Senior Product Manager - 12 Month FTC

Role overview Guide a digital product area through discovery, prioritisation, delivery, and evaluation during a 12-month fixed-term appointment. You will work with design, engineering, and colleagues across the organisation to understand user needs and the wider service, then help teams make evidence-informed decisions in uncertain conditions. The role is fully remote and open to candidates based in the UK.

Responsibilities - Build a strong understanding of users, their behaviours, and the organisational, operational, and technical context around a product. - Identify product opportunities and translate organisational objectives into clear outcomes and priorities. - Work with multidisciplinary colleagues to investigate problems, test assumptions, and learn from users and data. - Frame hypotheses and experiments that help teams make progress without waiting for complete certainty. - Define measures of success and assess results using qualitative and quantitative evidence. - Communicate decisions, trade-offs, and learning, and help teams deliver incrementally and adapt based on feedback.

Requirements - Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience. - At least three years as a product manager in a multidisciplinary digital product team, working closely with design and engineering. - Sound judgement in complex or uncertain situations, with the ability to explain assumptions and risks. - Ability to bring specialists into product decisions and communicate effectively with people of varied technical backgrounds. - Experience using evidence and feedback to guide priorities and assess outcomes.

Nice to have Experience improving broader services involving operational processes or organisational change, supporting iterative and evidence-led ways of working, or working in research, publishing, education, science, or another knowledge-focused setting. Scholarly publishing experience is helpful but not required.

Benefits and work setup This is a 12-month maternity-cover contract with no direct reports. The role is remote, with some flexibility across time zones and occasional domestic or international travel. The listed UK salary range is £65,000–£73,500. Benefits include private medical cover, pension contributions up to a 10% employer match, 25 days of annual leave, additional winter and birthday leave, paid volunteering time, and a home-office stipend.