Job Description
Lead Product Manager
£87,000 per annum
Bedford
Permanent
Hybrid Working
Ready to make a real difference? Join us at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) as our Lead Product Manager. This is your chance to play a meaningful role in helping people across the UK build stronger financial futures and to do it as part of a supportive, energetic team.
Why this role matters?
The Lead Product Manager for the National Pensions Dashboards Service (NPDS) provides strategic product leadership across the service, translating service strategy, user and industry needs, policy and regulatory requirements into a coherent product strategy and clear, prioritised outcomes. Working closely with the Service Owner & Platform Director, the Lead Product Manager sets product direction, establishes priorities and ensures investment and change deliver measurable public value while supporting the safe and sustainable operation of national pensions dashboards infrastructure.
They establish effective approaches for assessing and prioritising new demand and change, balancing value, risk, regulatory requirements, dependencies and delivery capacity. The Lead Product Manager translates priorities into clear outcomes and commissions work from internal teams, strategic partners and suppliers, working closely with Technology, Delivery, Architecture, Data and Commercial colleagues to ensure priorities are feasible, appropriately assured and delivered effectively.
The Lead Product Manager also provides professional leadership across the product management capability within NPDS, including Senior Product Managers, Product Managers and Data Product Management. They apply consistent standards for product strategy, discovery, road mapping, prioritisation, evidence-based decision-making and benefits measurement, while coaching teams and establishing clear decision rights, this uses the Product Management Standards. The role ensures product decisions are informed by user research, operational insight, service performance and data, and represents Product Management within service governance. As Pensions Dashboards transitions into live operation, the Lead Product Manager establishes a sustainable product operating model that enables continuous improvement, effective commissioning and controlled change.
The role is aligned to the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework: https://ddat-capability-framework.service.gov.uk/role/product-manager#lead-product-manager
The role supports a national training offer delivered to a wide network of external organisations and practitioners across the UK, designed to improve their understanding, skills, and confidence
Lead Product Manager in Bedford employer: Money and Pensions Service
At the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS), we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and inclusive work culture that prioritises employee well-being and professional growth. Located in Bedford, our hybrid working model allows for flexibility, enabling you to balance your personal and professional life while contributing to meaningful initiatives that empower individuals across the UK to achieve financial confidence. With generous benefits such as matched pension contributions, extensive annual leave, and opportunities for internal progression, MaPS is committed to fostering a workplace where every team member can thrive and make a real impact.
Contact Details:
Money and Pensions Service Recruitment Team
