Job Title: Product Manager (AI Centre of Excellence)
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Wilmslow or Edinburgh or Glasgow
Working Style: Hybrid 50% home / 50% office based
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Product Manager to join our AI Centre of Excellent team within our Group Data & AI Office. The role holder will be responsible for identifying, shaping and delivering AI-driven initiatives that create tangible business value. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in Royal London’s AI journey, helping define strategy, build momentum, and scale value across the business.
About the role:
* Collaborate with stakeholders to identify and prioritise AI opportunities aligned with strategic business goals.
* Translate high-level opportunities into clear hypotheses, experiment plans, and testable MVPs or Proofs of Value.
* Lead cross-functional teams (Data Science, Engineering, SMEs, Ops, etc.) through the end-to-end product lifecycle – from discovery and validation to delivery and measurement.
* Apply lean product principles to iterate quickly, test assumptions, and validate impact.
* Act as the voice of the customer and business throughout the product development process.
* Maintain strong stakeholder relationships and provide regular updates to senior leaders on product vision, progress, risks, and outcomes.
* Ensure ethical, responsible and explainable use of AI in product development.
* Support in building a product-led mindset within the AI Centre of Excellence and the broader organisation.
About you:
* Proven experience as a Product Manager or similar role, ideally in a technology, data, or AI-focused environment.
* Strong experience working in lean, agile teams to define and test hypotheses rapidly.
* Ability to distil complex business challenges into clear problems and testable outcomes.
* Experience working with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, engineers, and subject matter experts.
* Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence, engage and keep senior stakeholders informed.
* Skilled at writing and maintaining clear artefacts – roadmaps, OKRs, dashboards, and product documentation.
If you think you would be a great fit for our team at Royal London but don’t meet all the requirements of the role, please get in touch as your application will still be considered.
About Royal London
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits
Inclusion, diversity and belonging
We’re an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background