Product Manager - Edinburgh

Product Manager – Edinburgh

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent.

Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders and society.

We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs:

• interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save and invest in the way that works for them.

• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.

• Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

About the Department

The Adviser business at Aberdeen provides support, expertise, and technology for financial advisers in the UK, enabling them to create value for their businesses and clients. This team is committed to a product operating model that empowers teams to be autonomous and accountable, fostering innovation from concept to delivery. We lead the design, discovery, and delivery of cutting-edge digital products and services for Financial Advice firms.

About the Role

We are seeking a Product Manager to join our forward-thinking team at the heart of Aberdeen\’s Adviser business. The successful candidate will define and execute the product vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives and customer needs. This role involves working as part of a cross-functional team to deliver innovative and impactful digital products for Financial Advice firms.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Vision and Strategy: Define and drive the product vision and strategy, balancing innovation with usability, accessibility, and business objectives.

• Product Discovery and Analysis: Conduct thorough market research, user testing, and business analysis to identify customer needs and opportunities for product improvement.

• Product Development: Oversee the entire product development process from concept to delivery, ensuring alignment with user needs and high-quality standards.

• Team Collaboration: Lead product management within a multidisciplinary team, fostering continuous growth and career advancement.

• Collaboration with Leadership: Work closely with CPTO leadership and teams to integrate product management into the product lifecycle, ensuring technical feasibility and user expectations.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as the primary contact for product discussions with stakeholders, clearly communicating insights and progress.

• Continuous Improvement: Promote a culture of innovation and learning within the team to stay competitive and adaptive to user and market needs.

About the Candidate

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Proven Leadership : Experience leading product management teams in product-driven environments, fostering talent and building high-performing teams.

• Strategic Thinker : Skilled in defining and executing strategy, balancing creative vision and analytical insights with business objectives.

• Product Management Expertise : Expert in leading end-to-end product management processes, ensuring consistency and quality.

• User-Centered Advocate : Passionate about integrating user research and feedback into the product development process.

• Collaborative Partner : Experience working in Product Operating Models, partnering closely with design, engineering, and data teams to embed product management into the product lifecycle.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

There\’s more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do here .

An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you.

At aberdeen we’ve adopted a ‘blended working’ approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.

An inclusive culture , where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability – please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.