Senior Product Manager

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Purpose of the role As a Senior Product Manager (Simplified Products), you will play a pivotal role in shaping and evolving AJ Bell’s simplified range of investment products. You will be accountable for creating products that genuinely meet customer needs, support better financial outcomes, and contribute to the long‑term growth and differentiation of AJ Bell. Job Description This role sits at the heart of our product organisation. You will combine deep understanding of customers, markets and regulation with strong product leadership to deliver intuitive, accessible and high‑quality investing, simplified investing and cash savings solutions. Working closely with colleagues across technology, investments, compliance, operations, marketing and with external partners, you will turn insight into action and strategy to craft great customer experiences. What You’ll Be Responsible For Setting direction and vision
Own and articulate a clear product vision for your products, grounded in customer insight, commercial outcomes and our broader strategy. Champion customer needs across investing, simplified investing, cash savings and targeted support, ensuring products are easy to understand, use and trust. Establish the product strategy for your product portfolio, including owning product performance.
Driving innovation and product excellence
Continuously scan the market to understand customer behaviour, competitor propositions, regulatory developments and emerging trends. Use insight and evidence to identify opportunities for innovation, improvement and differentiation. Develop compelling product proposals and business cases that balance customer value, risk, and commercial impact.
Leading delivery from idea to impact
Partner with cross‑functional teams to take products from concept through design, build, launch and ongoing optimisation. Create and maintain clear product roadmaps and own the discovery backlog, aligning delivery with customer outcomes, business goals and regulatory requirements. Ensure products are delivered to a high standard, on time and with measurable impact.
Using data to optimise performance
Define meaningful KPIs and success measures across your product portfolio. Use data, customer feedback and performance insights to continuously improve products and customer outcomes.
Operating with strong governance and regulatory awareness
Ensure products meet FCA regulation and industry standards, with a strong focus on Consumer Duty and good customer outcomes. Work closely with compliance, legal and risk teams to identify, manage and mitigate product risks. Own products within the AJ Bell Product Governance framework, ensuring robust oversight throughout the product lifecycle.
Leading and developing others
Lead, coach and mentor product managers, creating an inclusive and collaborative culture that encourages high performance, learning and innovation. Act as a role model for modern product management practices and customer‑centric thinking.
Skills, Experience & Capabilities Product leadership and domain expertise
Significant experience in product management within banking, asset management, wealth management or other financial services. Strong understanding of investing products, simplified investment solutions and/or cash savings propositions, ideally in a D2C or platform environment. Experience designing products that support a broad range of customer needs, including targeted support and accessibility.
Customer‑centred and insight‑driven
Demonstrated ability to translate customer insight, data and research into clear product decisions. Passion for improving customer outcomes and reducing complexity in financial products.
Commercial and strategic mindset
Comfortable balancing customer value, commercial objectives, risk and regulatory considerations. Experience building product strategies, roadmaps and business cases that deliver measurable impact.
Delivery and collaboration
Proven ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary teams across technology, operations, investments and marketing. Comfortable operating in a fast‑moving environment, managing priorities and trade‑offs.
Leadership and communication
Experience leading, mentoring or developing product managers. Clear, confident communicator able to influence at all levels of the organisation.
Benefits
27 days holiday, increasing with service + buy/sell scheme + bank holidays 8% Pension with matched contributions Discretionary bonus scheme Share schemes (including free shares and BAYE) Health Cash Plan and discounted private healthcare Free onsite gym Enhanced family leave (subject to qualifying criteria) Travel and bike loan schemes Employee Assistance Programme
Inclusion & Diversity We’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and able to be themselves at work. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and make hiring decisions based on skills, experience and potential. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Location:
Greater London
Job Type:
FullTime

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