Senior Product Manager

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.  

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. 

Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results. 

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.  

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands. 

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life. 

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. We challenge where it matters and own the outcome. We combine strategic thinking, customer-centric service design, and agile engineering practices to accelerate innovation in a tech-driven world. 

Why consider joining our Digital & Data community? 🤔 

• Join our Digital & Data team working alongside product, design and a wide range of other experts and cross-disciplinary teams to bring ideas to life through innovative software solutions. 
• Grow a flexible and unique career within a trust-based, inclusive environment that values excellence, innovation, and curiosity. You have the option to progress with us on a technical career track. No need to go onto the Partner career track if this doesn’t align with what you want to do. 
• Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week.  
• Work on a broad variety of projects and tech stacks for clients across seven sectors - no project is ever the same 
• Join other experts within our supportive and collaborative tech community through knowledge-sharing and peer-level support, coaching and mentoring 
• Deepen your expertise through our a culture of learning and growth – you’ll have budget to take courses (technical and non-technical training), plus gain certifications 

What you can expect 🌱 

• Work to agile best practices and cross-functionally with multiple teams and stakeholders. You’ll be using your technical skills to problem solve with our clients, as well as working on internal projects. While this role is advertised under a specific title, as a consultant you may have the opportunity to work across related digital disciplines within the same or similar domains
• Live in-person whiteboarding sessions to problem solve as a team, alongside asynchronous communication on Teams 
• Hybrid working with the team on client site or in our office a minimum of two days per week. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site. 
• An environment that deeply cares about its values Values | PA Consulting
• Lead the end-to-end delivery of products and services, working closely with clients to define product vision, strategy, and roadmaps. You'll align priorities with business objectives, user needs, and technical feasibility. You’ll work on a range of assignment types, including rapid strategy development, product design and delivery, and product advisory.  
• Manage the product lifecycle, from discovery to delivery, taking responsibility for defining and prioritising backlogs, overseeing development, and monitoring quality assurance. 
• Establish success metrics, such as KPIs and OKRs, to measure impact and ensure alignment with broader business goals. You'll also design operating models that support continuous product improvement. 
• Manage cross-functional teams, including design, engineering, delivery, and QA, ensuring seamless collaboration and effective communication across all phases of delivery. 
• Lead complex engagements, managing timelines, budgets, and risks, while ensuring that deliverables meet the highest standards. 
• Contribute to business development, supporting bid management, shaping proposals, and creating case studies to showcase PA’s capabilities and successes. 

Essential requirements ✅ 

Even if you don’t meet every requirement below, feel free to still apply as we are often hiring for similar roles which your background might be better suited to. 

• You thrive in problem-solving and analytical thinking  
• You enjoy collaborating with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment 
• Significant experience leading product development and delivery, with a proven track record of managing multi-stakeholder environments and delivering complex solutions. 
• Experience in a client facing role, either with an agency or consultancy, where you have built strong client relationships and owned assignment outcomes. Experience of leading proposals. 
• Comfortable working across all PA industries including Consumer & Manufacturing, Public Sector, Defence & Security, Energy & Utilities, Financial Services and Transport 
• Expertise in product management, service design, and digital strategy methodologies, with the ability to adapt approaches to meet diverse challenges. 
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to synthesise data, research, and insights into clear, actionable recommendations. 
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and present complex ideas in a structured, intuitive way. 
• Experience leading cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment across disciplines and delivering high-quality outcomes. 

Assessment process ⚖️ 

Please note that the interview stages may be subject to change based on the specific requirements of the role. 

• Round 1: A competency interview (45 mins) 
• Round 2: Case Study presentation (60 mins) 
• Final round 🎉: Meeting with a PA leader (60 mins) 

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work. 

Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world’s most complex challenges. We're focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self. 

Find out more about Life at PA here. 

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits: 

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family 
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days 
• Generous company pension scheme 
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives 
• Annual performance-based bonus 
• PA share ownership 
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn) 

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief veteran status, or other by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups. 

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on [email protected] 

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