Senior Product Manager

At Version 1, we are solving complex, meaningful problems that deliver impact.

Working with leading public and private sector organisations across the UK and Ireland, we deliver important, real-world outcomes. For example, we help ensure prisoners are released at the right time, reduce the cost of recruiting teachers for schools, and establish product-centric ways of working in some of the world’s most prestigious businesses.

Our Product Managers sit at the heart of these transformations.

Who We Are

Version 1 is a values-led technology consultancy with a growing, passionate 20+ strong Product community. We work as trusted partners to our clients embedding within their teams, building capability, and leaving things better than we found them.

Our product community sits within the Transformation Design Group (TDG), in the Digital, Data & Cloud capability of Version 1. TDG specialises in tackling complex, systemic challenges - breaking them down through research, evidence and data-driven insight to design solutions that work for users.

We operate with no ego and high trust. We experiment, learn quickly, and share openly so that everyone benefits.

Here's what you can expect from us:

• A people-first culture where we prioritise wellbeing and sustainable ways of working.
• A growing product community with active mentoring, shared learning, and the opportunity to shape how product management is applied across the organisation.
• Flexibility and autonomy to do great work, however you do it best.
• Genuine investment in your growth - from funded learning to industry events, we back you to keep improving your craft.

This role requires eligibility for Security Check (SC) clearance.

To be eligible, you must have the right to work in the UK and will typically have resided in the UK for at least 5 years.

You lead high-performing teams, solve the right problems to drive outcomes, and bring clarity and alignment through storytelling.

You lead with curiosity and empathy, asking the right questions that get to the heart of a problem. You create environments where diverse perspectives are heard and the best ideas can emerge, wherever they come from.

You make decisions and set direction. You balance user needs, business priorities, and technical constraints to make clear, timely calls - particularly in uncertainty. You focus effort where it will have the greatest impact and bring others with you through those decisions.

Specifically you are:

• Experienced - you’re a proven product practitioner with a strong grasp on the fundamentals and putting them into action to drive real, measurable impact.
• User-centred - the needs of the people you're building for are always your North Star.
• Strategically minded - you connect the dots between user needs, business goals, and delivery realities.
• A storyteller - you make the complex simple and craft compelling narratives that bring others with you.
• Emotionally intelligent - you know how to read a room, build trust, and navigate disagreement with respect.
• Adaptable - you thrive in ambiguity, bring structure where there is none, and can onboard quickly.
• Accountable - you make tough calls, hold yourself and others to account, and aren’t afraid to say no to ensure a product succeeds.
• A multiplier - you drive teams forward and you make everyone around you better.

How You Operate:

We believe great product management is about outcomes, not outputs.

Here's what that looks like day to day:

• Lead with vision - set a clear direction and reinforce it through team discussions, planning sessions, and stakeholder updates.
• Frame problems before solutions - continuously discover, ask the right questions, and ensure the team is solving the right problem.
• Champion the user - bring real user insight into every conversation and every decision, ensuring it shapes priorities and trade-offs.
• Collaborate openly - work across disciplines (design, engineering, data, policy) as true problem-solving partners.
• Facilitate with purpose - run workshops and meetings that lead to clear decisions and shared understanding.
• Drive progress - take ownership and ensure the team gets over the line.
• Deliver with integrity - do the right thing, including having difficult conversations when needed, so we can proudly stand behind our work.

When working with our clients, expectations are often aligned to SFIA and DDaT frameworks. Experience working in these environments is desirable, but not essential.

Why Version 1?

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.

This is hybrid based with occasional travel to your nearest base office.

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Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer.

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.