Senior Product Manager

The opportunity

Bring a pragmatic approach to product management for our clients in the public sector, education, and financial services – as part of a growing, award-winning consultancy. We value expertise and will invest in you and your profile. You’ll work with peers who’re also experts, and have helped to shape the field of product management.

Salary: £58,000‑£63,000.

Location:

Hybrid. You must be based in or able to regularly travel to one of the following locations:
York, Newcastle, Sheffield, London, Bristol, Warrington, Worcester, or Crewe.

On‑site expectations:
Mainly remote, plus at least one day per week on‑site at client locations or Herd’s Sheffield office. For people within travel distance of Sheffield, we encourage working from the Sheffield office once a week for team collaboration.

Flexibility:
We’re looking for people who could work equally well as a Senior Business Analyst or Senior Delivery Manager if needed. Consultancy work is unpredictable and it really helps when folks can fulfil more than one specialism.

Herd Consulting is an equal opportunities employer.

We do not believe there is one “true” version of product management. We believe there is a mindset needed for good product management. In real organisations, product managers need to operate in different modes, depending on the problem in front of them. This role expects you to recognise those modes and move between them.

We’ve attached a copy of “How we practice product management at Herd” so you can check if this aligns with your approach to the role.

We use this to shape our interview and will ask you to share a real example of how you’ve worked in each mode:
Engineering‑centred product management, Value‑stream product management, Opportunity and vision‑led product management, and Transformational product management.

The interview is via video call and is an hour in length. We may ask follow‑up questions if we’d like to learn more about the examples you’ve provided, and there will be time for you to ask us questions about the role, our clients, and Herd. Please let us know if you need any adaptations to make the interview accessible for you.

• Demonstrable product management skills:
  You can show evidence of owning outcomes, making product decisions, prioritising based on value, and delivering iteratively – whether or not you’ve had “Product Manager” in your job title.
• Central or local government delivery:
  You’ve worked in the public sector and understand the context, constraints, and how to be effective within them.
• Meeting  Service Standard or similar frameworks:
  First‑hand experience applying service design and digital delivery principles in practice.

• Experience working across multiple government departments or agencies.
• Familiarity with techniques like Opportunity Solution Trees, outcome‑based road mapping, or continuous discovery.
• Background in Business Analysis, Delivery Management, or Service Ownership with a track record of product thinking.
• Data literacy – comfortable working with evidence and using it to inform decisions.

You must have the right to work in the UK. Applicants without this will not be progressed. Herd Consulting does not currently offer sponsorship.

Due to the types of clients we work with, you may be expected to undergo security vetting up to and including Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) levels. If you have any reason to believe that you may not pass such vetting, you must declare this as soon as possible, and this must be before any job offer is accepted.

• Salary: £58,000‑£63,000 (dependent upon experience).
• 25 days annual leave, in addition to Bank Holidays.
• An additional day off to celebrate your birthday.
• £1,000 annual personal development fund to spend as you wish.
• Employee perks programme – exclusive discounts & savings with 100s of retailers.
• Electric Vehicle (EV) salary sacrifice programme (available after you pass probation).
• 3 × Salary – Life assurance cover.
• 24/7 Virtual GP access.
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