Company: Made Tech
Location: Swansea
Posted: May 9th, 2026
Department: Strategy & Design
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Any UK Office Hub (Bristol / London / Manchester / Swansea)
Compensation: £64,000 - £75,000 / year
We are building a community of designers, researchers and product professionals to support the public sector's growing demand for a user‑centred, design and product‑led approach to how services are delivered.
As a Lead Product Manager, reporting to the Discipline Head, you’ll enable public sector organisations to better design services that improve society. You will be expected to role model and lead teams with best practice in your discipline.
You will work as part of cross‑functional teams which might include other Made Tech team members, stakeholders and partner agencies. You will inspire trust in the team, guide and coach teams through the product process and use your influence to continuously iterate and improve ways of working and processes.
You might be the most senior person on the team, so we are looking for people who are self‑starters and who can model leadership in a collaborative and inclusive manner, inspiring the team and stakeholders, and using your influence to shape strategies, roadmaps, scopes and budgets.
You will ensure products and services deliver measurable value by exploring user needs‑defined by comprehensive research, organisational needs‑defined by the requirements placed upon or introduced by the client, and service needs.
As the Lead Product Manager, you will work on complex engagements and, when necessary, at programme level for those that are high risk or sensitive. You will support recruitment, interviewing and onboarding of new team members and line managers up to three Senior Product Managers. You will provide strategic direction within the community of practice and coach & mentor others.
Lead Product Managers are expert practitioners of product management practices, principles and approaches. As an effective leader, you will help drive decisions that deliver successful outcomes. Your main responsibilities will be achieved, by applying the following practices, within engagements:
An increasing number of our customers are specifying a minimum of SC (security check) clearance in order to work on their projects. As a result, we're looking for all successful candidates for this role to have eligibility. Eligibility for SC requires 5 years' UK residency and 5 years' employment history (or back to full‑time education). Please note that if at any point during the interview process it is apparent that you may not be eligible for SC, we won't be able to progress your application and we will contact you to let you know why.