Product Lead (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

TL;DR

Product Lead (Financial Services): Owning and optimising a clear slice of a consumer banking product or journey with an accent on customer outcomes, backlog prioritisation, experimentation, and compliant delivery. Focus on making evidence-led product decisions, embedding risk and governance controls, and coordinating discovery and delivery across stable cross-functional teams.

Location: Hybrid work with at least two days per week or 40% of working time in an office in Leeds, Birmingham, Bristol, Halifax, Manchester, or Edinburgh, UK.

Salary: £61,344–£68,160 per year.

Company

hirify.global is a major UK financial services organisation developing consumer banking products across deposits and payments.

What you will do

• Own defined customer and business outcomes for a product, feature, or customer journey.
• Lead discovery and delivery within a stable cross-functional product team.
• Define, manage, and prioritise the product backlog using customer insight, data, and experimentation.
• Balance customer desirability, commercial viability, technical feasibility, operational needs, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure safe, sustainable, resilient, and compliant delivery in partnership with risk, compliance, and engineering teams.
• Own product-level controls and governance while developing product leadership capability and coaching others.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience owning outcomes for a product, feature, or customer journey.
• At least 2 years of experience in financial services or regulated environments.
• Strong prioritisation and decision-making skills.
• Confidence using data, customer insight, and experimentation to guide decisions.
• Experience working in cross-functional product teams.
• Awareness of risk, controls, and regulation in product delivery.

Nice to have

• Exposure to mobile-first or large-scale digital products.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working with workplace adjustments available for colleagues with disabilities.
• Pension contribution of up to 15%.
• Annual performance-related bonus and share schemes, including free shares.
• 30 days of holiday plus bank holidays.
• Wellbeing initiatives, flexible lifestyle benefits, and generous parental leave policies.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, learning, and career development.

Hiring process

• Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process.
• Applicants meeting the minimum criteria who have a disability, long-term health condition, or are neurodivergent may qualify for an interview guarantee under the Disability Confident Scheme.