Head of Product & Proposition

Let us tell you about the opportunity

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to step into a senior leadership role at the heart of our Motor business. As Head of Product & Proposition youll shape define and deliver the end-to-end product portfolio - translating strategy into a clearly prioritised roadmap that drives measurable commercial outcomes and customer impact.

Youll operate as part of the Leadership Team bringing together product partnerships and governance to create a high-performing scalable product function. A key focus will be defining and embedding a clear Target Operating Model ensuring roles accountabilities and ways of working are aligned to deliver change at pace and with discipline.

If youre motivated by setting a bold product vision driving strategic clarity and ensuring delivery lands in a controlled and commercially meaningful way this role offers real scope to make a lasting impact.

What will your day look like

This is a strategic leadership role with a strong focus on translating vision into execution. Day to day you will:

• Define and own the Motor product vision and multi-year strategy ensuring strong alignment to market insight customer needs and commercial priorities
• Translate strategy into a clear prioritised and outcome-focused roadmap balancing value risk and feasibility
• Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle ensuring ideas are shaped prioritised and delivered in a structured and sequenced way
• Drive portfolio-level value realisation with clear ownership of outcomes benefits tracking and commercial impact
• Establish and embed a clear Product Target Operating Model ensuring role clarity decision making frameworks and consistent ways of working across teams
• Lead change at pace ensuring delivery is well-governed in control and meets regulatory expectations
• Oversee go-to-market activity to ensure launches are well-coordinated operationally ready and achieve adoption targets
• Provide clear confident leadership across senior stakeholders driving alignment and making timely decisions

Alongside this you will:

• Drive delivery discipline across the portfolio ensuring initiatives are sequenced controlled and delivered to plan
• Remove blockers and create clarity to enable teams to execute effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Lead and develop a high-performing team of Product Managers Product Owners and Partnership Managers
• Build a culture of accountability pace and continuous improvement across product delivery
• Use data and insight to measure success track value and inform continuous optimisation

What do we expect from you

Were looking for a strategic and commercially driven leader who can set direction and ensure delivery follows through with impact. Youll bring:

• Proven experience defining and delivering product vision strategy and roadmaps within a regulated financial services environment
• A strong track record of driving commercial outcomes and value realisation
• Experience designing or embedding Target Operating Models bringing clarity to roles processes and ways of working
• Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale change and transformation delivering at pace while maintaining control and quality
• Strong understanding of product governance Consumer Duty and regulatory expectations
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and align at Executive level
• Strong commercial and analytical acumen using data to inform decisions and prioritisation
• Proven people leadership building high-performing outcome-focused teams

Ideally youll also have:

• Experience in motor finance or closely related sectors
• Knowledge of HP PCP leasing and other lending products
• Experience operating in complex matrixed environments orchestrating cross-functional delivery

Above all youll be:

• Outcome-focused with a clear bias for delivery and impact
• Structured and disciplined bringing clarity and pace to complex delivery environments
• Confident in ambiguity able to prioritise simplify and make decisions
• Collaborative and influential bringing teams together to deliver shared goals

What can you expect from us

• Hybrid working approach (Cardiff-based)
• A collaborative inclusive culture where your voice is heard
• The opportunity to shape product strategy and operating model at scale
• A business committed to continuous improvement and doing the right thing for customers
• Competitive salary and a great range of core benefits including; annual bonus 10% employer contribution pension private medical with BUPA and 38 days holiday (inc. bank holidays)

Still curious

Join us and youll play a defining role in shaping the future of our Motor product proposition - setting the vision building the model and leading delivery that creates measurable value for customers and the business.

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