Overview

Hippo is recruiting for Senior Product Managers to join our growing team. Product Managers ensure that our client's goals turn into actions by creating a compelling vision for the product, developing the product roadmap, writing user stories and actively managing them in a prioritised backlog. As a Senior Consultant, specialising in Product, you’ll be an expert in agile, a confident coach, and a leader of people and teams advocating user-centred design approaches.

Responsibilities

• Inspiring and guiding colleagues by understanding the client's needs, explaining the broader context and gaining buy-in.
• Provide team leadership and protect the team from distractions to allow focus on delivery.
• Engage with stakeholders to create a project vision and translate it into a roadmap and prioritised backlog.
• Communicate with a diverse group of experts in their field.
• Lead a diverse, multidisciplinary team delivering work for high-profile clients.

Qualifications

• Lead a team of specialists and use evidence of value to drive decisions with the user at the heart of the team.
• Build consensus amongst different perspectives and make decisive decisions when consensus is not possible.
• Bridge gaps between stakeholders and the team to maintain delivery focus.
• Balance constraints such as policy and security to prioritise work and meet user needs.
• Perform well in delivery disciplines (Scrum, Kanban).
• Confident and credible communication on behalf of the company and client.
• Lead workshops and group exercises, remotely and in-person.
• Build product and user-centric capabilities in others, guiding colleagues and clients when you are not present.

About The Company

• Competitive salary with transparent benefits
• Contributory pension scheme
• 25 days holiday plus UK public holidays
• Perkbox discounts
• Critical illness cover
• Life assurance and death in service cover
• Volunteer days
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Salary sacrifice electric vehicles scheme
• Season ticket loans
• Financial and general wellbeing sessions
• Flexible benefits including private health and dental cover, additional pension contributions, extra holidays, wellbeing and charity contributions

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

Hippo is committed to a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. We encourage applications from underrepresented groups and strive to provide an inclusive recruitment process. We are Disability Confident, Mindful Employer, Endometriosis Friendly, and a member of the Armed Forces Covenant. We offer reasonable adjustments to ensure equity in our practices.

Locations and Travel

Headquartered in Leeds with offices across the UK. You will be located within reasonable travelling distance from one of our offices. Depending on client needs, you may work on-site at Hippo or client locations and should be open to travel. A relocation package of up to £8k is available on request.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Consulting, Information Technology, and Product Management

Industries

• Professional Services

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