Product Manager

Product Manager (Full-Time) - Salary – £55,159 - £64,353 (dependent on experience) - Hybrid working.

Join Our Distributing Product Team as a Product Manager

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Distributing Team within the Services Product Team here at OS. This team is responsible for how our customers access, discover, and consume authoritative geospatial data. Acting as the bridge between technology and our users, we ensure customer needs and requirements are understood and reflected in our service roadmap and vision. It ’ s a dynamic time for the Distributing Product Team, with a range of interesting challenges ahead offering the chance to truly get stuck in, take ownership, and make a meaningful impact.

About the role

As a Product Manager, you’ll be responsible for the management of our API suite. You’ll work closely with Technology Product Owners to define clear, actionable requirements that guide delivery. You’ll also engage with a wide range of stakeholders across the business and with our customers.

This role is central to shaping the vision and roadmap of our services, ensuring they align with customer needs and OS’s strategic goals. Your ability to prioritise effectively will be key to delivering against our ambitions.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and shape the product strategy, vision and roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives. With it all being implemented responsibly and priorities being reviewed and adapted accordingly

• Own the delivery and operational integrity of the API suite, ensuring it functions as a resilient, customer-facing service that reliably supports mission-critical use cases

• Actively engage with internal and external stakeholders, adapting communication to suit different audiences

• Monitor and report on service health to support data-driven decision-making

• Conduct user engagement to understand customer motivations and how they interact with our APIs

What we’re looking for

We’re seeking a candidate with a strong understanding of cloud technologies and technical fluency to engage with modern infrastructure and software ecosystems. At a critical time in the evolution of how people incorporate our data into their operations, being the person who connects the 200+ year old tech co to the modern tech world effectively.

• You should be comfortable working with APIs and translating technical complexity into a clear product vision

• Passion for building products that solve meaningful problems and drive growth

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams

• Strategic thinker with strong execution and delivery capabilities

• Proven ability to gain deep user insights and balance conflicting priorities

• Analytical mindset to support data-informed decisions

• Familiarity with tools such as ArcPro, QGIS, and Maputnik is desirable

The Rewards

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• Salary – £55,159 - £64,353 (dependent on experience)

• Performance related bonus up to 10%

• A competitive pension scheme (OS contributes up to 12.07%)

• 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays on joining, (3 taken over Christmas) increasing by one day per year, to a maximum of 5 years

• Enhanced family leave, including up to 12 weeks paid partner (paternity) leave

• Free subscription to OS Maps

• Access to online learning platforms

• Coaching and Mentoring schemes

• Plus, a suite of excellent additional perks and benefits

At OS, we believe looking after your health and wellbeing means more than posters and events. We empower you to manage your work and life the way you need it by offering things like

• An extra days’ leave for each year you work, up to 33 days

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Hybrid working

• Free onsite parking at our modern HQ in Southampton

• We adopt flexible working and can consider different working hours dependent on the role and your personal circumstances

• Eyecare Vouchers

• OS Explorers Nursery discount

• Cycle to Work scheme

• We believe that as a company we should give back wherever we can, so we give you 1 day a year to volunteer for charities that are important to you, as well as offering a match funding scheme

Location

We embrace a hybrid working model at OS and understand there is no one size fits all in relation to how we work. We have a fantastic HQ in Southampton, Hampshire where you will be based and required to spend a minimum of 1 day a we ek

Security

OS conducts pre-employment checks for anyone made an offer of employment, including identity, right to work, employment history and criminal record checks (via Disclosure & Barring Services (DBS).

Some of our roles may require additional security vetting. We will advise candidates during the recruitment process if additional vetting may be required for that specific role.

Closing date: Sunday 27 July at 23:59

Unfortunately, we are currently unable to offer sponsorship for this role, therefore you must have the right to work in the UK, without the need for employer sponsorship.

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that people may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during the application process.

Research indicates that women, individuals with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community members, neurodiverse individuals, and people from ethnic minority backgrounds often hesitate to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Ordnance Survey, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and genuine workplace where everyone can thrive. If you’re enthusiastic about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly match every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the ideal candidate for this or other roles within Ordnance Survey.

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