Product Manager

FTC or Permanent
UK-wide, Remote

Olive Jar Digital is looking for a Product Manager to lead the definition, direction, and evolution of several AI‑driven initiatives through Discovery and Alpha. You will shape clear problem definitions, establish success metrics, guide prototyping efforts, and ensure that each initiative delivers validated user and business value.

Working alongside delivery, engineering, design, data and research teams, you will act as the central point for product strategy and decision‑making, ensuring that the work is grounded in user needs, technical feasibility, and measurable value.

As we grow, we empower our teams to develop their roles and functions and offer support to get you from where you are now, to where you want to be. Moving towards our 10th year, we are now an established brand, building digital products and services and championing the provision of expert talent to enhance customer and in‑house teams, satisfying all user needs.

We are a professional, fun, fully Inclusive and diverse digital consultancy, valuing everyone’s opinion. With a huge growth plan over the next two years, we are looking to expand our client facing delivery team with designers, developers, and testers as we continue to expand our project portfolio.

• Refine and validate problem statements, success metrics, and value baselines across multiple initiatives.
• Define product vision, objectives, and measurable outcomes for Discovery and Alpha phases.
• Work with delivery, engineering, research, and design teams to prioritise backlogs and ensure clarity of scope.
• Translate insights, user needs, technical constraints, and organisational goals into actionable product decisions.
• Support prototyping activities, ensuring concepts align with user needs, feasibility, and strategic intent.
• Review findings from user research, testing, and evaluations to guide iteration and next‑stage recommendations.
• Contribute to final assessment reports, including options appraisal and readiness recommendations.

• Experience as a Product Manager working in agile, multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong ability to shape problem statements, define metrics, and manage product direction. Comfortable working with data, technical teams, and research findings to inform decisions.
• Skilled in backlog prioritisation, roadmap planning, and translating strategy into delivery.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder‑engagement abilities.

• 25 Days Annual Leave per annum (plus 8 Bank Holidays as standard)
• Health Insurance
• Pension Scheme
• Annual Bonus Scheme
• Annual Salary Review
• Electric Car Scheme