Lead Product Manager

About

The Role

We’re looking for a highly skilled and dynamic Product Lead to oversee the successful delivery of complex digital, design, data, and technology projects. The role requires a blend of practice and consultancy skills. You may be required to operate in project roles that are not purely Product Management, and you will need a broader skillset that includes adaptability, analysis, building connections through collaboration and conflict resolution, situational awareness, and communication.

You will need to know when to challenge and when to listen and be able to come up with and spot good ideas. You’ll be able to build relationships with clients at a senior level, helping them to champion Agile delivery and adopt the core principles of our product mindset. You’ll be comfortable acting as the glue that holds a team together, ensuring the team has a shared vision for our work while clarifying each individual’s roles and responsibilities.

You’ll also feel comfortable stepping into more of a leadership role in projects that have smaller teams or tighter budgets where roles are usually more broad.

• Budget: Responsible for managing project budgets, ensuring financial targets are met, and projects remain profitable.
• Headcount: Leading multidisciplinary project teams of 5-10 people and line managing at least one TPX permanent staff member in the Product and Delivery Management team
• Resource complexity and nature of work teams: Managing multidisciplinary teams including digital, data, and design practice areas whilst working across multiple Statements of Work and project teams.
• Problem solving responsibility and complexity: Addressing complex project issues and risks, implementing effective mitigation strategies.
• Change management requirements: Leading change initiatives and promoting continuous improvement within delivery teams.
• Internal / External interactions: Regular interactions and holding strong effective relationships with senior stakeholders, clients, partners, and internal teams.
• Strategic time frame: Planning and delivering projects and programmes aligned with long-term business objectives

• Lead the delivery of multiple complex projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and best practice agile ways of working.
• Will help to develop and grow the TPXimpact Product capability and mindset.
• Ability to persuade/influence the senior client stakeholders with recommended product management direction.
• Mentor and support Senior Product Managers, fostering a culture of high performance and continuous improvement.
• Engage with key stakeholders, including clients and senior management, to ensure alignment on project goals and expectations.
• Identify, assess, and manage risks and issues, developing effective mitigation strategies and ensuring timely resolution.
• Plan and allocate resources effectively, ensuring projects are adequately staffed and resources are used efficiently.
• Promote and implement agile methodologies, ensuring teams adopt best practices and continuously improve their processes.
• Track and report on project performance, providing regular updates and insights to partners and project sponsors.
• Ensure deliverables meet required quality standards and are delivered on time and within budget.
• Drive initiatives to enhance delivery processes, tools, and techniques.
• Support the professional development and continuous improvement of product managers and senior product managers.
• Facilitate continuous improvement of our client projects.
• Represent and champion our delivery principles internally and externally, playing a leading role in Product Community of Practice and through our Pods.
• Continuously maintain and update skills and knowledge to stay current within your relevant field of expertise.

Professional knowledge & experience

Essential skills & experience

• Product management on a diverse range of projects as part of TPXimpact’s Digital Transformation team - with responsibility for leading multiple projects at any given time
• Helping to shape how TPXimpact learns and applies the best and latest Agile and Product thinking in all that we do, in product development, service…