Lead Product Manager

London Borough of Lewisham · London Borough of Lewisham · £66k–£68k

This is a live UK-based role at London Borough of Lewisham, a UK Skilled Worker sponsor tracked by Sponsorly AI against the Home Office register. Posted 24 September 2026. Listed as open until 29 October 2026.

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Job Description Discover yourself in Lewisham where what you do makes a difference to our vibrant and culturally diverse communities! We have a rich history of welcoming people from all over the world and are proud to be recognised as the UK’s first Borough of Sanctuary, for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants. Looking to build innovative digital products that users love? The Digital Product and Development team is passionate about delivering new and improved digital products for residents, staff and businesses in Lewisham. Our team combines product managers, product designers, software developers and delivery specialists, who work together seamlessly, taking services from concept through to launch. We deliver services in a modern, agile way, with the user at the heart of delivery. Here's what sets us apart: Cross-functional Collaboration: We break down silos, fostering communication and innovation. Agile Delivery: We iterate quickly, adapting to changing needs and user feedback. User-Centric Design: We create beautiful, intuitive interfaces that solve real problems. Data-Driven Decisions: We use data to measure success and continuously improve. Modern tooling: We use industry standard tooling such as Azure DevOps for lifecycle management, Figma for UX/UI designs, Dovetail for user research and testing, Figjam for process design and discovery, plus more. Ready to join us? Read about our job opening below. What’s the role? The Lead Product Manager is a pivotal role in the team with overall responsibility for Place Digital Products and Roadmap. Reporting to the Head of Digital Product & Development, the successful applicant will be responsible for creating new and improved digital products that meet the needs of our residents, businesses and staff. You own the product roadmap, vision and strategy for the products, using data to help prioritize the backlog of requirements for a multi-disciplinary software development team. You will lead a team of product managers, providing support, training and coaching, and coordinating a roadmap of services across your domain. You provide support and coaching to your team and the wider Product team in developing roadmaps, high quality requirements and user stories, and identifying and measuring key outcomes. In a typical week, you could be creating a roadmap for a new product in your domain, such as Street Environment Services, Licensing or Food Safety. You could be creating a vision for a product, understanding the measures and objectives, both qualitative and quantitative, to track the success of the product, and maintaining your teams' focus on these goals. You could be working with Senior Developers to understand the benefits of tackling a piece of technical debt. You could be coaching your team of product managers to improve their roadmap and backlog refinement skills, or running workshops with senior stakeholders to identify new Place product opportunities. This is fix…

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