Lead Product Manager - Software

Lead Product Manager - Software

• Location - Sheffield
• Salary - Negotiable
• Hybrid - 3 days per week

Shape products that truly matter.
Lead a team.
Drive strategy.
Create experiences that make a difference.

At Vivedia, technology plays a vital role in supporting people through some of life's most important and emotional moments. As our Lead Product Manager, you'll take ownership of turning product strategy into reality, leading a team of Product Managers and delivering solutions that create meaningful experiences for families, funeral professionals and venue operators across the UK. This role will be focusing on our Software Products

Working closely with the Product Director, you'll own portfolio prioritisation, guide product delivery, make key trade-off decisions and ensure our roadmap delivers real customer and commercial value. This is a high-impact leadership role where you'll influence business direction, develop product capability and help shape the future of our product portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Experience leading Product Managers or senior product professionals within a software product environment.
• Proven success managing and delivering Software products or portfolios.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to make effective prioritisation decisions.
• A customer-first mindset and passion for creating exceptional user experiences.
• Confidence influencing stakeholders and leading cross-functional teams.
• Experience building product processes, frameworks and ways of working that drive results.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to combine data, insight and customer feedback into clear decisions.
• A growth mindset, natural curiosity and desire to continually improve.

Requirements

• Lead, coach and develop a team of Product Managers, creating a high-performing and customer-focused product function.
• Turn product strategy into a clear, prioritised and deliverable roadmap.
• Own portfolio-wide prioritisation, balancing customer needs, commercial opportunity and technical feasibility.
• Drive customer-centric product decisions through insight, data and market understanding.
• Partner with Technology, Delivery, Data, Marketing and Customer teams to ensure successful execution.
• Resolve cross-product challenges, manage competing priorities and remove barriers to delivery.
• Communicate roadmap progress and product direction to stakeholders across the business.
• Act as a trusted deputy to the Product Director, contributing to strategic and portfolio-level decisions.

Benefits

This is an opportunity to join a business where product has a direct impact on people's lives. You'll have the autonomy to shape roadmaps, influence strategy, grow a talented team and build products that genuinely matter.

Lead the future of our products.
Make a meaningful impact.
Help us create exceptional experiences when they matter most.

What happens after you apply?

Every application we receive is reviewed by a real person.

• If we think there could be a great match, you’ll have an initial Teams chat with our Recruitment Business Partner.
• If successful this is followed by a face-to-face interview at our Sheffield Head Office,
• As the final stage, you will be invited to meet with a member of our Senior Leadership Team.

As part of the face to face interview we’ll ask you to bring your original Right to Work documents to your face-to-face interview, as we need to physically verify these before we're able to make any offer of employment.