Job Description

Overview

Expleo is partnering with a leading organisation in the financial services sector to recruit an Interim Head of Product. This is a senior leadership opportunity supporting a key client engagement and is available on either a Fixed Term Contract or Day Rate Contract basis to provide maternity leave cover.

Reporting to the Head of Transformation, the successful candidate will lead an established Product Function during a period of continued growth and maturity. The role will be responsible for product governance, commercial performance, product development, and regulatory compliance across a diverse product portfolio.

Working at the intersection of product, technology, operations, risk, compliance, sales, and digital teams, you will ensure products deliver excellent customer outcomes while supporting the organisation's strategic and commercial objectives.

Please note: This role will be embedded within an Expleo client organisation and is not an internal Expleo position.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Product Function, providing oversight of product governance, product management, and product strategy.
• Chair and manage product governance forums and review processes.
• Own and evolve the product lifecycle framework from product design through to retirement.
• Drive product performance across customer outcomes, commercial objectives, profitability, and compliance.
• Lead the development of new product propositions and identify opportunities for growth and innovation.
• Contribute to business planning, budgeting, and business case development.
• Develop reporting, management information, and performance metrics to support decision-making.
• Coach and support Product Managers while strengthening product capability across the organisation.
• Standardise product management processes and best practices.
• Partner with Technology, Operations, Risk, Compliance, Finance, Digital, and Sales teams to deliver product enhancements and business change initiatives.
• Sponsor strategic programmes including regulatory change, customer communications governance, and customer data initiatives.

Essential skills

• Strong commercial mindset with the ability to balance customer, regulatory, and business objectives.
• Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
• Strong understanding of product governance and product lifecycle management.
• Ability to operate effectively across business, technology, operations, and compliance functions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience developing business cases, growth strategies, and performance reporting.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a regulated environment.

Experience

• Significant experience in product management, product governance, or commercial leadership within financial services.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams and delivering product or business change initiatives.
• Strong understanding of consumer finance, banking, insurance, automotive finance, or other regulated financial services environments.
• Experience operating within regulatory frameworks and governance structures.
• Demonstrated success developing and launching products and services in regulated markets.
• Relevant qualifications in business, financial services, product management, or a related discipline would be advantageous.

Benefits

At Expleo, we are committed to providing a competitive salary and substantial benefits offering with unique wellbeing, financial and employee recognition programmes.

We pride ourselves on our diverse and inclusive culture and offer a variety of family friendly policies and enhanced leave to help you achieve a healthy work life balance.

By providing significant learning and development opportunities, we encourage individual growth and success throughout your career with us.

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits such as medical and dental insurance, pension, life assurance, employee wellbeing programme, sports and social events, birthday hampers and much more!
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and question the status quo.

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

At Expleo, we understand that many people experience impostor syndrome throughout their lifetime, please do not let this discourage you from applying for this role. Our Talent Acquisition Team welcomes all CV’s and will consider your application in line with the values, requirements and role competencies.