Job type
PermanentLocation
LondonWorking Pattern
Full-timeSpecialism
Software DevelopmentIndustry
Education & TrainingPay
£59,649 - £80,445 + excellent benefitsClosing date
7 Sep 2025
Senior Product Manager opportunity at UAL
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.
Reporting to a Head of Product, the Senior Product Manager will work as part of a team alongside Digital design & research, Development, Delivery and Business Analysis colleagues, and collaborate with business service teams and supplier partners. They will be a trusted ally to business service leads, and support Heads of Product and D&T Directors in delivery of each area’s digital service vision.
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 and 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 public facing web space. We are focused on creating a seamless and reliable digital experience. We welcome applications from experienced Product Managers who want to work for an organisation that is committed to social purpose and is growing to face new opportunities and challenges.
Experience
- A background of developing digital products for varied audiences and defining roadmaps.
- 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.
- Desirable experience in acceptance definition, test management, and transition of changes into service.
UAL is a world-class University shaping the creative industries worldwide, with staff having access to a range of benefits, training and personal development to recognise and reward the contributions they make, as well as to encourage excellence, creativity and diversity, including:
- Competitive salary of £59,649 - £80,445 per annum, dependent on experience
- 34 days annual leave plus public holidays
- Generous, defined benefit pension scheme
- Family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of paid maternity or paternity leave
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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For more detailed information, or to view other vacancies with this organisation, please visit our dedicated recruitment website https://webmicrosites.hays.co.uk/web/university-of-the-arts-london
