Head of Product - Government/Payments - £825 per day

Head of Product - Government/Payments - £825 per day - ContractRate: Up to £825 per dayIR35: InsideLocation: Hybrid - London preferred (Manchester or Bristol also considered). Attendance typically 1-2 days per week, with occasional travel required.Clearance: BPSS required, SC eligible as a minimum.The Role:A leading Central Government organisation is seeking an experienced Head of Product (G6) to join its Senior Management Team on an interim basis.

You will provide strategic leadership across a portfolio of nationally critical digital platforms (GOV.UK Pay, GOV.UK Notify, GOV.UK Forms and GOV.UK Emergency Alerts. Working closely with Heads of Engineering, Delivery and Design, you will help shape departmental strategy, drive product excellence, and ensure the successful delivery of services used across Government and the wider public sector.This is a high-profile leadership role overseeing product professionals, supporting services that operate at national scale and form part of the UK's critical digital infrastructure.Experience & Requirements:

• Proven experience operating at Head of Product, Director of Product, Product Lead, Principal Product Manager or Group Product Manager level within large, complex organisations.
• Strong track record leading large product functions, departments and multidisciplinary teams, including line management of senior product professionals.
• Experience defining and delivering product strategy, vision and roadmaps for large-scale digital platforms used by millions of users.
• Significant experience with platform products (B2B or B2B2C), ideally within complex technology environments.
• Payments experience is highly desirable, particularly within large-scale platform or transaction-based services.
• Exceptional senior stakeholder management skills, with experience engaging executives, ministers, directors or equivalent senior leadership groups.
• Demonstrable experience operating within large-scale organisations and navigating complex stakeholder environments.
• Strong coaching and mentoring capability, with a passion for developing product teams and raising product management standards.
• Collaborative leadership style with the ability to thrive within a flat, highly supportive senior management team.
• Government, public sector or GDS experience is advantageous, although candidates from large-scale commercial organisations will also be considered.
• Experience applying AI within product environments would be beneficial but is not essential.

Key Attributes:

• Large-scale digital platform leadership.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• Collaborative leadership and people management experience.

If you are an experienced product leader with a background in large-scale platforms, payments, or nationally significant digital services, please apply and we will be in touch to discuss the opportunity further.