Alternatively, Grant Thornton

At Grant Thornton we do things differently - looking to the future, driving ambitious growth and pioneering positive change in our industry. Providing audit, tax and advisory services, we empower clients through strategic insight, curiosity, and genuine partnership. And we empower our people with real opportunity, an inclusive culture and work life balance. A true alternative.

With over 5,000 people in the UK, and a presence in 150 global markets, we're on an ambitious journey, from great to exceptional, and we need the best people to help us achieve our potential. And with that comes the opportunity to help redefine what our industry looks like, and what you want from your career.

Job Description:

MORE THAN YOU EXPECTED

Grant Thornton UK LLP is part of a global network of independent audit, tax and advisory firms, made up of some 58,000 people in over 135 countries. We're a team of independent thinkers who put quality, inclusion and integrity first. All around the world we bring a different experience to our clients. A better experience. One that delivers the expertise they need in a way that goes beyond. Personal, proactive, and agile. That's Grant Thornton.

NEW GROUND WON’T BREAK ITSELF.

Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals.

The Senior Product Manager drives the strategy, roadmap and outcomes for a larger or more complex digital product domain, working in close partnership with the relevant Digital Service Line Lead(s) to turn business strategy into a prioritised plan of work. The role is a senior point of contact between the business, engineering pods, Forward Deployed Engineers and GT Labs; the go-to-specialist for a large/cross-cutting product domain and plays an active part in growing and developing the wider Product and Business Analyst community.

We’re happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, we’ll support you to balance your work and life.

A look into the role

As a Senior Product Manager within our team, you will:

Core responsibilities

• Build and maintain a close, trusted relationship with the Digital Service Line Lead(s) aligned to your domain, co-owning the roadmap and prioritisation with them.

• Translate service line strategy and OKRs into a prioritised roadmap and pipeline of bets, balancing quick wins against larger, higher-risk or higher-value initiatives.

• Propose bets and recommendations for quarterly planning, building case or story of value vs effort to support prioritisation.

• Identify and broker opportunities across product domains (e.g. service lines) so the same problem isn’t solved independently in parallel by different teams.

• Management of demand channels across the business, end users, data analysis, to identify signals and opportunities.

• Provide domain expertise and leadership of industry, market and regulatory trends within the given product domain.

• Act as the conduit between the business and engineering, staying close to the overall delivery status, learning on other product colleagues, the engineering team and AI tools where appropriate.

• Contribute to buy-versus-build decisions and RFP processes, surfacing demand signals and challenging where existing solutions aren’t working for users.

• Support managing relationships with vendors on ongoing continuous improvements and influencing 3rd party roadmaps

• Collaborate with Digital Service Line Leads and ‘GT Labs’ on higher-risk, higher-value bets

• Contribute to evolving the firm-wide Product Management operating model and ways of working as the function matures.

• Support and/or refine user stories and acceptance criteria for requirements, supporting Business Analysts where needed.

• Represent product in senior stakeholder forums, including SLT and cross-functional steering conversations aligned to a given product domain.

Key Objectives

• Influence the product strategy for a larger, more complex or cross-cutting product domain, from discovery through to ongoing optimisation.

• Co-own the roadmap and OKRs with the relevant Digital Service Line Lead(s), translating strategic direction into a prioritised, outcome-focused plan.

• Propose and shape investment “bets” for quarterly planning, working with the business and Digital Service Line Leads to secure sign-off.

• Act as a senior escalation and coordination point across engineering pods, Forward Deployed Engineers and GT Labs.

• Mentor Product Managers and Business Analysts, embedding product thinking and best practice across the community.

• Serve as go-to-specialist for specific industries, markets and product craft expertise

• Champion consistent, data-led performance measurement — OKRs, adoption and usage metrics — across the portfolio.

Knowing you’re right for us

Joining us as a Senior Product Manager, the minimum criteria you’ll need is

• Proven experience operating at Senior Product Manager, Lead Product Manager or equivalent level, ideally within a complex, multi-stakeholder or matrixed organisation.

• Track record of owning a product domain end-to-end, including strategy, roadmap and measurable business outcomes.

• Experience partnering directly with senior business stakeholders to define strategy, OKRs and priorities.

• Strong commercial acumen — able to build a proportionate business case, quantify impact, and prioritise using an impact/effort lens.

• Experience mentoring Product Managers or Business Analysts.

• Comfortable working with data and insights teams to define, track and report on product performance and adoption metrics.

• Comfortable in ambiguity and using curiosity to shape the evolving op model and product strategy.

• Skilled communicator and influencer, able to build trust quickly with senior stakeholders and hold a firm line where needed, for example on scope or prioritisation.

• Knowledge of agile methodologies and modern product practices, including experience running or contributing to quarterly/roadmap planning cycles.

• Genuine interest in and experience of AI-enabled delivery approaches as part of the product toolkit.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management, able to influence without authority.

It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don’t worry if you don’t tick every box, we’ll help you develop along the way.

• Experience of Claude for Business

• Experience managing vendors on continuous improvement and change due to 3rd party roadmaps

• Experience with market leading professional services software such as AlphaTax, DealCloud, InFlo, client portals etc.

• Experience people managing other colleagues, supporting career progression and performance reviews.

• Familiarity with engineering pod or forward-deployed-engineer style delivery models.

• Comfortable with delivery metrics (e.g. burndown, velocity) to make informed decisions.

• Proficient with software development tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps.

Knowing we’re right for you

Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential.

Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That’s why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work.

We’re also committed to supporting you through different life stages, with a range of family friendly and wider leave policies. You can find full details of our reward, benefits and leave policies on our website: Reward and benefits.

Beyond the job

Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance.

The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you’ll be giving back to society. It’s that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our firm’s values – purposefully driven, actively curious and candid but kind.

We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It’s how it should be.

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