Commercial Product Manager - Lending

Salary: £50,000 - 50,000 per year

Requirements:

• Previous experience in a Product or Partnerships role, ideally in financial services or lending
• Experience delivering product plans with external partners and internal cross-functional teams
• A data-driven mindset and the ability to analyse performance and make product-level decisions
• Essential: Excel skills
• Strong organisation skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines
• Collaborative approach and strong stakeholder management skills
• Positive, proactive and solutions-focused attitude
• Customer-centric mindset and a passion for challenging the status quo to drive growth
• Advantageous: experience in payments or lending
• Advantageous: exposure to regulated industries
• Suitable experience may include Product Manager, Commercial Product Manager, Lending Product Manager, Partnerships Manager, business lending, SME lending, merchant cash advance, business finance, financial services, fintech, payments, product roadmaps, pricing strategy, stakeholder management or FCA-regulated environments

Responsibilities:

• Own the development and delivery of the new lending product and commercial roadmap, aligned with business goals and revenue targets
• Define and prioritise a backlog of growth initiatives
• Influence the end-to-end product lifecycle for newly launched and established lending products
• Lead cross-functional teams across Sales, Operations, Finance, Marketing, Technical and external partners to drive alignment
• Make commercial decisions on pricing, proposition and growth levers
• Act as a subject matter expert across the organisation
• Engage external partners to build market knowledge and a network
• Liaise with external product partners to deliver activity in line with agreed plans and timelines
• Manage projects to ensure initiatives are delivered on time and to a high standard
• Support the Head of Product and Proposition in initiating new product development and shaping future lending strategy
• Work with Sales, Finance, Marketing, Analytics, Legal and external lending partners on data-driven forecasting and analysis to deliver monthly and annual targets

Technologies:

• Excel
• Flow
• Support
• Marketing
• Network
• Product Manager

More:

We are Handepay, part of the PayPoint Group and a leading player in the payments industry. We offer business financing to Handepay and PayPoint small-business customers to help them manage cash flow and grow. This role focuses on devising, launching and growing lending products for small businesses and mid-corporate businesses, working with third-party lending providers and internal teams. It suits an established Product Manager or Partnerships Manager, or a proactive Assistant Product Manager with 2–3 years of product experience who is ready for the next step. We value transparency, honesty and integrity, believe every customer and employee counts, and support people as individuals to achieve their goals. The salary is £40,000–£50,000 per annum, dependent on experience. Hours are Monday to Friday, 9:00am–5:15pm, 36.25 hours per week. The role is hybrid, with three days per week in the office, and can be based at our Haydock head office in Merseyside or our Welwyn Garden City office in Hertfordshire. Benefits include 25 days annual leave plus 8 UK bank holidays, a contributory pension scheme and life assurance subject to conditions, a discretionary annual bonus, a company shares incentive plan, an employee benefits discount platform, structured induction and ongoing training and support, free on-site parking, employee social events and team activities, and free refreshments.

last updated 39 week of 2026