Product and Programme Manager

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** Product and Programme Manager
- Legacies****£44,000- £47,000
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* Reports to:

** Senior Legacy Proposition Manager
** Directorate:
** Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement
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* Contract:

** Permanent
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* Hours:

** Full time 35 hours per week
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* Location:

** Stratford, London Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)
** Closing date:
** 08th March 2026 23:55

This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment. Please let us know if there is anything about the recruitment process that you would like to discuss, in particular if there are any changes or adjustments that would make it easier for you to apply.

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** Visa sponsorship:
** You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is
** not
* * able to offer visa sponsorship.
** Recruitment process:
** Competency based interview
** Interview date:
** Week commencing 16th March
** At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
** We are looking for a Product and Programme Manager to lead on the next exciting phase for Will Writing Services within our Legacies team.

Gifts in Wills (or legacies) account for around a third of our income. In 2023/24, we received £230m from legacies to fund our life-saving research.

As a Product and Programme Manager you will drive forward our Mass Audience and Will Writing strategy, to provide compelling experiences for audiences, grow lifetime value, and deliver on CRUK’s promise to research.

You’ll work in close partnership with colleagues across Marketing, Supporter Relationship Management, Operations and key third-party providers to ensure our strategy is executed seamlessly, providing outstanding supporter journeys across every CRUK touchpoint.
* Work with the Senior Proposition Manager to drive continued growth of CRUK audiences and supporters by managing the proposition with innovative, agile, multi-year proposition and implementation plans, working collaboratively and cross-functionally across the directorate and beyond.
* Support the management of the P&L for the proposition, ensuring agile cross-functional teams deliver against audience, volume, value, contribution, and other targets
* Support the Senior Proposition Manager in delivering sound resource allocation plans, proposition briefs and business cases in collaboration with the proposition and being cognisant of the propositions’ role and the part it plays in a supporters’ overall relationship with the charity
* Contribute to a culture of end-to-end delivery and collective team-level accountability, adhering to standards set and upheld in conjunction with the Product and  Programme Community of Practice and any external benchmarking of best practice in our sector
* Facilitate group activity, including cross-functional decision-making, dependency, risk, issue mediation, performance evaluation and changes to the implementation plan, working in collaboration with the proposition SLT and cross-functional stakeholders
* Understand appropriate governance frameworks to ensure that activities are managed effectively, and decisions and escalations are managed appropriately
* Liaise with the Senior Proposition Manager, relevant teams from Information and Involvement and Audience, Strategy & Innovation teams to help identify opportunities for horizon 1 development; ensuring that CRUK is future-proof, and that the right decisions are made for audiences
* Work closely with Data, Insights & Performance teams to deliver an audience-led approach to proposition planning, management, and development, helping to identify key trends and market disruptions, and capturing the implications for the proposition
* Coordinate with Marketing & Digital teams to ensure compelling and sensitive campaigns and digital experiences for audiences that inspire action and support for the mission
* Experience in building and driving forward propositions so they are commercially valuable, meaningful, relevant to target audiences needs and differentiated in the market.
* Relevant…