Principal Product Manager

Product ManagerAt-a-GlanceOwn an optimisation and decision-support product line end to end, from working MVP through to scaleBuilt on an enterprise AI platform used by government and regulated organisationsYou must hold active UK Security Clearance (SC) or be eligible to obtain itScoped from Product Manager up to Principal, depending on what you bringAbout the CompanyMy client is an AI company working with government and highly regulated industries, building the technology and the operating model that take AI from proof of concept into real operational use.The RoleThere is a working MVP, a growing pipeline of use cases and an evolving roadmap. You pick that up and take it forward. Reporting to the Head of Product and Design, you will sequence the pipeline against customer demand and platform readiness, decide what generalises into the product and what stays bespoke, and build the MVP out into something that scales across sectors.This suits someone who wants real ownership of a product line rather than a slice of somebody else's roadmap, and who is comfortable standing behind what the product asserts.Key ResponsibilitiesOwn the end-to-end product lifecycle, from discovery and roadmap definition through delivery and iterationEvolve the roadmap, sequencing the use case pipeline against customer demand, commercial opportunity and platform readinessSet the boundary of the product, judging which problems belong here and which belong elsewhere in the portfolio, and holding that lineDefine, measure and refine OKRs, success metrics and adoption goals as the product moves from MVP to scaleBuild deep expertise in portfolio decision-making: business cases, approvals pathways, financial planning cycles and the operating model these decisions sit withinTranslate that process knowledge into product, working with the data science team on the scoring, constraints and objectives the optimisation runs againstOwn the trust properties of the product, so that confidence and uncertainty are surfaced rather than hidden and every recommendation traces back to its evidenceChampion decision-led design, where each output surfaces a question, an option or an action rather than a dashboard to interpretPartner with the platform, engineering, design and commercial teams to shape the requirements this product line depends onMeet customers directly, including senior decision-makers and the finance and scrutiny communities, to understand demand signals and constraintsWhat You'll NeedEssential:A track record shipping complex, data-heavy B2B or B2G products into live production environmentsExperience taking an early-stage product past its MVP, sequencing candidate use cases and deciding what generalises into the productSolid understanding of AI in enterprise settings, including agentic systems, natural language interfaces and knowledge graphsA realistic view of non-deterministic behaviour and a deliberate approach to how trust is built into itEnough technical depth to turn engineering and user needs into requirements that hold up under scrutinyThe presence to hold your own with senior government and regulated-sector stakeholdersActive UK Security Clearance (SC), or eligibility to obtain itFor the Principal level, previous ownership of a product line and its commercial outcomesDesirable:Experience of decision-support or optimisation products where the output is a recommendation rather than a report ... constrained optimisation, scenario modelling, scoring, confidence and uncertaintyBackground in portfolio prioritisation, capital allocation, business cases and approvals processes in government, defence or another heavily regulated sectorWhy Apply?25 days of annual leave plus all bank holidaysRoughly 30 days of additional time back across the year on top of standard leavePension, opt-in private medical insurance, salary sacrifice EV scheme and death in serviceFull ownership of a product line at a scale-up, with the roadmap genuinely in your hands