Senior Product Manager

Ready to design products and services that make a difference?

Do you want to create products that make a meaningful impact? Are you ready to lead strategy and delivery on projects that reach large audiences?

If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user‑centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government, healthcare and purpose‑driven businesses. As a Product Manager, you’ll lead product strategy and delivery, balancing user needs and business goals across sectors, to create services that are used by millions of UK citizens.

You'll work on complex business challenges to help deliver solutions that deliver our clients' goals. You will develop an understanding of those goals to define products and their priority features.

You’ll design, support and lead discovery and ideation workshops with clients and internal teams to devise innovative and impactful solutions. You’ll be responsible for managing relationships with stakeholders and development teams.

You'll ensure that work is carried out in accordance with Opencast's quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards, and procedures while working on client.

This role involves weekly on‑site working
. Applicants should be able to travel, as part of their normal daily commute, to client sites in one of the following locations:
Newcastle, Leeds, or Manchester.

As attendance at these sites is a routine part of the role’s working pattern and involves frequent local travel, travel expenses are not covered.

Due to the nature of this role, you must either hold active Security Check (SC) clearance or be eligible and willing to undergo the clearance process.

SC clearance is granted in line with UK Government security vetting requirements. Typically, applicants are expected to have lived in the UK for at least five consecutive years prior to application to allow the appropriate background checks to be completed. Nationality and immigration status may also be considered as part of the vetting process.

If you are unsure whether you meet the eligibility criteria, we encourage you to review the guidance or discuss this with us before applying.

To succeed as a senior consultant product manager, you will need to demonstrate a breadth and depth of experience working in product management roles, on complex projects, across the full product lifecycle in different sectors.

You will have in‑depth knowledge of software development, with experience in agile and user‑centred design.

In your CV and the interview, you should show how you have:

• Led cross‑functional, agile teams to deliver successful products
• Developed product visions, minimum viable products and roadmaps, understanding business problems and contexts
• Communicated objectives, plans and progress to a range of stakeholders
• Used boundary objects to synthesise many different perspectives
• Facilitated conversations to align large groups of diverse stakeholders
• Cultivated high performing, constructive and trusting team environments

As well as product management skills, there are other essential skills you’ll need to be an effective senior consultant.

In your CV, please show how you have:

• Methodically solved complex problems across a range of contexts and environments
• Taken the lead on projects, setting tasks and objectives to get the best out of others
• Adapted ways of working to suit the specific needs of projects
• Supported the development of others through coaching and/or mentoring

There are some areas of experience which are not essential but are relevant to this role.

If you don’t have this experience please do still apply, as we can coach you in these areas when you join us:

• The Service Standard (UK Government)
• Active contribution in wider product community events and workshops
• Demonstrated experience or knowledge in business analysis and/or agile delivery management

In the interview, we’ll ask you to demonstrate this experience. We’ll also ask you questions based around these topics.

Senior consultant salary range: £60,000 - £70,000

A competitive package including a 7%…