Product Lead
Hays
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Location: London
Salary: 80k + Benefits (per annum)
Job type: Permanent
Working pattern: Full time
Industry: Government & Public Services / Projects & Change Management
Company: Hays
Consultant: Ellis Holland
Hays office: London-City — 5th Floor, 107 Cheapside,
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Your new company
This role is with a highly reputable public sector organisation.
Your new role
You'll play a key role in a major transformation programme, overseeing the successful implementation of a new Resource Management System, shaping the future operating model, managing supplier performance, and leading a team responsible for the ongoing development and optimisation of the service. This is a highly visible leadership role with significant influence across business, operational and technology functions.
What you'll need to succeed
- Proven experience leading or owning workforce management, rostering, scheduling or resource management platforms within a large, complex organisation.
- Product Leadership, Product Owner or equivalent experience, including roadmap ownership, prioritisation and service improvement.
- Strong understanding of workforce deployment, resource allocation, demand planning or operational rostering environments.
- Experience managing third-party suppliers and external technology partners, ensuring services deliver against business needs.
- Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders across operational, business and technology functions.
- Track record of delivering large-scale business and technology transformation programmes involving people, process, systems and data.
- Strong leadership skills with experience developing and managing high-performing teams.
- Excellent problem-solving and decision-making capabilities, supported by the use of data, user insight and performance metrics.
- Experience working within highly regulated, operationally critical environments.
- Exposure to blue-light services, emergency services, public sector organisations or other large operational workforces would be highly advantageous.
What you'll get in return
Substantial pension contributions, Hybrid working 3 days in the office per week
What you need to do now
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# - Ellis HollandReference: WJ-5641_202737 · Posted 13 Nov 2026, 11:35 PM