Product Manager in Newcastle upon Tyne

As a Product Manager, you'll play a key role in shaping and improving our products and propositions, ensuring they deliver value for our clients and customers. You'll manage the full product lifecycle, from identifying opportunities and managing the development of new features through to launch, optimisation and ongoing enhancement. Working collaboratively across the business, you'll help drive a commercially focused roadmap informed by customer feedback, market insights and data. You'll champion customer-centric thinking, influence stakeholders at all levels, and ensure products are delivered in line with regulatory requirements and business strategy.

We're looking for a commercially minded Product Manager with experience managing products from concept through to launch and continuous improvement. You'll bring a strong understanding of financial services products, digital trends and emerging technologies, alongside excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. You thrive in fast-paced environments, can balance competing priorities, and are confident influencing senior stakeholders. You'll be comfortable using data and insight to shape decisions, developing compelling business cases, and driving positive outcomes for customers and the business.

The Newcastle Building Society Group comprises of Newcastle Building Society, Manchester Building Society, Newcastle Financial Advisers and Newcastle Strategic Solutions. Our purpose, connecting our communities with a better financial future inspires and directs our activities. As an inclusive employer and member owned mutual, we aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We believe everyone should feel valued, respected, and celebrated for who they are, we want colleagues to feel this is a place they belong. A place to be you.

As well as receiving a competitive annual salary based on above-market pay scales, our reward package includes:

• Financial Corporate bonus scheme (on target 10%, up to a maximum 15%)
• Pension scheme (up to 9% employer contribution)
• Annual performance related pay reviews
• Colleague mortgage scheme
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• Life assurance (4x salary) and income protection
• Access to our financial advisers
• Access to a range of high street and online discounts

Work/Life Balance:

• A 35-hour weekly contract - We are happy to talk flexible working and welcome discussions
• 30 days' annual leave + bank holidays
• The option to buy and sell up to 5 days' holiday
• Hybrid working (typically 3 days' home based)
• Above statutory family leave entitlement - 3 months full pay, 3 months half pay, regardless of gender or route to parenthood

Health and Wellbeing:

• Private medical insurance
• Access to a health cash plan through a Medicash scheme
• Access to an employee assistance programme
• Free onsite gym at our Cobalt head office and access to discounted gyms
• Two paid volunteering days each year
• Cycle to work scheme

Recognising there's no one-size-fits-all approach to recruitment, we're committed to ensuring every candidate has the opportunity to showcase their full potential throughout the recruitment process. We strive to make our processes as accessible as possible, if there are any ways in which we can provide support or make adjustments, we would love to discuss this with you.

People are the focus of absolutely everything we do. We believe in people, we care deeply about their hopes, their dreams and their wellbeing. And that applies equally to our customers, our communities and our colleagues - which means you, if you choose to work here. It's important to us that you know if you join us we will welcome you, respect you, encourage you and help you to achieve your goals.