Role:- Associate Product Manager – Product Operations Contract: Permanent Shift pattern: Full Time Location: Nottingham or London Closing date: 22nd August Recruitment Partner: Matthew Nelligan About the role As an Associate Product Manager – Product Operations, you will play a critical role in ensuring the smooth execution of product initiatives. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to gather insights, manage scope, and facilitate decision-making. A key part of your role will be driving best practice in the product management team, ensuring consistent, efficient, and transparent ways of working that enable teams to deliver customer-centric outcomes at pace. This role is ideal for someone with strong organisational skills, an analytical mindset, and a passion for turning insights into action. Key responsibilities Product Operations & Delivery Support Support the creation and maintenance of product backlogs, roadmaps, and release plans in collaboration with delivery teams Assist in defining and tracking product KPIs and success metrics Identify and embed best practice processes that improve delivery efficiency, consistency, and transparency across teams Ensure product documentation is accurate, accessible, and supports knowledge sharing Cross-Functional Collaboration Act as a point of coordination between product, engineering, design, operations, and commercial teams Facilitate workshops, discovery sessions, and alignment meetings that drive shared understanding and commitment Work with delivery leads to streamline workflows and remove blockers to progress Stakeholder Engagement & Communication Communicate updates, priorities, and decisions clearly to all levels of stakeholders Translate complex information into clear, actionable messaging for different audiences Champion a culture of openness, feedback, and continuous improvement What you'll need to have Strong organisational and coordination skills Analytical thinking with the ability to synthesise multiple data sources into actionable insights Excellent written and verbal communication skills Comfort working with ambiguity and balancing multiple priorities A collaborative approach with the ability to influence without authority Familiarity with Agile or other iterative delivery frameworks (preferred) Experience in product management, business analysis, or a related role (advantageous but not essential) Experience with software such as Jira and confluence (advantageous but not essential) Technical Acumen: Foundational understanding of product technology and its role in product design Our benefits Boots Retirement Savings Plan Discretionary annual bonus Generous employee discounts Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more. Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme. We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate. Why Boots At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better. What's next Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best. This role requires the successful candidate to complete a Pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups) or an Access NI Check. Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis. Keywords Support the creation and maintenance of product backlogs, roadmaps, and release plans in collaboration with delivery teams Assist in defining and tracking product KPIs and success metrics Identify and embed best practice processes that improve delivery efficiency, consistency, and transparency across teams Ensure product documentation is accurate, accessible, and supports knowledge sharing Act as a point of coordination between product, engineering, design, operations,