Description
ASA Recruitment’s client, a Public Sector organisation in Edinburgh are currently looking to recruit a Lead Product Manager, for an initial 6 month contract (with potential extensions) on a rate c.£550-£600/day inside of IR35 (based on experience).
The Role:
Our client requires lead product management expertise to support the delivery of digital products and services. They require a Lead Product Manager capable of guiding multidisciplinary teams through the full product lifecycle, ensuring products are user centred, operationally robust and aligned to programme objectives.
Essential Skills & Experience:
1. Leadership in Agile delivery
2. Strong stakeholder engagement across government partners
3. The ability to define and realise product benefits.
4. The supplier must demonstrate capability in managing risks, resolving operational issues, integrating products with wider services, and driving continuous improvement.
5. Demonstrable experience of leading Agile, multidisciplinary product teams through the full lifecycle, selecting effective delivery approaches and ensuring user‑centred, value‑driven outcomes.
6. Proven ability to define and communicate product vision and benefits, translating complex technical or operational concepts into clear, actionable product decisions.
7. Excellent communication and engagement skills. This includes being able to engage and collaborate with a wide variety of stakeholders at all organisational levels and areas of expertise to align products with organisational objectives and service needs.
8. Proven experience of identifying, managing and mitigating risks within governance frameworks, resolving issues and ensuring products are operationally robust and well‑
9. Demonstratable experience of applying expert problem‑solving skills and coaching teams, driving continuous improvement across product delivery and service operations.
10. Comprehensive understanding of modern data platforms, integration patterns and data‑driven service design, enabling the delivery of secure, scalable and insight‑led digital products.
Desirable Skills & Experience:
11. Experience within the public sector in Scotland.
12. Experience working on large, data-intensive national programmes.