Senior Product Manager

November 4, 2026

Hybrid

Senior

London, United Kingdom

Indeed

Description

The Senior Product Manager, Manufacturing Technologies is accountable for the value, adoption, reliability and lifecycle of the Factory Integration Layer and related manufacturing and supply-chain integration capabilities. The role translates business, manufacturing and data needs into a clear product vision, roadmap and investment plan for secure, governed and reusable data movement across site, edge and enterprise environments. It owns product direction and prioritization for integrations connecting manufacturing systems, operational technology, enterprise applications and data platforms, working across global sites and functions.

Responsibilities

Own the product vision, strategy, roadmap and lifecycle plan for FIL and related manufacturing and enterprise data integration capabilities
Lead the team in using approved AI tools to improve productivity and follow responsible AI, privacy and security requirements
Partner with manufacturing sites, Business Process Owners, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Digital and Data stakeholders to identify integration needs and standardization opportunities
Define outcomes and investment priorities for connectivity, orchestration, transformation, APIs and data delivery across shop-floor, site, edge, cloud and enterprise environments
Ensure FIL is positioned and managed as a scalable, reusable integration capability avoiding unnecessary site-specific or program-specific customization
Develop outcome-based investment proposals covering value, scope, cost, benefits, risks, dependencies and success measures
Set prioritization guardrails for Product Owners and delivery teams and make roadmap trade-offs based on business value, compliance and capacity
Coach Product Owners and peers by reviewing their roadmaps and backlogs and drive high performance without formal authority
Partner with Enterprise, Solution, Data and Security Architects to define and govern reusable integration patterns and architecture decision records
Promote consistent information models, data contracts, naming and lineage practices aligned with enterprise ontology approaches
Establish measures for adoption, reuse, reliability, data quality, service performance and benefits realization
Embed observability, monitoring, support ownership, continuity and service-level expectations in the roadmap and definition of done
Ensure product initiatives satisfy applicable governance for cyber security, data protection, quality, validation and change control
Manage product risks, technical debt, obsolescence, duplicated interfaces and critical dependencies through appropriate governance
Lead capability-led technology and supplier evaluations and contribute to commercial decisions, statements of work and lifecycle planning
Drive adoption and operational readiness through onboarding, documentation, training, communications and support models

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, Data Science, Automation, Business, Life Sciences or equivalent relevant experience
Significant experience in product management, digital manufacturing, integration platforms, data platforms or enterprise technology delivery
Proven experience defining and managing product vision and roadmap for an integration platform or comparable enterprise product
Experience translating manufacturing, business-process and user needs into product outcomes and prioritised roadmaps
Experience working across discovery, architecture, design, engineering, testing, validation, deployment and service operation
Practical understanding of integration patterns such as APIs, events, messaging, orchestration, batch and streaming data movement
Experience with manufacturing and enterprise system landscapes connecting operational technology, site systems and cloud or data environments
Experience applying data governance concepts including ownership, data contracts, metadata, lineage and quality
Ability to prioritise based on value, reuse, cost, risk, compliance and technical dependencies
Experience defining product and service measures using adoption, reliability and data-quality insights
Experience operating within governance requirements for architecture, cyber security, quality, validation and change control
Experience influencing senior stakeholders and creating alignment across global functions and manufacturing sites
Professional certifications in product management, agile delivery, enterprise architecture or data management are a plus
Strong strategic product thinking converting ambiguous challenges into clear product choices and roadmaps
Strong communication, facilitation and influencing skills across manufacturing, business, architecture and data audiences
Commercial and financial acumen including evaluation of cost, value, risk, licensing and total cost of ownership

Conditions

Hybrid work
Full-time employment
Agile working culture with flexibility to discuss opportunities with the hiring team
Closing date for applications: Monday 16th November 2026 (COB)