Principal Product Manager (Public Sector)

Salary: £28,000 - 51,000 per year

Requirements:

• Extensive vertical knowledge of Product Management, with strong knowledge of User Experience, Agile, and Programme Assurance disciplines.
• In-depth experience in at least two major business verticals, including Public Sector.
• Experience in at least two business application environments.
• Strong C-level stakeholder communication and relationship-building experience, including coaching and mentoring clients.
• Broad business and technology understanding, with awareness of industry trends.
• Demonstrable experience delivering as part of an Agile team.
• Experience in line management or coaching.
• Ability to facilitate large stakeholder groups and drive focused outcomes.
• Ability to plan and lead consulting engagements from initiation through completion.
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of business and project dynamics.
• Demonstrated adaptability to embrace and lead in new disciplines.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain, persuade, and justify decisions.
• Ability to translate business requirements into cost-effective functional requirements.
• Strong understanding of Agile and Waterfall project delivery methodologies.
• Ability to work flexibly and meet tight deadlines in uncertain, fast-changing environments.
• Strong team management skills, including managing a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to manage, mentor, and coach team members and the wider community.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills across a variety of stakeholders.
• Desirable: experience working in a digital start-up.
• Desirable: experience working as a product manager delivering high-quality digital products.
• Desirable: experience working in a full-service digital agency environment.
• Desirable: experience leading digital transformation initiatives.
• Desirable: project management experience across multiple methodologies and frameworks.
• Desirable: Certified Scrum Product Owner.
• Desirable: active participation in communities of interest.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and assure significant engagements from concept through to delivery.
• Shape product strategies and business cases.
• Manage, coach, and develop a small number of senior staff.
• Focus on managing employee performance.
• Plan and lead consulting engagements from initiation through completion.
• Deliver within project constraints and to tight deadlines.
• Translate business requirements into functional requirements.
• Facilitate focused outcomes from diverse stakeholder groups.
• Communicate with a variety of stakeholders, including senior leaders.
• Manage a multi-disciplinary team effectively.
• Mentor and coach team members and the wider community.

Technologies:

• Product Manager
• Product Owner
• CRM
• Kanban

More:

We are Kainos, and as a Product Consultant (Principal) you will lead and assure significant engagements in a user-centred product context, working from concept through delivery. We focus on Agile transformation and programme delivery, and we are passionate about developing people. You will manage a small number of senior staff and work flexibly in uncertain, fast-changing environments.

last updated 38 week of 2026