Cloud Platform Product Manager Security Clearance eligibility

Cloud Platform Product Manager - Appvia - Security Clearance eligibility required.

Location:
London, UK (Hybrid ~ 1-2 days in-office per week)

Package: £90, + 10% Bonus + 10% Shares + Benefits (see more below)

Contract:
Permanent / Full-time

At Appvia, we're committed to helping our customers navigate their journey to Cloud and Dev Ops maturity. As a leading provider in the industry, we offer cutting‑edge technologies and services to support our clients' cloud adoption journey.

Our mission is to enable every company to deliver apps in the cloud. We dedicate ourselves to building a cloud infrastructure layer that allows platform engineering teams to manage, monitor and update with ease – at the same time, offering devs the flexibility to deploy their apps in the cloud without a hassle. We are passionate about driving value to our clients and have a desire to make their organisation succeed.

As a Cloud Platform Product Manager, you’ll sit at the intersection of engineering, delivery, and user outcomes. You’ll lead product delivery for secure AWS‑based platforms in government transformation programmes, shaping roadmaps that balance compliance, security, and performance with user experience.

This role is ideal for someone with a Dev Rel, Dev Ex, Platform or Product Lead background, who thrives in highly technical environments and is confident engaging both hands‑on engineers and senior government stakeholders, aligning them with business objectives. Internally, you’ll have the opportunity to establish and lead Appvia’s strategy toward product management as part of our ambitious long‑term growth plans.

• Discovery conversation with our Talent Acquisition Manager.
• Interview with Hiring Manager.
• Final Interview with Leadership.

You must either hold active SC, or be eligible for SC:

• British Passport or ILR
• To have resided in the UK for at least the last 5 years.
• Have no criminal records.
• Have no financial irregularities.

Proven experience as a Technical Product Manager / Platform Product Owner in secure, complex environments, including the following:

• Strong AWS knowledge, including core services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, Cloud Watch, Cloud Front).
• Understanding of platform engineering concepts.
• Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform, Cloud Formation)
• CI/CD pipelines and Dev Sec Ops  tool chains
• Containerisation and Kubernetes.
• Secure multi‑tenanted environments / landing zones.
• Experience working with UK government programmes (SC clearance eligible).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Product Ownership
  • Define and own the product vision and roadmap for secure AWS‑based platform products used within government programmes.
  • Align product delivery with business objectives, government standards (e.g., NCSC Cloud Security Principles), and compliance frameworks.
  • Drive backlog prioritisation, balancing feature delivery, security requirements, and operational excellence.
• Stakeholder Engagement
  • Act as the product voice with government stakeholders, ensuring user needs, compliance requirements, and strategic goals are met.
  • Facilitate workshops, discovery sessions, and demos with end‑users, security officers, and senior decision‑makers.
• Technical Leadership
  • Collaborate closely with platform engineers, architects, and security specialists to translate requirements into deliverables.
  • Support the definition and rollout of outcome‑focused SOWs, ensuring clear lines of responsibility between different platform‑focused product teams (e.g., CI/CD, Observability etc).
  • Ensure delivery aligns with Dev Sec Ops  best practices (automation, IaC, continuous assurance).
• Governance & Reporting
  • Define and monitor KPIs/OKRs for product success, including adoption, performance, cost optimisation, and compliance.
  • Provide clear reporting to government stakeholders on progress, risks, and measurable outcomes.

• Multi‑cloud (Azure, GCP) exposure.
• Knowledge of Fin Ops and cloud cost optimisation.
• Hands‑on software development or platform engineering background.
• Agile delivery at scale (dual‑track agile, SAFe, LeSS).

• Certification in relevant cloud…