Technical Product Manager - UK Security Clearance eligibility required

Location: London, UK (Hybrid: 1-2 days in office per week)

Contract: Permanent / Full-time

Base pay range: £90,000 - 120,000 + 10% Bonus + 10% Shares + Benefits

Security clearance: You must either hold active SC, or be eligible for SC, and potentially DV.

About Appvia

At Appvia, we help customers navigate their journey to Cloud and DevOps maturity. We enable organisations to deliver apps in the cloud by providing a cloud infrastructure layer that supports platform engineering teams and gives developers the flexibility to deploy in the cloud with ease.

About the role

You will be a Technical Product Manager at the intersection of engineering, delivery, and user outcomes. You’ll lead product delivery for secure AWS-based platforms in government transformation programmes, shaping roadmaps that balance compliance, security, performance, and user experience. The role suits someone with a DevRel, DevEx, Platform, or Product Lead background who thrives in technical environments and can engage with both hands-on engineers and senior government stakeholders. You will also contribute to Appvia’s long-term product management strategy.

Interview process – 3 stages: Discovery with Talent Acquisition Manager; Interview with Hiring Manager; Final Interview with CEO.

Requirements

About you

Proven experience as a Technical Product Manager / Platform Product Owner in secure, complex environments. Candidates should have:

• Strong AWS knowledge (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch)
• Understanding of platform engineering concepts
• Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps toolchains
• Secure multi-tenanted environments / landing zones
• Experience with UK government programmes (SC/DV clearance eligible)
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Skills & Experience

• Product Ownership: Define and own the product vision and roadmap for secure AWS-based platform products used within government programmes; align delivery with business objectives, government standards (e.g., NCSC Cloud Security Principles), and compliance frameworks; drive backlog prioritisation balancing features, security, and operations.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the product voice with government stakeholders; run workshops, discovery sessions, and demos with end-users, security officers, and senior decision-makers.
• Technical Leadership: Collaborate with platform engineers, architects, and security specialists to translate requirements; define and roll out outcome-focused SOWs; ensure delivery aligns with DevSecOps best practices (automation, IaC, continuous assurance).
• Governance & Reporting: Define and monitor KPIs/OKRs for product success (adoption, performance, cost optimisation, compliance); provide clear progress reporting to government stakeholders.

Desirables

• Multi-cloud exposure (Azure, GCP)
• Knowledge of FinOps and cloud cost optimisation
• Hands-on software development or platform engineering background
• Agile delivery at scale (dual-track agile, SAFe, LeSS)

Qualifications

• Cloud certifications at expert/professional level are highly desirable (AWS, Azure, GCP); examples: AWS Solutions Architect Professional
• Desirable Kubernetes administration certification (CKA) and related security certification (CKSS)

Benefits

Why join Appvia?

We are a London-based startup helping customers deploy containerised applications securely and efficiently. We work with organisations like the UK Home Office and Bank of England to enable cloud-native delivery while managing costs, security, and cadence.

What’s on offer

• Work-life balance: core hours 10am-4pm; hybrid work with one compulsory office day per month
• 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays; additional day off for your birthday
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
• Workplace Nursery Benefit
• Private healthcare (with choices for dependents), Death in Service, Cycle to Work, Electric Car Scheme
• Pension with salary sacrifice option
• Employee Assistance Programme; Headspace access; free therapy via AXA
• Learning budget (£1,000/year); MacBook Pro; dog-friendly office; relaxed dress code; free office snacks; pool and ping-pong tables

We are an equal opportunities employer and value diversity of thought and background. All applicants will be considered without regard to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, national origin, veteran status, neurodiversity, or disability status.

Note: While all roles are active and approved, some applications may be processed for pipeline opportunities. We will keep you informed of any changes to your application status.