Senior Technical Product Manager — Use Research Data (we have office locations in Cambridge, Le[…]

Genomics England is looking for a Senior Technical Product Manager to join the Use Research Data service, working within the Research Environment Platform squad.

Responsibilities

• Owning the strategy, roadmap, and outcomes for the squad’s products, workspaces, virtual desktop infrastructure, and identity and access management.
• Co‑producing the roadmap with the squad’s technical lead, combining product framing with technical sequencing and feasibility.
• Working closely with engineers on scope, sequencing, and architectural trade‑offs, and openly addressing complexity or cost issues.
• Contributing to leadership conversations about optimisation priorities (cost, scale, reliability, time‑to‑value) and owning the direction once agreed.
• Deciding what to build, purchase, retire, or pause.
• Adhering to regulatory requirements, ensuring compliance, audit, and assurance standards are met.
• Supporting junior product managers and shaping product practice at Genomics England.

Skills and experience for success

• Product‑managed cloud‑based backend products through their full lifecycle, including discovery, build, scaling, and retirement decisions.
• Experience owning multiple products or a portfolio within a squad.
• Experience with platform products, identity systems, or research/scientific computing environments.
• Strong technical fluency that earns credibility with engineering teams.
• Co‑owned roadmaps with a technical lead and handled divergent product versus engineering viewpoints.
• Comfortable setting scope and pragmatism while maintaining engineering relationships.
• Clear product judgement on optimisation priorities and a voice in directional conversations.
• Excellent communication with managers and squads about progress, trade‑offs, and risk.
• Domain experience in genomics or healthcare is welcome but not required.

Qualifications

• Relevant academic qualifications or equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrated depth of product thinking across diverse domains.
• Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills.
• Commitment to inclusivity and respect for diversity.

Salary and employment

Salary from: £86,000

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 3rd June

Equal opportunities and our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace

Genomics England is committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and are proud of a workplace where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of disability, ethnicity, gender, and other protected characteristics.

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