Job summary
- Main area
- Product Management
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 990-TDD-D&A-EC3995-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- National
- Town
- National
- Salary
- £66,582 - £77,368 per annum (exclusive of London weighting)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Product Manager
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Our Organisation
We share the core values set out in the NHS Constitution, which all colleagues are expected to demonstrate.
We support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you and your colleagues. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement, whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern.
Job overview
The Senior Product Manager plays a key role within the FDP Local Product Team, leading the development and delivery of products that address clinical and operational challenges across NHS organisations, systems and Integrated Care Boards (ICBs). Working within the FDP Product Lifecycle Framework, the post holder will guide products from investigation through pilot to adoption.
The NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) supports NHS transformation, enabling organisations to use data, real-time insight and AI capabilities to improve decision-making, patient outcomes and operational performance.
Working with frontline users, incubator organisations and supplier partners, the Senior Product Manager will lead product discovery and translate insights into product requirements. They will work with technical, clinical and operational stakeholders to develop solutions aligned to NHS priorities.
The post holder will support governance processes and prepare recommendations for review by the FDP Product Board and assurance forums. They will ensure products meet requirements for benefits realisation, clinical safety, information governance and alignment with national priorities, including the NHS 10 Year Health Plan. Working across Demand and Delivery, TOD, AI, Benefits, Clinical Safety and Information Governance teams, they will help deliver impact across the NHS.
This role offers the opportunity to improve care delivery while contributing to a major NHS digital transformation programme.
Main duties of the job
Lead Product Discovery and Requirement Development – Work with frontline clinical and operational teams, incubator organisations and stakeholders to understand challenges, define user needs and develop clear product requirements and roadmaps.
Manage Products Through the FDP Lifecycle – Own product delivery from investigation and incubation through pilot and adoption, ensuring products are evidence-based, user-centred and capable of delivering measurable benefits.
Support Governance and Product Board Activity – Develop business cases, product assessments and lifecycle evidence, presenting recommendations and progress updates through the FDP Product Board and associated governance forums.
Coordinate Multi-Disciplinary Delivery Teams – Bring together suppliers, technical teams, clinicians, operational experts and programme colleagues to collaboratively design, build, test and refine products.
Ensure Product Assurance and Strategic Alignment – Work closely with Benefits, Clinical Safety, Information Governance, TOD, AI and Demand & Delivery teams to ensure products deliver measurable value, meet assurance requirements and align with NHS strategic priorities.
Champion User-Centred Product Management – Use data, insight and stakeholder feedback to continuously improve products, drive adoption and ensure solutions deliver meaningful outcomes for patients, staff and NHS organisations.
Working for our organisation
NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.
Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.
If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, and person specification in the attached Job Description. Please ensure your supporting statement includes demonstratable evidence and specific examples on how you meet the criteria for each of the key skills specified. This will be used in both the shortlisting and interview processes.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters degree / diploma or equivalent experience, including practical experience or formal training in any relevant or adjacent delivery discipline (e.g. user-centred design, software development, delivery management, project management).
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Expert level knowledge of agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Lean, Kanban) including how to apply an agile mindset to all aspects of their work - and the role of the product manager in collaborating with teams working in different delivery environments.
- Practitioner level knowledge of emerging trends and advances in the wider digital technology landscape and modern engineering practice. Understands the range of technology and development choices available and is able to lead informed conversations and decisions based on user needs, product integrity and value for money.
Skills & Experience
Essential criteria
- Expert level skills and experience in working with teams and stakeholders to define user stories with suitable acceptance criteria, key performance indicators (KPIs) and associated performance metrics and measures.
- Practitioner level skills and experience in leading teams to define and align their product and delivery plans, including product visions, iterative roadmaps, development backlogs, release plans and business cases.
- Expert level skills and experience in communicating ideas clearly and persuasively to diverse audience groups using multiple remote and face-to-face methods (e.g. show and tells, meetings, presentations, conferences, user and stakeholder interviews).
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Matt Gauler
- Job title
- Deputy Director of Delivery
- Email address
- [email protected]
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