traditional environments undergoing major tech and digital transformation.
Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and own the 2–5 year digital product strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives and user needs.
• Lead, coach, and support a multidisciplinary team (UX/UI, product delivery, business analysis) to deliver high-quality digital products.
• Oversee a digital product portfolio, including new product launches and legacy product transformation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders at all levels to ensure buy-in and alignment with the digital vision.
• Champion user-centred design, accessibility, and inclusion throughout the product lifecycle.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and evidence-based decision making.
• Ensure robust product governance, risk management, and compliance with relevant standards.
• Monitor product performance, using data and insights to inform priorities and measure success.
• Represent the product function at senior leadership and board meetings as required.

Candidate Profile:

• Significant experience in digital product management, strategy, or leadership roles. (7 years+)
• Proven ability to set product vision and strategy across B2B and B2C products.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and complex product portfolios.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including at executive and board level.
• Experience with both new product development (0–1) and transformation of legacy systems.
• Deep understanding of user-centred design, agile delivery, and digital best practice.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and organisational skills. (be able to integrate the new and educate on product importance)
• Passion for social impact, digital innovation, and tech for good.
• A start-up or scale-up mindset, with the ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, as well as experience working in more traditional settings undergoing large-scale digital change.

The company is not able to provide any VISA sponsorship now or in the future
We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, so if there is anything we can do to make our recruitment processes better for you and to allow you to show your best self, let us know. We also understand that some people require extra time to complete assessments, require alternative application methods and can also benefit from having interview questions or a guide to the type of questions pre-interview. We are open to any suggestions or requests that you may have and are always looking for creative ways to assess talent. Our commitment to you is that you should always feel safe and secure when you’re working with us. Futureheads is a B Corp accredited digital recruitment agency based in London. We specialise in recruiting permanent, contract and freelance digital and tech professionals in creative, data, design, digital marketing, engineering, product, project and programme management, UX and service design jobs. #J-18808-Ljbffr