Senior Product Manager

Overview

An established, privately owned international organisation within the consumer products sector is seeking a Senior Category and Product Manager to take ownership of a diverse and commercially critical product portfolio across the UK and broader international markets.

Operating within a values-led, collaborative culture, the business supplies innovative, purpose-driven products into retail, education and digital channels worldwide. The organisation is known for combining creativity with commercial rigour, delivering products that support development, engagement and learning.

The Role

This is a high-impact leadership position responsible for setting category direction, driving portfolio performance and ensuring successful product execution from concept through to end-of-life.

You will own the full product lifecycle, shaping range strategy, leading innovation pipelines and ensuring the portfolio remains competitive, relevant and commercially successful across multiple regions.

The role also carries people leadership responsibility, with accountability for developing and guiding a product team to deliver consistent, high-quality outputs.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute category and portfolio strategy, including core range, innovation, extensions and rationalisation

• Build and maintain multi-year product roadmaps, aligning global direction with local market requirements

• Lead products through the end-to-end lifecycle, from concept input and development through to launch, review and exit

• Act as a key liaison with international product and development teams, ensuring regional alignment and localisation

• Use data, insights and market intelligence to drive decision-making, identify opportunities and optimise performance

• Partner with Sales, Marketing, eCommerce and Supply Chain teams to ensure effective launches and ongoing trading success

• Support forecasting, demand planning and supply coordination to maximise availability and profitability

• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing product team, setting clear objectives and driving accountability

About You

• Proven experience within Category Management, Product Management or Product Development in a consumer-led environment (e.g. FMCG, retail, toys, education or similar)

• Strong commercial acumen with experience of owning full product lifecycles

• Highly analytical, comfortable working with sales data, market insights and performance metrics

• Experience working in international or matrix environments, with the ability to influence stakeholders

• Confident communicator, able to present at senior level and lead range or line reviews

• Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint; experience with BI tools advantageous

• Organised, detail-oriented and results-driven

What’s on Offer

• Hybrid working model

• Competitive salary and benefits package

• Opportunity to shape a globally distributed product portfolio

• Inclusive, collaborative and growth-focused culture

• Clear progression and leadership development opportunities