Senior Product Manager
JOB_53766704773064Job type
PermanentLocation
LondonWorking Pattern
Full-timeSpecialism
Projects & Change ManagementIndustry
Education & TrainingPay
£60,484 - £73,058 + excellent benefitsClosing date
8 Mar 2026
Senior Product Manager role in Research, Knowledge Exchange & Enterprise
Digital & Technology at UAL is on an exciting journey, transitioning from a ‘classic’ IT approach to a user-centred product approach to technology. We are investing in our people, and the processes enabled by digital, to evolve and transform the student and staff experience at UAL.
Senior Product Managers lead an exciting new discipline within Digital & Technology at UAL, supporting the next step in our journey towards product management and user-centric design. Over the last two years we have been scaling our capabilities, shifting focus from a technology and project-centric approach to the design of intuitive, positive user experiences, and optimised digital services that can scale to support the ambitious growth outlined in our strategy.
You will drive the ongoing enhancement and maturing of a broad portfolio of products and services, whilst getting the opportunity to take a leading role in growing the community of product management at UAL, embedding excellent product management practices and ensuring close control of product standards. You will have shared responsibility for defining outcomes, maintaining effective prioritisation of resources to ensure sustainable improvement, measured against the strategic objectives set by the service area leads.
In this recruitment round, we are seeking a Senior Product Manager to work in our Research, Knowledge Exchange & Enterprise space. The RKEE Service is supporting the activity in academic research and knowledge exchange, as well as UAL Short Courses and other enterprise areas. We welcome applications from people across a range of sectors who want to join our growing community of practice in product management and play a key role an organisation committed to social purpose.
Experience
- A background of developing digital products for varied audiences and defining roadmaps, including discovery and product delivery
- Knowledge of effective product lifecycle management across a large, complex environment
- Experience of embedding/integrating supplier products within existing ecosystems.
- Extensive experience of working with a diverse range of stakeholders and external partners to deliver and develop digital products and services.
- Experience of building multi-disciplinary product teams and transforming traditional ‘project’ delivery ways of working into high-performing product-led development teams.
- Experience of Agile and Scrum, as well as other software and product development and delivery methodologies, for both transformational change and ongoing development taking a user-centric approach
- Demonstrable experience of driving and championing new ways of working, bringing people along with you
UAL is a world-class university, shaping the creative industries worldwide, and staff have access to a range of benefits, training and personal development to recognise and reward the contributions they make, and to encourage excellence, creativity and diversity, including:
- Competitive salary package of £60,484 - £73,058 per annum, depending on experience
- 34 days annual leave plus public holidays
- Generous, defined benefit pension scheme
- Family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of full maternity or paternity pay
HAYS Technology have been retained by University of the Arts London to manage the search and recruitment of this role. For all enquiries, please contact Breanna Mahan at Hays Technology.
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Senior Product ManagerJOB_537667047730642026-02-202026-03-08
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