Product Director

AJ Bell is a FTSE 250 investment platform and asset management business with strong momentum across its advised proposition. As we continue to scale and evolve, we are seeking a Product Director to take full ownership of our advised product portfolio.

This is a senior leadership role with end-to-end accountability for product strategy execution, governance and delivery. You will act as the internal authority for advised products, ensuring strategic intent is translated into a clear, prioritised roadmap and delivered through disciplined execution, robust controls and high-quality outcomes.

You will own the short to medium term product roadmap, aligning it to business strategy, regulatory requirements and risk appetite. With oversight of product governance and product-related change, you will coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to ensure delivery remains on plan, within budget and focused on delivering the right outcomes for advisers, clients and the business.

• Own and maintain the advised product roadmap, with a clear focus on delivery priorities across a 1 to 3 year planning horizon
• Translate agreed business strategy into executable product plans, initiatives and milestones
• Lead short and medium term planning in collaboration with development, change and operations teams
• Prioritise the product development backlog to ensure delivery against agreed business plans and commitments
• Ensure product capabilities, structures and dependencies support roadmap delivery

• Ensure all advised products are managed effectively across their full lifecycle
• Maintain oversight of product performance, risks and outcomes, taking timely corrective action where required
• Ensure products remain appropriate for their intended target market throughout their lifecycle

• Take overall accountability for product governance arrangements across all advised products
• Chair the Advised Customer Outcomes Group, ensuring products are designed, managed and changed in a way that avoids or mitigates consumer harm
• Ensure all product activity complies with relevant legislation, FCA rules, regulatory guidance and internal governance frameworks
• Ensure alignment with the AJ Bell Product Governance Framework, Risk Management Framework and Guiding Principles
• Maintain oversight of product-related risks and actively manage the advised risk register

• Provide leadership and direction to product and change teams delivering advised product initiatives
• Ensure change activity is delivered efficiently and in line with agreed scope, timelines and budgets
• Resolve prioritisation conflicts and manage trade-offs across competing initiatives
• Ensure clear ownership, accountability and decision-making across product change activity

• Act as the primary senior interface for advised products across internal stakeholders
• Drive effective collaboration across product, technology, operations, risk, compliance and change
• Provide clear direction and escalation to manage delivery risk
• Ensure senior stakeholders have appropriate visibility of product plans, progress, risks and issues

• Lead and manage individuals across product and change teams, including organisational design, objective setting and performance management
• Align team objectives to product strategy, roadmap delivery and governance expectations
• Manage product budgets and ensure spend remains within agreed forecasts
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, strong controls and disciplined execution

• In-depth knowledge of the UK advised market and regulated savings and investments products
• Strong understanding of product governance, FCA rules and regulatory expectations
• Proven experience managing complex product portfolios and multi-year roadmaps
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management capability across multidisciplinary teams
• The ability to prioritise effectively, manage competing demands and make clear, evidence-based decisions
• Commercial and strategic awareness aligned to delivery and governance objectives

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 644,000 customers using our award winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £103.3 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.

Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1,500 employees and have been named one of the UK's 'Best 100 Companies to Work For' for six…