Product Manager

Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Halifax, Leeds or Manchester

6 months contract

Day rate from £450 DOE via Umbrella Company

Pontoon is an employment consultancy, we put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone’s chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identifies, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive.

My client powers businesses of all sizes to make, take and manage payments. They are a global leader in financial technology with unique capabilities to power omni-commerce. Whether online, in store or mobile, they are at the heart of great commerce experiences in 146 countries and across 135 currencies. They help our customers become more efficient, more secure and more successful.

About the Role

We’re hiring an experienced Product Manager to join a busy and collaborative savings product team. You’ll be part of an environment that manages a variety of savings products, regulatory change programmes, and the full product lifecycle.

You’ll play a key role in shaping proposals, improving controls and processes, supporting regulatory change, and ensuring products deliver great customer and commercial outcomes. This role suits someone who can confidently analyse data, manage complex product challenges, and work across multiple stakeholder groups.

The role is based at the businesses offices at one of the above locations. You will be working Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, hybrid working being office based a minimum of 2 days a week, office days dependant on location. The position is being offered with an initial contract length of 6 months with the potential to extend.

Key Responsibilities

Customer & Commercial Focus

• Champion customer-centric decision-making and ensure products deliver great customer outcomes.
• Balance customer needs with commercial performance and contribute to product growth strategies.
• Use customer, market, and business insights to shape new product ideas or refine existing ones.

Product Lifecycle & Delivery

• Own and manage product roadmaps, ensuring successful delivery from idea to implementation.
• Collaborate with design, development, and operational teams to deliver high-quality products at pace.
• Lead product-related problem solving from initial assessment through to senior stakeholder approval.

Regulation, Risk & Controls

• Ensure product decisions comply with relevant regulatory requirements.
• Support regulatory change initiatives by identifying impacts on systems, processes, and customer journeys (e.g., onboarding changes).
• Assess risks, improve controls, and contribute to continuous product governance processes.

Data & Insight

• Analyse large data sets to support evidence-based decision-making.
• Use insight to identify gaps, risks, and opportunities for product or control optimisation.
• Use tools such as Excel; experience with Power BI or Tableau is an advantage.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Work with a broad range of internal teams across savings, operations, technology, risk, and compliance.
• Present recommendations clearly and confidently to senior stakeholders.
• Communicate complex topics in a simple, structured, and compelling way.

Skills & Experience Required

Essential

• Strong analytical skills and experience working with large data sets.
• Product management experience-ideally within savings or financial services.
• Understanding of regulatory frameworks and how they influence product decisions.
• Experience improving or automating controls is beneficial.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive delivery.

Nice to Have

• Experience specifically with savings products.
• Knowledge of Power BI or Tableau.

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and storytelling skills.
• Ability to simplify complexity for stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities.
• Curious, proactive, and collaborative.

Please apply with an up-to-date CV which must show evidence of the above to be considered. Please be advised if you haven’t heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you.

We use generative AI tools to support our candidate screening process. This helps us ensure a fair, consistent, and efficient experience for all applicants. Rest assured, all final decisions are made by our hiring team, and your application will be reviewed with care and attention.